Apex
“barefoot sprites beware” A 5-7-5 fantasy/horror haiku. Published in Apex Issue 70 March 2015 http://www.apex-magazine.com/barefoot-sprites-beware/.
Asimov's
"first contact" A 5-7-5 scifaiku. Published in Asimov's August 2014.
“music for robots” A 5-7-5 scifaiku. Published in Asimov's August 2015.
Calais Advertiser
"Legends of the St. Croix River Trail ", a modern sonnet in blank verse, April 2, 2020, p. 12.
"The Inmate", free verse, 16 lines, trapped inside longing to be outside, April 16, 2020, p. 16.
"Bane of the Abenaki", free verse, a fantasy about Maine Coon Cats, April 23, 2020, p.12.
Calais Advertiser
"Legends of the St. Croix River Trail ", a modern sonnet in blank verse, April 2, 2020, p. 12.
"The Inmate", free verse, 16 lines, trapped inside longing to be outside, April 16, 2020, p. 16.
"Bane of the Abenaki", free verse, a fantasy about Maine Coon Cats, April 23, 2020, p.12.
Cape Cod Times
“Mashpee Beach Sonnet”, was published in Cape Cod Times on February 22, 2021. https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/02/22/cape-poets-explore-gratitude-ever-extraordinary/4517607001/
Drabble Harvest
"Sister Strained by Shared Robot Lover" a "drabble" of exactly 100 words. Issue #8, June 2017.
"How the War between Terra and Haikan Began" a "drabble" of exactly 100 words. Issue #9, October 2017. Awarded 2nd Place in the Drabble Contest.
"The Reef of No Return" a "drabble" of exactly 100 words. Special Edition, October 2017. Awarded 2nd Place in the Drabble Contest.
"John Learns a Hard Lesson" a "drabble" of exactly 100 words. Issue #10, June 2018.
The Ekphrastic Review
"Saint Jerome" an ekphrastic piece comparing the paintings of Saint Jerome on display in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City by Hendrick Bloemaert and Tanzio de Varallo. Free verse, 26 lines. Published 9/25/18 http://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/saint-jerome-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.
"What Fate Saint Cate?" an ekphrastic piece inspired by "The Entombment of Saint Catherine of Alexandria" by Francisco de Zurbaran on display in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Free verse, 11 lines. Published October 1, 2018 http://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/what-fate-saint-cate-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.
Drabble Harvest
"Sister Strained by Shared Robot Lover" a "drabble" of exactly 100 words. Issue #8, June 2017.
"How the War between Terra and Haikan Began" a "drabble" of exactly 100 words. Issue #9, October 2017. Awarded 2nd Place in the Drabble Contest.
"The Reef of No Return" a "drabble" of exactly 100 words. Special Edition, October 2017. Awarded 2nd Place in the Drabble Contest.
"John Learns a Hard Lesson" a "drabble" of exactly 100 words. Issue #10, June 2018.
The Ekphrastic Review
"Saint Jerome" an ekphrastic piece comparing the paintings of Saint Jerome on display in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City by Hendrick Bloemaert and Tanzio de Varallo. Free verse, 26 lines. Published 9/25/18 http://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/saint-jerome-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.
"What Fate Saint Cate?" an ekphrastic piece inspired by "The Entombment of Saint Catherine of Alexandria" by Francisco de Zurbaran on display in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Free verse, 11 lines. Published October 1, 2018 http://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/what-fate-saint-cate-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.
Eternal Haunted Summer
“Oreithyia” A 5-7-5 speculative haiku about the mother of the Greek goddess of snow. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.
“Snow White” A gothic blend of Grimm's Snow White with the Greek myth of Oreithyia, Khione, and Boreas. Traditional, rhyming ballad, 8 quatrains. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/snow-white/.
“Death and the Healer” A narrative poem inspired by "Across the Ultimate Boundary." The Healer Aireal confronts Death in his own realm. 34 lines. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2015 Spring Equinox issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/spring-equinox-2015/death-and-the-healer/.
“Fear and Panic” a sci-fi poem of 6 words inspired by the satellites of Mars. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.
“gone is the harper” a 5-7-5 fantasy 'ku inspired by Ovid's Death of Orpheus. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.
“Morning Star” a science fiction poem of 5 words inspired by the planet Venus. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.
“labyrinthine verse” a 5-7-5 fantasy 'ku. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer 2014 Summer Solstice issue http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2014/haiku-like-poems-inspired-by-greek-mythology/.
“The Battle of Shuhyung and the Yellow Emperor” A poem based on the Taoist myth of the origin of the universe featuring Shuhyung (the force of dark matter), the Yellow Emperor (the force of light), and Niuka (the horned dragon & ally of the Emperor). Rhyming, 34 lines. Published in Eternal Haunted Summer Autumn Equinox Edition 2014 http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/autumn-equinox-2014/the-battle-of-shuhyung-and-the-yellow-emperor/.
“The Legend of the Moruadh” A rhythmic fantasy poem inspired by the Celtic version of a mermaid. Free verse, 62 lines. Published in the Winter Solstice issue of Eternal Haunted Summer http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/winter-solstice-2013/the-legend-of-the-moruadh/.
