Part One

I tell you a legend of long ago\rOf the sunken city of La Laguna de Paca,\r(Where I had met a lingering ghost)\rWithin this region of Huancayo--Peru;\rTruth lies, but only the soul knows.

Part Two

So the legend goes, ...

The concept of brief encounters, even romantic encounters, with a stranger recurs often in the verses of Walt Whitman.

Take, for example, these lines from one of the inscriptions that Whitman wrote to his 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.< ...

The Monster Mash \rThe Graveyard Smash

Have you heard of the Monster Mash? I suppose you know the story of how it came to be, right? Well, I'm here to tell the TRUE story to you.

It sarted out late one night, when all monsters where ou ...

Like a cat I slumber, blissfully unencumbered,
\rThrough eighty per cent of my allotted span,
\rOccasionally awoken, when dissent is spoken,
\rAnd I invent another cunning five year plan,
\rLately it was pensions, that were being menti ...

¡°How Do I Love Thee?¡± by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was written in 1845 while she was being courted by the English poet, Robert Browning. The poem is also titled Sonnet XLIII from Sonnets From the Portuguese.

Early Experiences< ...

If you are serious about seeing your work published by reputable publishers, there are a few points you should consider. Firstly and most obviously, you need to determine if you have poetry worth publishing. This assessment can be done by doing ...

The funeral rite concluded
\rWith the pastor shaking hands,
\rOffering words of comfort
\rI didn't quite understand.

The undertakers came forth
\rAnd summoned pallbearers' four.
\rThey marched beside the coffin
\rCarrying i ...

We were exiled from the Garden of Eden.
\rIts sinless wonders nevermore to regain.
\rSo every man on life's toilsome journey,
\rMust enter the valley of pain.

We don't enter because of desire
\rAnd it's certainly not a voluntary ...

Writing innovative poetry, the kind of poetry that reputable literary journals publish, entails knowing exactly what each word of a poem does to the reader. A good poem should be evocative, skillful, and cohesive, but before attempting to hone th ...

Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad,
\rMoved in down the street

Cautious watched them, from her window,
\rWondering, which one should I meet?

Confused came in with overwhelmed and said,
\r¡°The Panics have come to town¡±

Then Hopeful ...

Chicken Soup is good for a cold

Sleep is good for the Flu

When I get a case of the Fears

What is a person to do?

It is not bacteria

Although it can eat away my soul

It is not a virus

Yet, it can keep me fr ...

I get up in the morning

And want to stay in bed

Oh, so nice and warm

Like fresh from the oven bread.

My day is oh so busy

I wish that I could stay

In the quiet of my house

If only I could play.

Relax ...

YOU MIGHT THINK I AM STRONG

I THINK YOU GOT IT WRONG

I LIVE LIFE DAY TO DAY

HOPING IT WILL GO MY WAY

I HAVE MY FRIENDS AND MY FOOD PLAN

MY THERAPIST AND MY THOUGHTS

MY EXERCISE AND MY EXCITEMENT

THEN SOMET ...

A Poem - By Lorraine Kember

It was a day like any other and mother, father, sister, brother, were carrying out the customs of their land.\rWhen suddenly without warning, Mother Nature came calling,\rshook the earth and stole the ocean from t ...

Since Mohamed Ali¨Cthen Cassius Clay¨Cannounced that he had written ¡°The world¡¯s shortest poem,¡± I have known that I would be a poet. ¡°ME? WHEE!¡± His triumphant proclamation evoking shivers within my troubled teenaged identity, for I reasoned in rhy ...