‘My Mirror Grinned’ (Rondeau) and Other Poetry by Sathya Narayana The Society September 27, 2016 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment My Mirror Grinned (Rondeau) My mirror grinned at my first grey. With rearing youth, it’s my first fray. Disturbed, with care I plucked that bane, next day to find one more, again! I cried and sighed...
‘The Pleiades’ (Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood The Society September 25, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments There is a tale of seven sisters whose father help up the sky pursued by Orion, carried to the heavens by Zeus. Farming season began when their star cluster appeared high— their position in the...
‘Greening Fields’ by Carole Mertz The Society September 23, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments Today I may dream of stubbled fields shriveled foretelling of future prospects grim. If tomorrow’s dreams are green, is it a given I’ll have...
‘Falun Dafa Hao’ by Courtney Dowe (with Audio) The Society September 21, 2016 Poetry "Falun Dafa Hao" is Chinese for "Falun Dafa is good." Falun Dafa, also known as a Falun Gong, is a peaceful spiritual practice that has been persecuted in China since 1999. The world will wonder how We...
How to Write a Pantoum (With Example) The Society September 19, 2016 Beauty, Essays, For Educators, Poetry, Poetry Forms 12 Comments By Carol Smallwood The pantoum is a poetry form that originated in 15th century Malaysia and drifted West in the 19th century with French writer Victor Hugo, among others. While it never quite took off like...
‘Genesis’ by Liùsaidh The Society September 17, 2016 Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Gathering like large and lazy vultures they asked me, on my travels, where I’m from — my origins, religion and my culture the place from which I came, so forth, and on. But how to answer...
‘Unexpiring’ and Other Poetry by Neal Dachstadter The Society September 15, 2016 Beauty, Poetry Unexpiring Ekphrastic on the above photo Unexpiring constant Sun, Earth untired responding spun, Surging fire, maternal birth, Urgent sire of vernal mirth. Père Sol, of ruth and blaze, Mère Earth...
‘An Uplifting Book’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society September 13, 2016 Beauty, Falun Dafa, Poetry 1 Comment The eyes emerge from slumber’s lake of lead, Awakened by the zephyr flying past, In wonderment to witness, overhead, An otherworldly sky expanding fast. Revolving stars in efflorescence...
‘On the Shores of Lake Erie’ by G. M. H. Thompson The Society September 11, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments On the shores of Lake Erie, most weak & most weary, a soldier sat sunning, returned from the wars, And though it were bleary, he still could see clearly when a bonny lass...
‘We Shall Never Forget’ and Other Poetry by Alan Jankowski The Society September 10, 2016 News of Note, Poetry 1 Comment We Shall Never Forget Let the world always remember, That fateful day in September, And the ones who answered duty's call, Should be remembered by us all. Who left the comfort of their home, To face...
