By Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2019 First published in the Spring 2020 Edition of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal Radiating tennis brilliance, flashing genius everywhere,He commands center court, invoking unrivalled fanfare,Unleashing serves of fury spinning wide or up the “T”,He crushes seconds without mercy at one-hundred forty; Employing guile and deception to mask his clever thoughts,He forces rivals to […]
By Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2020 First published in the same Spring 2020 Edition of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal Dedicated to all those who Boston heroes who overcame terrorism on Patriot’s Day, 2013 with love, unity and tenacious resolve A city of patriots, proven and true,From first responders to men in blue,You sewed wounds of hate with stitches […]
by Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2019 First published in the 2020 Spring Issue of WestWard Quarterly: The Magazine of Family Reading “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 […]
By Douglas J. LanzoCopyright 2021 First published in the June 2021 Issue of Pangolin Review Who will be there to answerits playful mating callwhen the last red panda chirpsas groves of bamboo fall? Who will heed the sawing cryof Amur leopard in the airas it hunts snow-swept taigawithout kindred in its lair? Who will requite the […]