Poetry Corner

December 30, 2022

January 2023 Poem

POETRY CORNER DREAMS by Langston Hughes   Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams......
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November 27, 2022

December 2022 Poem

POETRY CORNER The Founders' Rules Our founders set rules for this country of ours,Rules that had once made us great,But the weakness of man made AmericaA target for hostility and......
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October 26, 2022

November 2022 Poem

POETRY CORNER The Statue of Liberty Speaks   I was driving past New York Harbor today, When I heard a clear, strong voice. "Hey you!" It said; "Listen to me!"......
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September 25, 2022

October Poem

POETRY CORNER Election Day by Nancy Harb Almendras(DA Germany) You won’t have a “ticket to ride” If you stay on the side Everything’s not ‘gonna be all right’ If you......
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September 25, 2022

September Poem

POETRY CORNER The Constitution by Nancy Harb Almendras(DA Germany) We, the people, strive for perfection To form a union, both peaceful and strong, How prescient our fathers on reflection Were,......
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July 26, 2022

August Poem

Found Sonnet by Nancy Harb Almendras(DA Germany) “The world is too much with us,” notes Wordsworth. “I can’t lose her; she is my life.” Twitter. It’s O.K. “God works” at......
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June 30, 2022

July Poem

July 4, 2022 by Nancy Harb Almendras(DA Germany) Give me your tired and give me your poor Is a phrase the school children never hear Anymore. We’ve lost our hope......
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May 23, 2022

Flag Day Sonnet

Flag Day Sonnet by Nancy Harb Almendras (DA Germany)    Red is for valor while white is for truth, Blue signals justice, the marks of our flag. An idea grew in 1885  Thanks to......
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April 25, 2022

May Poem

Sonnet for Memorial Day by Nancy Harb Almendras(DA Germany) “Sweet and fitting to die for one’s country,”Says Horace, ironically echoed By Owen, who so much did disagree.Even Ernest Hemingway plainly......
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March 17, 2022

April Poem

This month’s poem was sent in by a reader.written in 1958 it was one of the first poetic responses to the first ever use of an atomic bomb, when the author first......
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