‘Passing of the Seasons’ and Other Poetry by Wandi Zhu The Society August 19, 2017 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 4 Comments Passing of the Seasons When snow has melted, chill has gone, and winter turns to spring, The tender buds grow on the branches where the robins sing. The earth once brown is green again, blessed by the April...
‘Nesting Season’ and Other Poetry by Michael Angel Martín The Society August 18, 2017 Beauty, Humor, Poetry Nesting Season Little sleep. The night heat did not relent. You startle me up as day breaks over the tent to show me the sea-turtle tracks you found through the bluestems behind the campground. I hardly...
‘He viewed the world with perfect form’ by Neal Dachstadter The Society August 17, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments He viewed the world with perfect form But upside down, not as the norm He lifted those who’d been down - trod And doing so, he followed God Neal Dachstadter is a poet living in...
Classical Book Review: The Icelandic Sagas: Tales of Kings and Heroes (Folio) Joshua Philipp August 16, 2017 Classical Literature, Essays, Poetry, Reviews By Joshua Philipp Abbie Farwell Brown described the far north in his 1902 book, "In The Days of Giants," as "the land of the midnight sun, where summer is green and pleasant, but winter is a terrible time...
‘Concession’ by Charles Joseph Albert The Society August 15, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments I used to find it hard to lose at chess. I'd watch in disbelief the check and mate, think through the game and curse to find too late— I'd bought disaster with the bishop's press. In school,...
‘George and the Dragon’ and Other Poetry by Sue Vincent The Society August 14, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments George and the Dragon In the Yorkshire dialect “Nah, sithee,” said Granny, “Just set thee dahn ‘ere, An’ I’ll tell thee a tale old and true, Of ‘ow good Saint George slew a dragon one...
‘The Journal’ and Other Poetry by Amy Foreman The Society August 13, 2017 Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Short Stories 10 Comments The Journal It sat upon his bedside table, closed, And waiting to keep record of each day: The silent pages still and unexposed, A diary to come, his dossier. He saw it every evening as he bent To turn...
‘Meadows of Corn’ and Other Poetry by Satyananda Sarangi The Society August 12, 2017 Art, Beauty, Poetry 26 Comments Meadows of Corn It seems but bland to every passing eye, These regal meadows dressed in ripened corn; They dance and few can such effects deny, The brows of greener grass their touch adorn. As dismal...
‘The Plaint of Aunegild’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society August 11, 2017 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments Argument The following poem is a dramatic monologue in four sections, based on a brief passage in a barbarian legal text. In the sixth-century law code Lex Burgundiorum, an account is given of the widow...
Rhyming Riddle Contest Winners Announced The Society August 10, 2017 Culture, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Riddles 1 Comment Thank you to everyone who participated! Judges Dusty Grein, Michael Curtis, and Damian Robin have selected the below winners for the first Rhyming Riddle Contest. Judge Curtis said meter was...
