"Did I Miss Anything" Question frequently asked by students after missing a class Nothing. When we realized you weren't here we sat with our hands folded on...
Guest poem sent in by Ray Williams <Williams_Ray@...> "The Return" See, they return; ah, see the tentative Movements, and the slow feet, The trouble in the...
"Dead Man's Chest" Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of...
Guest poem sent in by Rachael Shaw <rachecola@...> "Call Me by My True Names" Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive. ...
Guest poem sent in by Swati Chaudhary <swati.chaudhary@...> "Simplify Me When I'm Dead" Remember me when I am dead Simplify me when I am dead. As the...
Guest poem sent in by Anagha Bhat <anaghabhat@...> "I Fear Thy Kisses, Gentle Maiden" I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden; Thou needest not fear mine; My...
"The Grammar Lesson" A noun's a thing. A verb's the thing it does. An adjective is what describes the noun. In "The can of beets is filled with purple fuzz" ...
Guest poem sent in by Kamalika Chowdhury <k.chowdhury@...> "A Deep-Sworn Vow" Others because you did not keep That deep-sworn vow have been friends of...
This week, a guest theme run by Zenobia Driver <greenleafytreez@...>: poems about flying. "Impressions of a Pilot" Flight is freedom in its purest form, ...
Guest poem sent in by Aseem <mithwarg@...> from "Midsummer" The jet bores like a silverfish through volumes of cloud - clouds that will keep no record of...
Guest poem sent in by Zenobia Driver <greenleafytreez@...>: "I Need Air" I could see it wasn't worth Spending time with them on earth. There were fewer...
Guest poem sent in by Aseem <mithwarg@...> "The Dead Wingman" Seen on the sea, no sign; no sign, no sign In the black firs and terraces of hills Ragged...
Guest poem sent in by Steve Forsythe <stephen.forsythe@...> "The International Terminal" Some comb oil, some blow air, some shave trenchlines in their...
Guest poem sent in by Hemant Mohapatra <hemant.mohapatra@...> "The Day Flies Off Without Me" The planes bound for all points everywhere etch lines on my...
Guest poem sent in by David Grabill <DGrabill@...> "Topography" After you flew across the country we got in bed, laid our bodies delicately together, like...
Guest poem submitted by Jeffrey Sean Huo, <jeffshuo@...>: "The Year" What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new...
Guest poem submitted by Firdaus Janoos <firdaus.janoos@...>: "The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus" In Baltimore there lived a boy. He wasn't anybody's...
Guest poem submitted by Nandini Krishnamoorthy, <nanskrish@...>: "To Virgins, to Make Much of Time" Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still...
Guest poem submitted by Rama Rao, <rrao88@...>: "Hello In There" We had an apartment in the city, Me and Loretta liked living there. Well, it'd been...
Guest poem submitted by David W, <kdwellin@...>: "A Winter Ode to the Old Men of Lummus Park, Miami, Florida" Risen from rented rooms, old ghosts Come...
Guest poem submitted by Rachel Morarjee, <ftafghanistan@...>: "The Word" Down near the bottom of the crossed-out list of things you have to do today, ...