‘Candle’ by Carter Davis Johnson The Society July 17, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry My candle burns at both ends Late into the night, And flickers fast, And bounces in my sight. My pen lies docile in my hand. The page is silent now. My eyes transfix; My thoughts do...
‘Letter to England: For Tommy Robinson’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society July 15, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, News of Note, Poetry 33 Comments I. But yesterday, your noble fathers bled Upon the fields of France, where countless dead Had found among the vines their final rest, To gild with fame a venerated crest Whose princely brandishing from...
‘Questatements’ by Alessio Zanelli The Society July 15, 2018 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments If seasons pass too fast you'd better run. If they proceed too slow indulge in fun. Sunups are best enjoyed in days of cold. Sundowns when heat waves linger fierce and bold. Old age returns...
‘Sail Fever’ and Other Poetry by David Watt The Society July 14, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments Sail Fever I knew some terms, the merest germs Of illness called ‘Sail Fever’: Tack starboard, port, keep mainsail taut, Steer boat by tiller lever! One Saturday, beside the bay, A salesman full of...
‘Wasteheart’ by David Whippman The Society July 13, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments The precious are so easy to neglect: I let them down, my family and my friends. It’s futile if I offer my respect - Today is much too late to make amends. Nothing is left for me to do or say. The...
‘Love’ by Leonard Dabydeen The Society July 12, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments Where a lamppost spreads a white spot light Nursing silent night with canny purr, A racoon crosses there in sudden flight. Where an old man walks his dog this hour With a leash that’s buckled to his...
‘Nova Scotia and the Clouds of Summer’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society July 11, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 25 Comments Nova Scotia and the Clouds of Summer So silently they march along, the clouds of summer, proud and strong; their grand approach from yonder shore majestically they wander o’er. Not for the likes of me...
‘Love’s Refrain’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society July 10, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments For Elizabeth My morning’s mountain wears the lavish light Of candid clouds and truth-engendered white. Ah, heavens, spread your opalescent ray, And open earth-blind eyes to boundless sight, That love...
‘Alzheimer’s Disease’ and Other Poetry by Sam Gilliland The Society July 9, 2018 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments Alzheimer's Disease I can feel your deep darkness closing in, With its harrowing sense of helplessness, Soon obscenity sours tongues gathering; Havoc’s wrought by every hellish djin As chaos kicks aside...
‘Runnymede Revisited’ and Other Poetry by Edward C. Hayes The Society July 8, 2018 Poetry 8 Comments Runnymede Revisited Note: Runnymede is the location where King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta. This poem was written in the 1990s when the English nation was debating whether to join the European...
