‘The New McCarthyism’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society June 25, 2017 Deconstructing Communism, News of Note, Poetry 1 Comment The New McCarthyism by Caud Sewer Bile McCarthyism is alive and thriving in the land, but now ironically it is the left that’s going mad. The leftist gangs see red beneath the beat of every...
Essay: ‘Poetry and the Muses Part 2’ by James Sale The Society June 24, 2017 Essays, Poetry 12 Comments The Muses we understand from Part 1 of this article are the daughters of the future and the past, and more specifically of memory, light, truth and beauty; they are essential for the ‘good life’, and we...
‘What Rumor, What Word?’ and Other Poetry by Neal Dachstadter The Society June 23, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry What Rumor, What Word? On the featured photo above What rumor, what word, O Cloud from the sea? Cumulus, Nimbus: what sayest thou to me? But human and man; the simplest I be, And found ruminating,...
‘Riddle Two’ and Other Poetry by Michelle Tamara Simon The Society June 22, 2017 Humor, Poetry, Riddles 3 Comments Riddle Two Now give these lines a gander Be you bold enough to try Find fun, full-fashioned candor Take care. Some smart cells may fry On this surface so smooth In perfect timing we...
‘The Faerie Glade’ By Wandi Zhu The Society June 21, 2017 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 3 Comments In a secluded forest glade, Where sunlight shines and shadows fade, The faeries come to dance and play Upon a bright warm summer’s day. Light are their footsteps, quick their feet On...
Classical Book Review: Dante’s Vita Nuova and Reflections on Divine Love (Folio) Joshua Philipp June 20, 2017 Classical Literature, Essays, Poetry, Reviews, Translation 1 Comment By Joshua Philipp The Italian poet Dante Alighieri is best known for his journey into hell, purgatory, and heaven which he told of in his "Divine Comedy." But before he took that journey, he took a very...
’27 November 1976: Fort Eustis, Virginia’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society June 19, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments 27 November 1976: Fort Eustis, Virginia By Usa W. Celebride It is an autumn Saturday. I sit amidst the scree, of dry, brown, crackly leaves, against the rough bark of a tree. The Sun casts out long...
‘The Finding’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society June 18, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments Sonnet XLIV. The Finding Let not this grief across her face invade, Dear God! Thou madest these my one true care! Not Egypt, where we hid Him and He played, Could fade her brightness with its desert...
‘Déja’ and Other Poetry by Philip Whidden The Society June 16, 2017 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Déja Do you remember when a piece of art Held truth or meaning in its oil or stone— And beauty even? Paintings would impart Aesthetic truth and not just some sweet tone Of glowing like a...
‘The Light of New Hope’ and Other Poetry on Terrorist Attacks in England The Society June 15, 2017 News of Note, Poetry, Terrorism 1 Comment Post your poetry on the recent terrorist attacks in England in the comments section at the end of this post. The Light of New Hope By Connie Phillips I. Bombings, beheadings, bizarre wanton...