“Love Bites” A fantasy poem. Free verse, 3 quatrains. Published in the 2015 Spring Equinox issue of Eternal Haunted Summer http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/spring-equinox-2015/love-bites/.
“The Ride of the Dullahan” A fantasy/horror rhythmic poem inspired by the Celtic Herald of Death. Free verse, 18 lines. Published in the 2014 Spring Equinox issue of Eternal Haunted Summer http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/spring-equinox-2014/the-ride-of-the-dullahan/.
“Tyche” A fantasy poem about Lady Luck. Free verse, 4 quatrains. Published in the 2013 Autumnal Equinox issue of Eternal Haunted Summer http://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/autumn-equinox-2013/tyche/.
Fabula Argentea
“24 December 2087” A science fiction/fantasy micro-flash piece of exactly 100 words published in Fabula Argentea 6/7/15 https://www.fabulaargentea.com/index.php/article/24-december-2087/.
Fabula Argentea
“24 December 2087” A science fiction/fantasy micro-flash piece of exactly 100 words published in Fabula Argentea 6/7/15 https://www.fabulaargentea.com/index.php/article/24-december-2087/.
Hospital Drive
"Cascade" A love poem with medical speculative elements. Free verse, 8 lines. Published in Hospital Drive September 22, 2015 https://news.med.virginia.edu/hospitaldrive/2015/09/22/cascade/.
Jitter Press
"Nightmare in Xipan" A fantasy/horror/mystery story taken from my unpublished novel The Last Paladin, about 2,000 words. Published in Jitter Press #8 November 2019 https://jitterpress.com/nightmare-in-xipan-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon-md/.
Mirror Dance
"Cascade" A love poem with medical speculative elements. Free verse, 8 lines. Published in Hospital Drive September 22, 2015 https://news.med.virginia.edu/hospitaldrive/2015/09/22/cascade/.
Jitter Press
"Nightmare in Xipan" A fantasy/horror/mystery story taken from my unpublished novel The Last Paladin, about 2,000 words. Published in Jitter Press #8 November 2019 https://jitterpress.com/nightmare-in-xipan-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon-md/.
Mirror Dance
“Late” A knight rescues a maiden imprisoned in a tower. Free verse, 10 lines. Published in the 2014 Winter issue of Mirror Dance http://mirrordancefantasy.blogspot.com/2014/12/late.html.
New Myths
“Morrighan” A battle ballad featuring the dark Celtic Triple Goddess of War. Rhyming, 8 quatrains. Published in NewMyths, issue 24, September 2013 https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/poems/morrighan.
Poetry Pacific
“Morale Call” Part of A Wave of Poetry collection. I was granted a 5-minute call home on the iridium satellite phone. Free verse, 22 lines. Published in Poetry Pacific 11/5/15 http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2015/11/5-poems-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.html.
“Sweeping Puddles Away” Part of A Wave of Poetry collection. A malaria prevention villanelle.
“Atlanta’s Triolet” A triolet inspired by the myth of Atlanta.
“Chick Magnet” A new look at the Judgment of Paris with considerable poetic license. Free verse, 11 lines.
“Europa goddess moon” An experimental science fiction/fantasy poem inspired by the work of Rosmarie Waldrop. 6 lines. Published in Poetry Pacific 11/5/15 http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2015/11/5-poems-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.html.
"Narwhals" a 21-line, free verse poem about a sea change. Published in Poetry Pacific Nov 2016 http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2016/11/2-poems-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.html. "Photon" a 4-line, free verse metaphysical poem about human observation. Published in Poetry Pacific Nov 2016 http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2016/11/2-poems-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.html.
"Narwhals" a 21-line, free verse poem about a sea change. Published in Poetry Pacific Nov 2016 http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2016/11/2-poems-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.html. "Photon" a 4-line, free verse metaphysical poem about human observation. Published in Poetry Pacific Nov 2016 http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2016/11/2-poems-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon.html.
Science Fiction Poetry Association Venues
“Lilith” A fantasy/horror poem of 10 lines: The Queen of Demons reveals her spiteful backstory.
- Winner of the 2012 Science Fiction Poetry Association Contest, Very Short (Dwarf) Poem Category
- Published on the Science Fiction Poetry Association website on October 31, 2012: http://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/12contest.html
- Also listen to the podcast on StarShipSofa.com published December 19, 2012:
(For those not interested in listening to the entire broadcast, Lilith is read beginning at 01:25:17)
“The Break in the Curtains” Inspired by a recurring nightmare suffered by the poet as a child. 17 short lines of semi-rhyming free verse. Published on the 2014 Halloween Page of the SFPA http://www.sfpoetry.com/halloween.html.
"The Right Stuff" A poem about an unusual pick for an astronaut for the colonization of Proxima Centauri b. Free verse, 16 lines. Published in Star*Line 2017.
“Nightshade” a gwawdodyn fantasy poem, 4 quatrains, published in Star*Line Winter 2018.
Scifaikuest
"The Right Stuff" A poem about an unusual pick for an astronaut for the colonization of Proxima Centauri b. Free verse, 16 lines. Published in Star*Line 2017.
