‘The Great War’: A Poem by Mary Gardner The Society May 29, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . The Great War Ever be their memory, Those interred across the sea, Men who, fighting evil, fell, Who endured the martial Hell; Those who to their...
‘For My Grandfather’: A Poem by Amadeus V. The Society May 28, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . For My Grandfather While Sharpton praised low bandits for their grace, And Barack preached self-pity with pure glee, You always taught the simple...
‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank The Society May 28, 2023 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Rondel, Sestina 16 Comments . Red Flags a sestina sonnet The national flags of the Westerners’ lands Turn red in the dim, fading light of the sunset, Like Communist...
A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 27, 2023 Poetry, Satire, Triolet 64 Comments . Target If you’re too young to take a marriage vow, Stuck at an awkward age that won’t allow A dizzy dose of liquor-laden brew Or puffs of...
‘True Grit’ and Other Poetry by David Whippman The Society May 27, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . True Grit My favourite movie? If I must decide, I'd pick a classic western above all, those epic films of frontier macho pride. Enter the hero,...
‘Some Satirical Epigrams’: Poetry by Shaun C. Duncan The Society May 26, 2023 Blank Verse, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . Some Satirical Epigrams in hendecasyllabics (essentially trochaic pentameter with a dactyl for the second foot) . Complaint to a Complainer You...
‘The Odd, Flawed and Awed’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society May 26, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . The Odd, Flawed and Awed Inspired by “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Canadian poet Robert W. Service If you hear from God, though the words...
‘Remorseless’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society May 25, 2023 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 45 Comments . Remorseless Back on 19, returning from the lake, Where she had stowed sling chairs for next week’s meet, Her car broke down. She checked out what...
Poetry on Butterflies, Insects, and Frogs, by Norma Pain The Society May 24, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . Butterfly Habit Ungainly butterfly, Misdirected flight. Fascinating random, Unpredictable delight. To and fro… up and down And backwards if you...
Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society May 24, 2023 Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation 6 Comments . Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Just as a bird that stands...
‘On Second Thought’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society May 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . On Second Thought When words fail, __perhaps it’s not the words at all, __but hobbled minds that cannot call __a lucid image to avail ____the...
A Poem on Cathedrals by Paul A. Freeman The Society May 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 62 Comments . Behind the Cathedral Master masons made these bastions their own by blending crafts, attaining structural awe; from Notre Dame, to Salisbury and...
‘In a Soviet Gulag’ by Evan Mantyk: Read by Andrew Benson Brown The Society May 22, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Satire, Video 13 Comments ...
‘Cain’s Daughter’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier The Society May 22, 2023 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Cain’s Daughter I was not in the garden when the veil of beauty tore I heard no serpent beckon to me through the orchard door I weep no tears...
‘Abyss’: A Poem by Tom Woodliff The Society May 21, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 20 Comments . Abyss In deepest, darkest depths of my despair I find myself without a saving grace. A pendulum of pain prevents my prayer from rising upward...
Poems from ‘The Still Beloved’ by Amado Nervo, Translated by Alan Steinle The Society May 21, 2023 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation 20 Comments . Poems from 'The Still Beloved' ('La Amada Inmóvil') by Amado Nervo (1870-1919) translated from the Spanish by Alan Steinle The poems below are...
‘A Poetic Heretic’s Poetry Tips’ and Other Poetry on Poetry, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 20, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 34 Comments . A Poetic Heretic’s Poetry Tips a villanelle inspired by Dr. Salemi's essay "Poetry As The Philosophers Stone" Don’t listen to the howl of...
Book Review: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde, Translated by Karl Maurer The Society May 20, 2023 Poetry, Reviews, Translation 5 Comments . Reviewed Book: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde (Translated by Karl Maurer) Cooper and Posey, 2023 by Monika Cooper In 2022, a small and brand-new press...
‘La Corona’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society May 19, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . La Corona A childhood scene recalled by Trump of his mother, Mary MacLeod Trump, in The Art of the Deal, with a parallel to English-Scottish...
‘Matters of Class’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society May 19, 2023 Children's, Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Matters of Class . Saying hello The modest o’s the most polite of letters; But is he facing up today or down? Each day he questions those he...
Introduction to SCP Journal XI and First Section of Poems The Society May 18, 2023 Essays, From the Society, Poetry 5 Comments . Below is the SCP Journal XI Introduction written by lead editor and SCP co-founder Evan Mantyk. After the Introduction is the complete first...
