Published poems by Matthew R. Callies

• Shepherdesses of the Flock
  Mar 23rd 2026 (08:11)
• On Eugene Field’s ‘Wynken, Blynken and Nod’
  Mar 22nd 2026 (08:22)
• Stairs to Nowhere 🔥
  Mar 21st 2026 (07:09)
• Nine on the Field 🔥
  Mar 20th 2026 (10:32)
• A Night at the Theater 🔥
  Mar 19th 2026 (00:29)
• Clash of Strength
  Mar 18th 2026 (00:02)
• After the Fire, Road Home
  Mar 17th 2026 (06:59)
• You Are Not Chaos
  Mar 16th 2026 (05:55)
• Ring Over Net 🔥
  Mar 15th 2026 (00:21)
• Sinsiesta 🔥
  Mar 14th 2026 (00:02)
• Lolita 🔥
  Mar 13th 2026 (14:33)
• Before the Bark, the Howl 🔥
  Mar 12th 2026 (07:45)
• When Words Are Feared 🔥
  Mar 11th 2026 (00:32)
• A Medieval Mishap 🔥
  Mar 10th 2026 (06:48)
• Learning the Shape of Better 🔥
  Mar 9th 2026 (07:35)
• The Night's Ledger 🔥
  Mar 8th 2026 (07:21)
• The Sparrow's Unfinished Lesson 🔥
  Mar 7th 2026 (00:51)
• Coin Return 🔥
  Mar 6th 2026 (00:08)
• The Last Riddle Refuses an Answer 🔥
  Mar 5th 2026 (00:22)
• Dare Me the Difficult Thing 🔥
  Mar 4th 2026 (08:33)
• Sunday Morning, Birmingham
  Mar 3rd 2026 (01:32)
• Echoes through the Black Forest
  Mar 2nd 2026 (00:22)
• The Shell of Fulk Lake
  Mar 1st 2026 (01:31)
• Accordion Skies
  Feb 28th 2026 (00:08)
• Bright Future Stolen 🔥
  Feb 27th 2026 (00:12)
• Ripples in Champlain
  Feb 26th 2026 (08:21)
• Blown Across the Table 🔥
  Feb 25th 2026 (06:11)
• Steel and Stream
  Feb 24th 2026 (08:12)
• Ode to the Biscuit Bringer 🔥
  Feb 23rd 2026 (00:20)
• I Don't Want to Wait for Our Lives to Be Over 🔥
  Feb 22nd 2026 (05:57)
• The Graying Side of Life 🔥
  Feb 21st 2026 (08:34)
• To Forgive, Divine 🔥
  Feb 20th 2026 (05:33)
• To Err Is Human
  Feb 19th 2026 (06:38)
• Elegy for Jesse Jackson
  Feb 18th 2026 (08:54)
• Lines Written in Contemplation of Suicide
  Feb 17th 2026 (06:40)
• The Twenty-Ninth That Would Never Die 🔥
  Feb 16th 2026 (04:17)
• Pee Pee in the Potty
  Feb 15th 2026 (12:05)
• A Valentine in Lead 🔥
  Feb 14th 2026 (07:51)
• Thirteenth Comes to Town 🔥
  Feb 13th 2026 (10:10)
• A Queer's Defense of J. K. Rowling
  Feb 12th 2026 (10:49)
• Useless, Useless 🔥
  Feb 11th 2026 (10:45)
• The Ballad of Banjo Paterson 🔥
  Feb 10th 2026 (10:46)
• Seven Words 🔥
  Feb 9th 2026 (07:33)
• Woke, but Not Awake 🔥
  Feb 8th 2026 (08:49)
• Gerkönernøckin
  Feb 7th 2026 (10:11)
• The Archer of Altdorf
  Feb 6th 2026 (11:03)
• Lab Report in a Cathedral
  Feb 5th 2026 (10:29)
• The Laundry Chute Confessional
  Feb 4th 2026 (10:48)
• Ode to My Own Unparalleled Poetic Greatness 🔥
  Feb 3rd 2026 (10:46)
• The Prognosticator of Shadows