“Nightshade” a gwawdodyn fantasy poem, 4 quatrains, published in Star*Line Winter 2018.
Scifaikuest
“burning ambition” a scifaiku that compares ambition to a comet. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
“by earthlight's warm glow” a 5-7-5 scifaiku. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
“coming and going” A 5-7-5 scifaiku Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
“crocodile blood” A 5-7-5-7-5 tanka inspired by Kim Stanley Robinson's Blue Mars. Published in the August 2014 print edition of Scifaikuest.
“elemental flames” A 5-7-5 fantasy haiku inspired by Jamie Lackey's "A Beltane Dance." Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
“Galilean Moons” a set of four, rhyming (abc abc abc abc), 5-7-5 scifaiku, one for each of the Galilean moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Ganymede and Io were published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/. The entire set was published in Songs of Eretz Poetry E-zine.
“hydrocarbon snow” A scifaiku about Titan. Published in the Scifaikuest August 2013 Print Edition.
“last scotch” a 5-7-5 scifaiku inspired by Captain Jack Harkness' Emergency Protocol 417. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
“Observations on Human Pastimes: A Robot's Perspective” A series of linked, 5-7-5, science fiction senryu: "At the Ballet," "At the Art Museum," "At an Art Gallery," and "At a Rock Concert." Published in the February 2014 print edition, Vol XI, No. 3 of Scifaikuest.
“phoenix feathers” A 5-7-5 fantasy haiku. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
“pointing and laughing” my first ever senryu, it speaks to the irony that people sometimes laugh when they are feeling insecure or frightened. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
“speculative dwarves” a fantasy tanka that plays on the double meaning of dwarves as short poems and dwarves as mythical humanoids. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
Ten Martian Haiku
A set of ten haiku about or inspired by Mars. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/.
“the thunder lizards” a fantasy/sci-fi tanka that may explain the cross-cultural phenomenon of dragons. Published in the November 2013 print edition of Scifaikuest http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-issue-42/. Reprinted in the 2014 Dwarf Stars Anthology.
Silverblade
Silverblade
“Cuando entre la Sombra Oscura (When the Dark Shadow Falls)” published in February 2014 issue of Silver Blade http://silverblade.silverpen.org/?p=2624. Reprinted in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review February 27, 2015 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/02/poetry-review-special-feature-cuando.html.
Songs of Eretz Poetry Review
“Rosh Hashanah” Evocative of the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of the holiday. Free verse, 8 couplets. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/25/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/09/happy-new-year-my-friends.html.
“Exhumation” A response to Robert McAlmon's Burial. A ballad of 2 quatrains. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review May 17, 2014 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/05/poem-of-day-burial-by-robert-mcalmon.html.
“Elegy for Cy” For Seymour "Cy" Rudnick. Free verse, 18 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review August 28, 2013 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2013/08/elegy-for-cy.html.
“Maya Angelou: A Phenomenal Woman” An elegy to Maya Angelou. Rhyming, 3 cinquains. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on the day she died, May 28, 2014 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/05/maya-angelou-phenomenal-woman.html.
“The Grocery Bagger” A reminder that Memorial Day is not happy, and freedom isn't free. Ballad, 18 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Memorial Day May 26, 2014 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-memorial-day-poem-grocery-bagger.html.
“Kandidate Kris Kobach” A poem in response to Kris Kobach's mishandling of Democrat Chad Taylor's withdrawal from the US Senate race. Rhyming, 4 tercets. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/19/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/09/poetry-and-politics-case-of-chad-taylor.html.
“The Truly Disenfranchised” A poem inspired by Kris Kobach's SAFE Act. Free verse, 6 couplets. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/5/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/09/new-poem-truly-disenfranchised.html.
"Twenty" A poem that uses sculpture and word painting as a metaphor for young adulthood. Free verse, 18 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/7/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/poetry-review-special-feature-twenty-by.html.
"The First Thanksgiving" Free verse, 25 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/27/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/11/songs-of-eretz-poetry-review-special.html.
"Resolution" A New Year's resolution. Free verse, 6 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 1/1/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/poem-of-day-resolution-by-editor_1.html.
"Deleted 'Personal' Email" A "Current Events Poetry" feature. A satirical look at the scandal of Hilary Clinton's use of personal email for official business and the "mysterious loss" of correspondence from the time of the Benghazi attack. Free verse, 13 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/15/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/poetry-review-special-feature-current.html.
"Nyet and Yahoo" A "Current Events Poetry " feature. A poetic take on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of the two state solution. Rhyming, 17 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/21/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/current-events-poetry-nyet-and-yahoo-by.html.
"Natural-born Citizens" A "Current Events Poetry" feature. A poetic take on the hypocrisy of the "birthers" in light of Ted Cruz's candidacy. Shakespearean-inspired sonnet. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/29/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/current-events-poetry-natural-born.html.
"To Pence" A "Current Events Poetry" feature. A poetic take on the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed into law by Indiana Governor Pence. A four-line ballad. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 4/5/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/04/current-events-poetry-to-pence-by-editor.html.
"Mother Bear" A blank verse sonnet in honor of Mother's Day. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/10/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-review-special-feature-in-honor.html.