‘Rhymeless in Manama’ and Other Poetry by Wael Almahdi The Society May 18, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Rhymeless in Manama My UK friend said, “Rhyme is old, you need to venture free and bold.” My Turkish friend said, “Rhyme's a must, a...
‘Canyon de Chelly’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society May 17, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Canyon de Chelly Reflections of a Non-Native Visitor . An updraft from the red-rock canyon floor Blows through the mesa’s Piñon pine and sage As...
‘So Much For Legitimate Women’s Sports’ and Other Poetry by Mark Stellinga The Society May 17, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 27 Comments . So Much for Legitimate Women's Sports Vladimir Gonzales, a young Italian athlete, With 28 inch biceps and a 68 inch chest, Entered competitions...
‘Spring’s Here!’: A Springtime Poem by Rohini Sunderam The Society May 16, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Spring’s Here! It’s sprung in the branches and springs home to me, It soars through the sap and the buds in the tree. The geese have returned...
‘Bach’s Amazing Journey’ and Other Bach Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society May 16, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 33 Comments . Bach's Amazing Journey In the autumn of 1705, when Johann Sebastian Bach was 20, he set out to travel over 275 miles (each way) on foot from...
‘The Garbageman’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society May 15, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . The Garbageman Adrift amid a world that’s lost all rhyme, Where reason reels from first degree assault, It’s little wonder that from time to...
‘The Power of One’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society May 15, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 25 Comments . The Power of One You think that you're alone. There's nothing to be done. But I say, "You have strength. It is the Power of One." You may have had...
From a Grandmother to Her Grandaughter: Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 14, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Newness a sonnet corona for Doris I watch you view the newness of your world. Your widened eyes are dazzled by the light. Your fists of...
‘The Ballad of the Heroic Mother’ and Other Poetry for Mother’s Day by Joshua C. Frank The Society May 14, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 29 Comments . The Ballad of the Heroic Mother a true story A toddler into water fell __And sank as quick as rock. At nine feet deep, she couldn’t yell __Or...
Classical Poets Live: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Sally Cook, Interview with Susan Jarvis Bryant, Thomas Gray, and More The Society May 13, 2023 Poetry, Readings, Video 38 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 2: Fake Poets and Hollow Prestige . Audio version available here: Spotify:...
Winners of Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition Announced The Society May 13, 2023 Human Rights in China, Pantoum, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Villanelle 14 Comments . FIRST PLACE . Tooth and Claw a pantoum by Susan Jarvis Bryant Observe the tooth and claw of savage deed. Beware the ferric breath of looming...
Poetry As The Philosophers’ Stone: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi The Society May 12, 2023 Essays, Poetry 44 Comments . Poetry As The Philosophers’ Stone by Joseph S. Salemi The alchemical art, though long in disrepute, is nevertheless of great antiquity. ...
‘The Devil Comes to Buckingham’ from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2, by Andrew Benson Brown The Society May 12, 2023 Epic, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . The Devil Comes to Buckingham from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2 One day as Britons cheered their sovereign’s sight, The devil crawled into his...
‘On the Divine Mercy’: A Poem by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats The Society May 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 29 Comments . On the Divine Mercy Seven times the just man falls, and rises again. ---Proverbs 24:16 by Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406) translated by Margaret...
A Poem on ‘Land and Lake and Sky’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society May 11, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 25 Comments . Land and Lake and Sky Here standing by the margin of a lake, I look into its waters, cool and deep, Then scan its surface, glassy and...
‘Why Can’t I Marry My Pit Bull?’ and Other Poems by Norma Pain The Society May 10, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 28 Comments . Why Can’t I Marry My Pit Bull? Why can’t I marry my pit bull? He’d make an incredible spouse, In spite of the dog hair and doo-doo, He’d...
A Poem on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, by Jeff Eardley The Society May 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . September 9th 1901… A September evening in old Paris town, The time when Parisians let their hair down. There’s laughing and dancing and folk...
‘Ode to the Turnip’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society May 9, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 30 Comments . Ode to the Turnip Oh, turnip! You’re a vegetable maligned, suggestive of a drunk’s empurpled nose. Baked, or boiled, or steamed, on you I’ve...
‘Bend in the River’: A Poem by Leland James The Society May 8, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Bend in the River In looking back, a moment since it seems, the river ran, a fawn, leaping, cavorting; and I beside would follow to the sea. The...