  Feb 2nd 2026 (10:08)
• Stealing Greenland 🔥
  Feb 1st 2026 (19:50)
• Elegy in a Minor Key of Laughter
  Jan 31st 2026 (10:27)
• Red Breast at First Light
  Jan 30th 2026 (10:40)
• A Chorus Big Enough for the Planet
  Jan 28th 2026 (10:06)
• A Door Beneath the Headstones
  Jan 27th 2026 (10:51)
• The Copper That Was Not Good
  Jan 26th 2026 (10:41)
• Song of the Open Road’s Old Bearded Brother
  Jan 23rd 2026 (10:51)
• Behind the Painted Smile
  Jan 22nd 2026 (10:59)
• Guides of the Threshold
  Jan 21st 2026 (10:54)
• Skull and Bones
  Jan 20th 2026 (14:55)
• The Booklover's Dilemma
  Jan 19th 2026 (10:48)
• Beyond the Night's Spark 🔥
  Jan 16th 2026 (10:48)
• Sonnet to a Reese's
  Jan 15th 2026 (10:47)
• Valkyrie's Ride
  Jan 14th 2026 (10:31)
• Sonnet for Edgar Allan Poe
  Jan 12th 2026 (10:51)
• Social Flu Shot 🔥
  Jan 7th 2026 (10:49)
• The Gaymelion
  Jan 6th 2026 (10:44)
• The Masque of Mercy
  Jan 5th 2026 (10:55)
• From a Curly Dream in Green and Gold
  Dec 30th 2025 (10:47)
• The Night That Would Not Sleep
  Dec 29th 2025 (10:49)
• Ode to a Fleeting Peace
  Dec 23rd 2025 (10:21)
• The Woman Who Keeps the North Warm 🔥
  Dec 22nd 2025 (10:05)
• The Immortal Loaf
  Dec 20th 2025 (10:13)
• Where Winter Dares a Kiss
  Dec 19th 2025 (10:07)
• The Night the Dark Was Given a Map 🔥
  Dec 18th 2025 (10:19)
• When Winter Let Us Fly
  Dec 17th 2025 (10:07)
• Elegy for Rob and Michele Reiner
  Dec 16th 2025 (10:17)
• Toys for Tots
  Dec 15th 2025 (10:06)
• The Joy Is in the Cookies Made
  Dec 12th 2025 (10:10)
• The Bell Ringer
  Dec 11th 2025 (10:09)
• Holiday Movie Marathon
  Dec 10th 2025 (10:31)
• The Eggnog Song
  Dec 9th 2025 (10:07)
• Keeper of the Quiet Light
  Dec 8th 2025 (10:39)
• Snot-Freeze
  Dec 6th 2025 (10:09)
• Red-Ribbon Spirals
  Dec 5th 2025 (12:20)
• Old Man Winter
  Dec 4th 2025 (10:50)
• O Hat of Red and White
  Dec 3rd 2025 (10:11)
• Snow Globe Sonnet
  Dec 2nd 2025 (10:48)
• Sing Me a Christmas Song
  Dec 1st 2025 (10:24)
• Thus Ends the Feast
  Nov 26th 2025 (10:41)
• Villanelle for a Plastic Oracle
  Nov 25th 2025 (10:15)
• The Rest of the Story
  Nov 24th 2025 (10:17)
• Pantheon of Shadows: Sonnets from a Forgotten Earth
  Nov 21st 2025 (10:18)
• Spank Bank+18
  Nov 20th 2025 (13:28)
• At the Bus Station 🔥
  Nov 19th 2025 (10:39)
• Brain Farts and Other Commonalities 🔥
  Nov 18th 2025 (10:17)
• Four Score and Seven Years Ago
  Nov 17th 2025 (10:28)
• Couch Surfing
  Nov 15th 2025 (08:36)
• The Living Tapestry of English 🔥
  Nov 14th 2025 (08:26)
• The Stopped Clock
  Nov 13th 2025 (07:57)