"The Poet Warrior" A rhyming poem in honor of Memorial Day. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/25/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-review-special-feature-in-honor_25.html.
"Twenty-four Years Wed" A sixteen-line free verse poem in honor of Dr. Gordon's wedding anniversary. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 6/1/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/06/poetry-review-special-feature-twenty.html.
"Where Are Their Soldiers Now?" A Father's Day poem composed c. 1987 inspired by the lack of depictions of fathers and sons in an exhibition of Greek art at Mead Art Gallery, Amherst College. Rhyming, 24 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Father's Day, 6/21/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-fathers-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"sensitivity" a haiku for Independence Day 2015 published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/07/poem-of-day-independence-day-haiku-by.html.
"A Blue Ghazal" 5 couplets on the theme of "blue" published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 7/7/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/07/poetry-review-bonus-feature-blue-ghazal.html.
"A New Song" a free verse sonnet for Rosh Hashanah published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/14/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/09/shanah-tovah-from-songs-of-eretz.html.
"The Beacon" a free verse sonnet in solidarity with Paris in the aftermath of the terror attack 11/13/15 published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/14/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-poem-for-paris-by-editor.html.
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Parody" written for my AP English class final paper in 1983, published Christmas Day 2015 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-poem-for-christmas-day-sir-gawain-and.html.
"Purim 2016" Reflections on the lack of response by the POTUS to the bombings in Brussels published on Purim Day 3/24/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/03/poem-of-day-purim-2016-by-editor.html.
"Free" The epic poetic story of the demise of my grandfather published 4/8/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/04/songs-of-eretz-special-feature-free-by.html.
"She Talks the Talk, But He Walks the Walk" a traditional sonnet contrasting Hillary Clinton's hypocrisy and Trump's actual commitment to salary parity published 4/16/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/04/poetry-review-special-feature-she-talks.html.
"Mobag" A 20-line free verse poem in honor of Memorial Day, published 5/30/16 in Songs of Erertz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/05/special-memorial-day-feature-mobag-by.html.
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"The First Thanksgiving" Free verse, 25 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/27/14 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/11/songs-of-eretz-poetry-review-special.html.
"Resolution" A New Year's resolution. Free verse, 6 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 1/1/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/poem-of-day-resolution-by-editor_1.html.
"Deleted 'Personal' Email" A "Current Events Poetry" feature. A satirical look at the scandal of Hilary Clinton's use of personal email for official business and the "mysterious loss" of correspondence from the time of the Benghazi attack. Free verse, 13 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/15/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/poetry-review-special-feature-current.html.
"Nyet and Yahoo" A "Current Events Poetry " feature. A poetic take on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of the two state solution. Rhyming, 17 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/21/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/current-events-poetry-nyet-and-yahoo-by.html.
"Natural-born Citizens" A "Current Events Poetry" feature. A poetic take on the hypocrisy of the "birthers" in light of Ted Cruz's candidacy. Shakespearean-inspired sonnet. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/29/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/03/current-events-poetry-natural-born.html.
"To Pence" A "Current Events Poetry" feature. A poetic take on the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed into law by Indiana Governor Pence. A four-line ballad. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 4/5/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/04/current-events-poetry-to-pence-by-editor.html.
"Mother Bear" A blank verse sonnet in honor of Mother's Day. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/10/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-review-special-feature-in-honor.html.
"The Poet Warrior" A rhyming poem in honor of Memorial Day. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/25/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-review-special-feature-in-honor_25.html.
"Twenty-four Years Wed" A sixteen-line free verse poem in honor of Dr. Gordon's wedding anniversary. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 6/1/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/06/poetry-review-special-feature-twenty.html.
"Where Are Their Soldiers Now?" A Father's Day poem composed c. 1987 inspired by the lack of depictions of fathers and sons in an exhibition of Greek art at Mead Art Gallery, Amherst College. Rhyming, 24 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Father's Day, 6/21/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-fathers-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"sensitivity" a haiku for Independence Day 2015 published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/07/poem-of-day-independence-day-haiku-by.html.
"A Blue Ghazal" 5 couplets on the theme of "blue" published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 7/7/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/07/poetry-review-bonus-feature-blue-ghazal.html.
"A New Song" a free verse sonnet for Rosh Hashanah published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/14/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/09/shanah-tovah-from-songs-of-eretz.html.
"The Beacon" a free verse sonnet in solidarity with Paris in the aftermath of the terror attack 11/13/15 published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/14/15 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-poem-for-paris-by-editor.html.
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Parody" written for my AP English class final paper in 1983, published Christmas Day 2015 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-poem-for-christmas-day-sir-gawain-and.html.
"Purim 2016" Reflections on the lack of response by the POTUS to the bombings in Brussels published on Purim Day 3/24/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/03/poem-of-day-purim-2016-by-editor.html.
"Free" The epic poetic story of the demise of my grandfather published 4/8/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/04/songs-of-eretz-special-feature-free-by.html.
"She Talks the Talk, But He Walks the Walk" a traditional sonnet contrasting Hillary Clinton's hypocrisy and Trump's actual commitment to salary parity published 4/16/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/04/poetry-review-special-feature-she-talks.html.
