Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 111 Rating: G Summary: A poem about resisting Temptation That wicked liar offers us a poisoned cup In whose sheeny surface we see ourselves Reflected in his cold imaginings And…
Category: Original Poetry
Emer of the Green Eyes
Dedicated to my Loving Wife Deb ~ While traveling the path from Emain Macha to the shore line of Dun Dalgan I spied an enchantress come towards me through the mist of the sea As…
The Farmer to Saint Swithin
O good Saint Swithin, please, to you we pray, On this your high-summer rain-making day – Of your blest kindness send us sweet, soft showers, The kind that gently fall for hours and hours, To…
Maiden, Mother, Crone
I am sustenance, nurturance, and abundance I am the Mother of all Life I am the source of all existence, I am the big bang, I am the ever motion of the Cosmos I am…
Daytime Of This World
The sun went out Like I knew it would (They say it went down, but I know better It is out – forever and for good.) – This lingering twilight is our last. It wasn’t…
A Terrible Good
By Scott Sloan, January 13, 2016 Word Count: 210 Rating: G Summary: A thought-provoking poem of creation I saw eternity the other night, felt in the blood, and felt along the heart. When I hear…
Every Page is Open to the Sun
“In my religion we're taught that every living thing, every leaf, every bird, is only alive because it contains the secret word for life. That's the only difference between us and a lump of clay.…
Prophecy of Antillia
By Amanda Pizzolatto Word Count: 228 Rating: G Summary: A poetic prophecy about the Isle of the Seven Cities You will know the end of the slumber is near When the chosen people fight their…
The Prophet and the Dancing Girl: A St. John’s Day Poem
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 93 Rating: PG (Mild blood) Summary: The Martyrdom of John the Baptist is described from an unusual source. When the kitchen staff did the washing-up They could not but notice,…
On A Morning In June
ON A MORNING IN JUNE By Lawrence Hall Word count: 285 Rating: G Summary: A poem for those graduating school. The earth is all before me: with a heart Joyous, nor scar’d at its own…