Walk With Me
~ by Patrick W. Kavanagh Leave your sorrows far behind and walk with me to find a calmer place to be. When the glamour fades from the life you thought that you would love, when…
Category: Original Poetry
Et Lux Erat
ET LUX ERAT By Lucy Rutherford Word count: 189 Rating: G Summary: A poem describing the undeniable nature of God. We went last week to an exposition Or something of that sort And heard a…
Liberty's Cry
LIBERTY'S CRY By Catherine Woods Word count: 88 Rating: G Summary: An ode to freedom Countries can crumble, Nations can die, On the ruins of empires America lies. With her shimmering waters And high white-topped…
Ferguson’s Grave
~ by Avellina Balestri Reader Advisory: Contains violence/blood and character death. ~ A lament for British Major Patrick Ferguson, killed at the Battle of King’s Mountain, October 7, 1780 *** Ferguson, lying beneath cold stones,…
The Rhyming Little Mermaid
1 - Tales of Manfolk Once underneath the Mediterranean Sea There lived many people like you and me. But they were also unlike us too, These people who lived in the waters blue. They were…
After the ‘45
By Charles A. Coulombe Word Count: 365 Rating: PG Summary: A poem of the Jacobite rising The News came in from Glenfinnan Crag That Bonnie Prince Charlie had raised up his flag. Son Jamie came…
Acorns Away!
Oak trees like bombers Soaring toward the sky Laden with burdens To loose upon the unsuspecting below Suddenly, a release! And all the missiles fall. Lighter, now, the bearer kisses the clouds Unconcerned with the…
Whispers of the Autumn Court
You’ve heard us your whole life That raspy whispering from the trees that beckons and tells you You’re one of us… You were afraid once The unknown darkness overwhelmed you Above all sense of truth…
Lord, I Pray…
Make of our homes a place where Your love dwells, through patient ways may angry thoughts dispel. Remove the sin that binds our foolish hearts, heal hurtful wounds that careless tongues impart. Let bitter words…