"Mobag" A 20-line free verse poem in honor of Memorial Day, published 5/30/16 in Songs of Erertz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/05/special-memorial-day-feature-mobag-by.html.
“Supremely Unconstitutional” an acrostic on USURPERS decrying the courts’ legislation from the bench, and Independence Day reflection. Published 7/4/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/07/an-independence-day-reflection-by-editor.html.
"My Changeling" inspired by Irish folklore, free verse 35 lines, published 8/5/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-my-changeling-by-editor.html.
"black sun" a 5-7-5 horror-ku, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/8/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-black-sun-by-editor.html.
"Beauty Queen" free verse, 10 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/9/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-beauty-queen-by-editor.html.
"Durian" part of my unpublished collection A Wave of Poetry inspired by my USAF deployment to Indonesia, free verse, 39 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/10/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-durian-by-editor.html.
"Maimun Saleh Airport Sabang" part of my unpublished collection A Wave of Poetry inspired by my USAF deployment to Indonesia, free verse, 16 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/11/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-maimun-saleh-airport.html.
"Bats" part of my unpublished collection A Wave of Poetry inspired by my USAF deployment to Indonesia, free verse, 16 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/12/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-bats-by-editor.html.
"Flatland: Variations on a Ballad" a five-part poem about my discontent with Kansas and longing for mountains published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review one part per day from 8/15/16 - 8/19/16, each part 16 lines, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-flatland-variations-on.html.
"The Grogoch" inspired by Irish folklore, free verse, 28 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/22/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-grogoch-by-editor.html.
"Bilberry Sunday" inspired by Irish folklore, free verse, 18 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/23/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-bilberry-sunday-by.html.
"epidemic spread" a double-acrostic tanka inspired by the Ebola epidemic of 2015, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/24/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-epidemic-spread-by.html.
"Pingo" a word-painting sonnet inspired by the geological phenomenon, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/25/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-pingo-by-editor.html.
"Ghazal: In the Tower" a nod to adult fairy tales, 12 couplets, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/26/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-ghazal-in-tower-by.html.
"The Ice Gnomes" fantasy Shakespearean sonnet, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/29/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-ice-gnomes-by-editor.html.
"Knight Sestina" fantasy about a lone knight facing impossible odds, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/30/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-knight-sestina-by-editor.html.
"Knight's Last Roundelay" fantasy about an old hero called out of retirement in the hour of his people's need, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/31/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-knights-last-roundelay.html.
"Vampire Linked Landays" a poem about the curse of vampirism from the perspective of the cursed, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/30/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/09/vampire-linked-landays-by-editor.html.
"Tekiah, Teruah, Shevarim," a poem for Rosh HaShanah, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/3/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-poem-for-rosh-hashanah-by-editor.html.
"Great Red Spot" word painting poem about the famous Jovian storm, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/18/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/10/special-double-feature-jupiter-by.html.
"Never" an annotated poem about the candidate for whom I will not vote in the 2016 presidential election. 12 lines of devastating free verse. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/2/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/11/never-by-editor.html.
"ironic fashion" a political haiku mocking the "safety pin" movement. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/23/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/11/bonus-feature-ironic-fashion-by-editor.html.
"I am grateful" a Thanksgiving poem. Free verse, 16 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Thanksgiving Day 2016 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-thanksgiving-poem-by-editor.html.
"Dedication" a free verse version of the Hanukah story, 31 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Hanukah, December 24, 2016 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-chanukah-poem-by-editor.html.
"A Fall of Snow" & "The Great Rescue" from Tales of Atay the Ape published in serial as "The Twelve Days of Christmoose" in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review from Christmas Day 2016 through 1/5/17 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-first-day-of-christmoose-by-editor.html.
"Facts to Ponder on Martin Luther King, Jr Day" Free verse, 30 lines plus citations. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on MLK Day 2017 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/facts-to-ponder-on-martin-luther-king.html.
"We Fortunate Few on Valentine's Day" a Valentine's Day poem for the happily married. Free verse sonnet. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Valentine's Day 2017 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/02/for-we-fortunate-few-on-valentines-day.html.
"Dear Jason" a Passover special feature originally for my son on the occasion of his high school graduation. Free verse, 66 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 4/11/17 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-passover-special-feature.html.
"For Jason" a poem to mark Jason's graduation from CCAD. Free verse, 21 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/15/17 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/special-feature-for-jason-by-editor.html.
"MEPS: Freedom's Front Door" a poem to mark Memorial Day. Free verse, 28 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/29/17 on Memorial Day http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-memorial-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"Witnesses" a poem for Shavuot. Free verse, 18 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/31/17 on Shavuot http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-poem-for-shavuot-by-editor.html.
"Old Glory" a poem for Flag Day. Free verse, 4 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 6/14/17 on Flag Day http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-flag-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"Fifty-six Brave Men" an Independence Day poem. Englyn penfyr, one tercet. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 7/4/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/07/an-independence-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"burned are the towers" a haiku for September 11. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/11/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/09/a-haiku-remembrance-by-editor.html.
