Religious and spiritual poem by Peter Menkin. Thou Shalt do no Murder: Sixth Commandment What to say about murder? The newspaper where I live, and the internet, tell of murders of various kinds....

In this sonnet, the persona reflects on sadness as seen on the faces of people in the crowd. The couplet of this Shakespearean sonnet introduces an unexpected sharp thematic or imagistic "turn"....

A poem in the form of the Hendianne Sonnet.In it, the persona sililoquizes about injustice in the world.

“But Poetry's dead,” they say “And Song and Drama, Painting too! No Muse. No Bard. To write in verse and meter's simply wrong and rhyme is only for a greeting card. There's nothing more to...

Perhaps you don't want me to know you're done. Your thought's complete. Perhaps you don't want me to note an insert, clause, or series has begun, or when a thing's possessed, or strange, ...

I wish I had more heinous sins to hide for all the grief I suffer and for what? Reflecting back past follies pierce my pride Aflame in shame, my heart hides in my gut. Who in their twenties...

It doesn't have to be a germ at wait. Just anything my body thinks is strange, some substance I inhaled or touched or ate and instantly my body starts to change. My skin grows hot or cold....

“From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.” FIRE AND ICE by Robert Frost You're trudging on your track from day to day when suddenly you see a trick of...

Sharp trickster, how we loved to watch you tie our muddled minds into a knotted maze. Your jests and jokes did twist each question, "Why?" till heart and head were drugged in deadly daze. ...