‘Beneath Brambles’ and Other Poetry by Karen Shepherd The Society September 19, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments Beneath Brambles A villanelle Beneath the tangled brambles, look around. Vines creeping, smothering, create the dark. A trillium insists her bloom be found. Canes strangle, branches slip to ghastly...
‘Requiem for September’ and Other Poetry by Ann Christine Tabaka The Society September 18, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Requiem for September (or/ November Is Upon Us) Withering leaves Dying grasses Autumn is here Time Passes Gray skies Chilly days Brisk nights Life’s fabric frays Weary bodies Wracked with...
Interview with Samuel Gilliland: ‘The Finest Lyric Poet in Scotland’ The Society September 17, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Interviews, News of Note, Poetry 1 Comment By Joseph Charles MacKenzie, for the Society of Classical Poets Born in 1939 Samuel Gilliland attended the ancient Dreghorn School in an old mining village on the right bank of the river Irvine, said...
‘Cagney’s Last Curtain Call’ by Sam Gilliland The Society September 16, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 9 Comments Cagney's Last Curtain Call Words shape my lips, words that I shall borrow, Pre-dawn, the sun, yet to fully arise, Caresses land edged by a bustling sea; Joy’s tears form, for I may weep...
‘Translation of Marcabru’s L’autrier Just’una Sebissa’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society September 15, 2017 Culture, Poetry, Translation 4 Comments Translation (1) By a hedge, the day before, I met a half-breed shepherdess Full of cheer and sense no less— A peasant woman’s child. She wore A cloak of fur. One could adore Her simple skirt...
‘Grading Gumnuts’ by David Watt The Society September 14, 2017 Children's, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments One afternoon, ‘neath forest tall, where Sunlight dons disguise, I saw a sight few people see (unless they’re telling lies); For under Swamp Mahogany there stood attired in green, An amusing...
‘Youths For Prophets, Without Sin’ by David Hollywood The Society September 13, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Youths for Prophets, Without Sin As youths for prophets steer a course, Towards our futures of remorse, We forge a dauntless faith believed, Inspired by deeds not yet bereaved, And age which slows, and...
‘American Incipits’ by Reid McGrath The Society September 12, 2017 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments AMERICAN INCIPITS Ishmael “You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction. He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against...
‘A Lament for 9/11’ by Zachary Dilks The Society September 11, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 1 Comment 'Twas so much more on that morn before fall that we all came to mourn as it fell As the shadows that touched had borne, by its clutch, a scorn we remembered so well From the sky rained a fiery...
‘To Terror’s Followers’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society September 10, 2017 Poetry, Terrorism 1 Comment Cloaked in rumors of religion, looming bloodthirst Brings upon world’s drowning morals bouts of horror, As the force of chaos calls you... Depths that holler For damnation fan your frenzied rampant...