"For Now" a prose poem for Rosh Hashanah published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/21/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/09/a-prose-poem-for-rosh-hashanah-by-editor.html.
"Let Us Remember" a poem for the victims of the Las Vegas massacre, free verse, 19 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/3/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/10/let-us-remember-by-editor.html.
"Sukkot in Kansas" a poem for Sukkot, free verse, 18 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/5/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/10/a-poem-for-sukkot-by-editor.html.
"The Salute" a poem for Veterans Day, free verse, 22 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/11/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/11/a-veterans-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"Thanksgiving: The Real Story" a poem for Thanksgiving, free verse, 21 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/23/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/11/a-thanksgiving-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"Nes Gadol Haya Sham" a poem for Hanukkah, Free Verse, 5 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 12/12/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/12/a-poem-for-hanukkah-by-editor.html.
"A Winter Haiku" published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 12/28/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/12/a-winter-haiku-by-editor.html.
"Donald Takes Liberties with Emma" a parody for Martin Luther King Day after Emma Lazarus' famous poem, Rhyming, 5 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 1/15/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/01/a-poem-for-martin-luther-king-day-by.html.
"Fast of the Firstborn" a Passover Poem, free verse, 43 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/30/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/03/a-poem-for-passover-by-editor.html.
"D-Day: Lessons Learned" a Memorial Day poem, 4 quatrains, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/28/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/05/a-memorial-day-poem-by-editor-in-chief.html.
"One Generation Away" an Independence Day poem, 7 free verse cinquains, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 7/4/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/07/an-independence-day-poem-by-editor-in.html
"breadcrumbs cast away" a Rosh Hashanah haiku, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/10/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/09/a-rosh-hashanah-haiku-by-editor.html.
"My Deck, My Sukkah" a poem for Sukkot, free verse, 28 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/24/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/09/a-poem-for-sukkot-by-editor-in-chief.html.
"Pittsburgh in Memoriam" a poem in memory of the massacre at the Jewish temple, 4 quatrains, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/29/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/10/a-poem-for-pittsburgh-and-all-of-us-by.html.
"Never Forget the One Percent" a poem for Veterans Day, 7 lines, rhyming, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/12/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/11/a-poem-for-veterans-day-by-our-editor.html.
"Our Brightest Point of Light Extinguished" an elegy for George Herbert Walker Bush, free verse, 46 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 12/1/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/12/an-elegy-for-george-herbert-walker-bush.html
"Global Warming" 3 quatrains, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Jan 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/01/januaryfebruary-2019-winter-issue.html.
"Qanisqineq" a poem about snow on water, 5 stanzas of 3 lines each, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Jan 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/01/januaryfebruary-2019-winter-issue.html.
"Wintry Mix" a poem about precipitation--or is it? 12 lines, rhyming, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Jan 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/01/januaryfebruary-2019-winter-issue.html.
"Blinded" a love poem of six lines of free verse, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review February 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/02/februarymarch-2019-love-issue.html.
"Goodbye Old Friend" 45 lines of free verse dedicated to my 1996 Ford Taurus, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review February 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/02/februarymarch-2019-love-issue.html.
"Soul Devourers" a poem from The Last Paladin about a legendary evil, 60 lines free verse, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review March 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/03/marchapril-2019-fantasy-fairytale-issue.html.
"Dwarf Daffodils" a poem about the daffodils of my Kansas home, modern sonnet, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review April 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/04/aprilmay-2019-spring-issue.html.
"Sabang Haibun" a haibun about my deployment to Indonesia in 2004/2005, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review May 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/05/
"Golem: A Triptych" six lines x 3 collumns, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June/July 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/06/
"Loon on the Kennebec" a modern sonnet inspired by a river in Maine, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review August 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/08/
"The Return" a prose poem about a trip back to Kansas, about 250 words, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review September 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/09/
"Certain Habits" narrative free verse vampire/western/horror/sci-fi poem, 142 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review October 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/10/
"Autumn in Bordertown" a modern fantasy ballad of 2 stanzas of 5 lines each, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review November 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/11/
"Hero of the Battle of Beth-zechariah" an epic balladic poem of 2 stanzas of 11 lines each, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review December 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/12/
"Oseh Shalom" a modern fantasy about life after death for a Holocaust survivor, 3 stanzas of 10 lines each, published under nom de plume "Shlomo ben Moshe HaLevi, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review March 2020 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/03/march-2020-fantasy-fairytale-issue_14.html.
"Sister of Romulus" dedicated to Lana the Poetry Dog, 9 tercets, semi-rhyming, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Virgin" about the love of skiing, free verse, 31 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Kiss Me" about e-dating, free verse, 33 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Fifty Years Wed" free verse, 7 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Ever Brighter" about a day in a field of sunflowers, free verse, 6 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"My Changeling" inspired by Irish folklore, free verse 35 lines, published 8/5/16 in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-my-changeling-by-editor.html.
"black sun" a 5-7-5 horror-ku, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/8/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-black-sun-by-editor.html.
"Beauty Queen" free verse, 10 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/9/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-beauty-queen-by-editor.html.
"Durian" part of my unpublished collection A Wave of Poetry inspired by my USAF deployment to Indonesia, free verse, 39 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/10/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-durian-by-editor.html.
