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      ‘America’: A Memorial Day Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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      ‘The Great War’: A Poem by Mary Gardner

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      ‘For My Grandfather’: A Poem by Amadeus V.

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      ‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank

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      A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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      Winners of Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition Announced

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      Winners of the Whatfinger Poetry Contest Announced

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      April 10, 2023
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      World Poetry Day Limerick Poetry Challenge

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      March 21, 2023
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      February 27, 2023
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      Poetry Challenge: Equilateral Proverbs

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      The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition

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    • 'Pain, Product, and Poetry' by Joseph S. Salemi

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      Introduction to SCP Journal XI and First Section of Poems

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      May 18, 2023
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      Poetry As The Philosophers’ Stone: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

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      May 12, 2023
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      Poems by Human Beings Versus Poems by ChatGPT: Take the Quiz

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      Modernism and the Murder of the People’s Poetry and Art: An Essay by Phillip Whidden

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      Transgression, Fake and Genuine: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

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    ‘America’: A Memorial Day Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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    Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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    A Poem for Memorial Day, by James A. Tweedie

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    May 29, 2023
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    ‘The Great War’: A Poem by Mary Gardner

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    ‘For My Grandfather’: A Poem by Amadeus V.

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    May 28, 2023
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    ‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank

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    May 28, 2023
    Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Rondel, Sestina
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    A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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    ‘True Grit’ and Other Poetry by David Whippman

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    May 26, 2023
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    ‘The Odd, Flawed and Awed’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

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    May 26, 2023
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    ‘Remorseless’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

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    May 25, 2023
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    May 24, 2023
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    Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

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    May 24, 2023
    Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
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‘The Great War’: A Poem by Mary Gardner

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May 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. 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...
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‘For My Grandfather’: A Poem by Amadeus V.

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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...
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‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank

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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...
poem/bryant/satire

A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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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...
poem/whippman/beauty

‘True Grit’ and Other Poetry by David Whippman

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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

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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...
poem/bonham/culture

‘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...
poem/coats/blank verse

‘Remorseless’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

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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

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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...
poem/translation/alighieri

Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

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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

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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...
poem/freeman/culture

A Poem on Cathedrals by Paul A. Freeman

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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

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May 22, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Readings, Satire, Video
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‘Cain’s Daughter’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier

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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

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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...
poem/steinle/translation

Poems from ‘The Still Beloved’ by Amado Nervo, Translated by Alan Steinle

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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

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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...
poetry/cooper/reviews

Book Review: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde, Translated by Karl Maurer

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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...
poem/cooper/culture

‘La Corona’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

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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...
poem/freeman/satire

‘Matters of Class’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman

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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...
poetry/mantyk/from the society

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...
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‘Rhymeless in Manama’ and Other Poetry by Wael Almahdi

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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...
poem/Tweedie/beauty

‘Canyon de Chelly’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie

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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...
poem/stellinga/transgender

‘So Much For Legitimate Women’s Sports’ and Other Poetry by Mark Stellinga

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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...
poem/sunderam/beauty

‘Spring’s Here!’: A Springtime Poem by Rohini Sunderam

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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...
poem/yapko/bach

‘Bach’s Amazing Journey’ and Other Bach Poetry by Brian Yapko

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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...
poem/essmann/beauty

‘The Garbageman’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

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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...
poem/peterson/beauty

‘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...
poem/bryant/beauty

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...
poem/Frank/mothers

‘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...
poetry/benson brown/readings

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:...
poetry/mantyk/poetry contests

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/salemi/essay

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. ...
poem/benson brown/epic

‘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...
poem/coats/beauty

‘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...
poem/rizley/beauty

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...
poem/pain/satire

‘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...
poem/eardley/satire

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...
poem/freeman/humor

‘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...
poem/james/beauty

‘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...
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  1. Mike Bryant on A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 29, 2023

    Interesting article: https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2023/01/23/how-many-genders-are-actually-in-the-talmud/ The uptake… “The claim of 6 (or 8) Talmudic genders however, requires reading Talmudic sources extremely liberally…

  2. Brent W on A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 29, 2023

    @Joseph Frank- That is merely your opinion of manhood, as one individual. I am a man and I have no…

  3. Joshua C. Frank on A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 29, 2023

    Brent, why are you so eager to have children’s genitals mutilated beyond repair, effectively spaying and neutering them like dogs?…

  4. Margaret Coats on ‘Remorseless’: A Poem by Margaret CoatsMay 29, 2023

    I love your review, Yael!

  5. Mike Bryant on A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 29, 2023

    Brent, your evangelism is touching… unfortunately you have been swept up by a cult.

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