Category Archives: 30 for 30 Poetry Celebration

Election Year, 2016 The elephants rage in their musth, stomp through the three-ring circus. The people scatter; the tent-poles collapse, all broadcast live on global TV. Oh, the show of humanity! Watch the statues of bronzer and granite, wearing shoulder … Continue reading →

planking let’s build up high walls and take hard stances let’s pound our plowshares into swords and spears and lances let’s wreck it or wreak havoc let’s drone over sovereign skies let’s publicize what is private and ignore the children’s … Continue reading →

Hammering Nails Everyone knows one needs nails in life to build things and keep them together. Some are long and thin with sharply pointed tips. Others are short, thick, and blunt on the end. Everyone who has used them to … Continue reading →

Arborpolitics     With each side trying to define the other by paying great fees We might gain an insight beyond their bark If we look at the candidates as trees For in their trunks is their history’s ark Like a … Continue reading →

For the last couple of years, I have had the pleasure of presenting poets whose voices have filled my web site with their verse. Some of them are well-known and others have never before published a poem. This event has … Continue reading →

Here’s a link to the podcast and some photos from last night’s Radio Hotline with Dennis Price. Scroll down until you get to May 12th. Enjoy.  

Steve Herring’s “May I have another” has been voted the favorite poem in this year’s 30 for 30 Poetry Celebration. Congratulations Steve! Steve will be receiving a signed copy of my new poetry collection Garden of Rain. Thanks to Steve … Continue reading →

I noticed that many of you are commenting on the poem you wish to vote for which is fine but that does not mean your vote gets tallied. So please follow this procedure: In order to vote for your favorite … Continue reading →

The 30 for 30 Poetry Celebration, along with National Poetry Month, is now finished and it’s now time to vote. Please vote for your favorite poem of those that were posted during the month of April. You may vote for … Continue reading →

Painting a Brighter Future Painting a Brighter Future Note to viewers: in order to preserve the formatting of this poem, I have attached it as a PDF. Simply click on the title to read the poem. © Mario Landeverde 2015 … Continue reading →