"Maimun Saleh Airport Sabang" part of my unpublished collection A Wave of Poetry inspired by my USAF deployment to Indonesia, free verse, 16 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/11/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-maimun-saleh-airport.html.
"Bats" part of my unpublished collection A Wave of Poetry inspired by my USAF deployment to Indonesia, free verse, 16 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/12/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-bats-by-editor.html.
"Flatland: Variations on a Ballad" a five-part poem about my discontent with Kansas and longing for mountains published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review one part per day from 8/15/16 - 8/19/16, each part 16 lines, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-flatland-variations-on.html.
"The Grogoch" inspired by Irish folklore, free verse, 28 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/22/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-grogoch-by-editor.html.
"Bilberry Sunday" inspired by Irish folklore, free verse, 18 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/23/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-bilberry-sunday-by.html.
"epidemic spread" a double-acrostic tanka inspired by the Ebola epidemic of 2015, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/24/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-epidemic-spread-by.html.
"Pingo" a word-painting sonnet inspired by the geological phenomenon, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/25/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-pingo-by-editor.html.
"Ghazal: In the Tower" a nod to adult fairy tales, 12 couplets, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/26/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-ghazal-in-tower-by.html.
"The Ice Gnomes" fantasy Shakespearean sonnet, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/29/16, http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-ice-gnomes-by-editor.html.
"Knight Sestina" fantasy about a lone knight facing impossible odds, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/30/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-knight-sestina-by-editor.html.
"Knight's Last Roundelay" fantasy about an old hero called out of retirement in the hour of his people's need, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/31/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/08/special-feature-knights-last-roundelay.html.
"Vampire Linked Landays" a poem about the curse of vampirism from the perspective of the cursed, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/30/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/09/vampire-linked-landays-by-editor.html.
"Tekiah, Teruah, Shevarim," a poem for Rosh HaShanah, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/3/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-poem-for-rosh-hashanah-by-editor.html.
"Great Red Spot" word painting poem about the famous Jovian storm, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/18/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/10/special-double-feature-jupiter-by.html.
"Never" an annotated poem about the candidate for whom I will not vote in the 2016 presidential election. 12 lines of devastating free verse. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/2/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/11/never-by-editor.html.
"ironic fashion" a political haiku mocking the "safety pin" movement. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/23/16 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/11/bonus-feature-ironic-fashion-by-editor.html.
"I am grateful" a Thanksgiving poem. Free verse, 16 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Thanksgiving Day 2016 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-thanksgiving-poem-by-editor.html.
"Dedication" a free verse version of the Hanukah story, 31 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Hanukah, December 24, 2016 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-chanukah-poem-by-editor.html.
"A Fall of Snow" & "The Great Rescue" from Tales of Atay the Ape published in serial as "The Twelve Days of Christmoose" in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review from Christmas Day 2016 through 1/5/17 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-first-day-of-christmoose-by-editor.html.
"Facts to Ponder on Martin Luther King, Jr Day" Free verse, 30 lines plus citations. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on MLK Day 2017 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/facts-to-ponder-on-martin-luther-king.html.
"We Fortunate Few on Valentine's Day" a Valentine's Day poem for the happily married. Free verse sonnet. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review on Valentine's Day 2017 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/02/for-we-fortunate-few-on-valentines-day.html.
"Dear Jason" a Passover special feature originally for my son on the occasion of his high school graduation. Free verse, 66 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 4/11/17 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-passover-special-feature.html.
"For Jason" a poem to mark Jason's graduation from CCAD. Free verse, 21 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/15/17 http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/special-feature-for-jason-by-editor.html.
"MEPS: Freedom's Front Door" a poem to mark Memorial Day. Free verse, 28 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/29/17 on Memorial Day http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-memorial-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"Witnesses" a poem for Shavuot. Free verse, 18 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/31/17 on Shavuot http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-poem-for-shavuot-by-editor.html.
"Old Glory" a poem for Flag Day. Free verse, 4 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 6/14/17 on Flag Day http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-flag-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"Fifty-six Brave Men" an Independence Day poem. Englyn penfyr, one tercet. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 7/4/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/07/an-independence-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"burned are the towers" a haiku for September 11. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/11/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/09/a-haiku-remembrance-by-editor.html.
"For Now" a prose poem for Rosh Hashanah published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/21/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/09/a-prose-poem-for-rosh-hashanah-by-editor.html.
"Let Us Remember" a poem for the victims of the Las Vegas massacre, free verse, 19 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/3/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/10/let-us-remember-by-editor.html.
"Sukkot in Kansas" a poem for Sukkot, free verse, 18 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/5/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/10/a-poem-for-sukkot-by-editor.html.
"The Salute" a poem for Veterans Day, free verse, 22 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/11/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/11/a-veterans-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"Thanksgiving: The Real Story" a poem for Thanksgiving, free verse, 21 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/23/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/11/a-thanksgiving-day-poem-by-editor.html.
"Nes Gadol Haya Sham" a poem for Hanukkah, Free Verse, 5 lines. Published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 12/12/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/12/a-poem-for-hanukkah-by-editor.html.
"A Winter Haiku" published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 12/28/17 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/12/a-winter-haiku-by-editor.html.
"Donald Takes Liberties with Emma" a parody for Martin Luther King Day after Emma Lazarus' famous poem, Rhyming, 5 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 1/15/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/01/a-poem-for-martin-luther-king-day-by.html.
"Fast of the Firstborn" a Passover Poem, free verse, 43 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 3/30/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/03/a-poem-for-passover-by-editor.html.
"D-Day: Lessons Learned" a Memorial Day poem, 4 quatrains, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 5/28/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/05/a-memorial-day-poem-by-editor-in-chief.html.
"One Generation Away" an Independence Day poem, 7 free verse cinquains, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 7/4/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/07/an-independence-day-poem-by-editor-in.html
"breadcrumbs cast away" a Rosh Hashanah haiku, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/10/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/09/a-rosh-hashanah-haiku-by-editor.html.
"My Deck, My Sukkah" a poem for Sukkot, free verse, 28 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 9/24/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/09/a-poem-for-sukkot-by-editor-in-chief.html.
"Pittsburgh in Memoriam" a poem in memory of the massacre at the Jewish temple, 4 quatrains, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 10/29/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/10/a-poem-for-pittsburgh-and-all-of-us-by.html.
"Never Forget the One Percent" a poem for Veterans Day, 7 lines, rhyming, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 11/12/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/11/a-poem-for-veterans-day-by-our-editor.html.
"Our Brightest Point of Light Extinguished" an elegy for George Herbert Walker Bush, free verse, 46 lines, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 12/1/18 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2018/12/an-elegy-for-george-herbert-walker-bush.html
"Global Warming" 3 quatrains, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Jan 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/01/januaryfebruary-2019-winter-issue.html.
"Qanisqineq" a poem about snow on water, 5 stanzas of 3 lines each, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Jan 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/01/januaryfebruary-2019-winter-issue.html.
"Wintry Mix" a poem about precipitation--or is it? 12 lines, rhyming, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Jan 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/01/januaryfebruary-2019-winter-issue.html.
"Blinded" a love poem of six lines of free verse, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review February 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/02/februarymarch-2019-love-issue.html.
"Goodbye Old Friend" 45 lines of free verse dedicated to my 1996 Ford Taurus, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review February 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/02/februarymarch-2019-love-issue.html.
"Soul Devourers" a poem from The Last Paladin about a legendary evil, 60 lines free verse, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review March 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/03/marchapril-2019-fantasy-fairytale-issue.html.
"Dwarf Daffodils" a poem about the daffodils of my Kansas home, modern sonnet, published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review April 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/04/aprilmay-2019-spring-issue.html.
"Sabang Haibun" a haibun about my deployment to Indonesia in 2004/2005, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review May 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/05/
"Golem: A Triptych" six lines x 3 collumns, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June/July 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/06/
"Loon on the Kennebec" a modern sonnet inspired by a river in Maine, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review August 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/08/
"The Return" a prose poem about a trip back to Kansas, about 250 words, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review September 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/09/
"Certain Habits" narrative free verse vampire/western/horror/sci-fi poem, 142 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review October 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/10/
"Autumn in Bordertown" a modern fantasy ballad of 2 stanzas of 5 lines each, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review November 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/11/
"Hero of the Battle of Beth-zechariah" an epic balladic poem of 2 stanzas of 11 lines each, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review December 2019 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2019/12/
"Oseh Shalom" a modern fantasy about life after death for a Holocaust survivor, 3 stanzas of 10 lines each, published under nom de plume "Shlomo ben Moshe HaLevi, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review March 2020 http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/03/march-2020-fantasy-fairytale-issue_14.html.
"Sister of Romulus" dedicated to Lana the Poetry Dog, 9 tercets, semi-rhyming, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Virgin" about the love of skiing, free verse, 31 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Kiss Me" about e-dating, free verse, 33 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Fifty Years Wed" free verse, 7 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Ever Brighter" about a day in a field of sunflowers, free verse, 6 lines, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review June 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/06/summer-2020-love-issue.html.
"Good for the Hood?" a political smack-down on federal funding of Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger published under my Hebrew name Shlomo ben Moshe HaLevi, 7 quatrains, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review September 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/09/fall-2020-politics-issue.html.
"The Best Offense" a political lament about the de facto loss of freedom of speech in the USA, 4 cinquains, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review September 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/09/fall-2020-politics-issue.html.
"Farewell My Noble Beast", an elegy for my dog, Lana, 20 rhyming couplets and a final rhyming triplet, Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Winter 2020, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2020/12/winter-2020-spring-issue.html.
Tales from the Moonlit Path
"Metamorphoses", a fantasy/horror tale of about 2,000 words, published in Tales form the Moonlit Path August 2019 http://talesmoonlitpath.com/fiction/metamorphoses-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon/.
Tales from the Moonlit Path
"Metamorphoses", a fantasy/horror tale of about 2,000 words, published in Tales form the Moonlit Path August 2019 http://talesmoonlitpath.com/fiction/metamorphoses-by-steven-wittenberg-gordon/.
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