A Poem for April Fools’ Day, 2025: ‘Spot the Fool!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 1, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Satire 15 Comments . Spot the Fool! ---for April Fools’ Day, 2025 . I. Today’s the day to fox and fool. Today’s the day to flick some fuel On laughter with a...
2025 Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition The Society March 31, 2025 Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests . The Contest Know nothing or next to nothing about Falun Gong? Perfect! This poetry competition is for you! The Friends of Falun Gong Poetry...
On the Release of JFK Assassination Files: ‘Worth the Wait?’ by James A. Tweedie The Society March 31, 2025 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Worth the Wait? At last! The long-awaited, much belated Recreated digital creations Of ten thousands JFK-related CIA et alia...
‘Ink’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 31, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . Ink A lot of people nowadays adorn The spotless skin they had when they were born. While many think it’s smart to gild a lily, Dissenters deem...
‘The Polish Martyrs’: A Poem by Michael Curtis The Society March 30, 2025 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . The Polish Martyrs Forever faithful to his flock, Good Father Rapacz would not flee. Steadfast he heard the soldiers knock. Devout, the priest was...
‘The Restoration’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society March 30, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau 32 Comments . The Restoration ---for SJB Words sometimes fail. How best explainThat life can seem eternal rain?That though friends care they cannot seeOr grasp...
‘Be Careful What Ya’ Wish For’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society March 29, 2025 Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . Be Careful What Ya’ Wish For Well, all o’ ya’ knows when ol’ Paddy McFarland’s _been drinkin’ ‘e’ll spin up a tale Oooozin’ with...
A Poem Written Upon Watching Public Cremations in Nepal, by James A. Tweedie The Society March 29, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Burning the Pieta Thoughts After Viewing Public Cremations at the Pashupatinath Temple Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal ---for Alok With tears wash...
‘Dim & Blinding Lights’: A Poem by Dan Davis The Society March 28, 2025 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . Dim & Blinding Lights The lights that shine from streets and cities block out all the stars at night. The dim lights of our partial...
‘Blood Moon Eclipse (14 March 2025)’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society March 28, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Science 8 Comments . Blood Moon Eclipse (14 March 2025) The Moon’s blood red this morning as it floats within Earth’s shadow, bathing it in light refracted round...
Society of Classical Poets High School Artwork Gallery—Spring 2025 The Society March 27, 2025 Art, High School Submissions, Poetry 7 Comments . In line with its mission to preserve humankind’s artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best of artwork submitted...
‘What the Wind May Do’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society March 27, 2025 Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . What the Wind May Do The wind’s come out to exercise today. It tests itself: how long can it exhale? With steady breath it makes the trees...
‘Bohème’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook The Society March 26, 2025 Beauty, Performing Arts, Poetry 9 Comments . Bohème Opera in a bare and frigid room As winter winds were sweeping, like a broom, Raised an enthusiasm, understood As contrast to the landscape....
‘The Lilliputians Confront Elon Musk’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham The Society March 25, 2025 Poetry, Satire 21 Comments . The Lilliputians Confront Elon Musk One giant has thoughts that are new and transcendent,It’s clearly a sign that he’s too independent.He...
John Neihardt’s Epic ‘Cycle of the West’: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown The Society March 25, 2025 Classical Poets Live, Epic, Essays, Poetry 19 Comments . https://youtu.be/lUU-G7-7nKE . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...
‘Learning Curves’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 24, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science 67 Comments . Learning Curves In classrooms smeared with monkey poop__Where questions meet deceit,She heard she came from soupy gloop---__A slab of soulless...
‘Boomerang’ and Other Poetry by James Bontrager The Society March 24, 2025 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Boomerang In the chronicles of hist’ry There we see a vast array Of malicious, scheming tricksters Who themselves became the prey, Thus,...
‘The Unknown God’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper The Society March 23, 2025 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The Unknown God ---Paul’s Address at the Areopagus (Acts 17:22-31) My dear Athenians, this I surveilled While passing by: you’re quite...
‘Ode to The New York Times’ by Brian Yapko The Society March 23, 2025 Poetry, Satire 43 Comments . Ode to The New York Times O, soulless source of leftist propaganda Known still throughout the world as “The Gray Lady”--- You promulgate...
Disaster Sonnets by Margaret Coats The Society March 22, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 35 Comments . How Many Homes? ---January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires Twelve thousand lost, from stricken memories more Schools, churches, meeting places, shops...
‘Winter Song’ and Other Poetry by Diego Calle The Society March 21, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Triolet 6 Comments . Winter Song Hymen, Venus, Graces three, _save me lest I wither like some sap-sucked blasted tree; Hymen, Venus, Graces three, come and set my...
‘Another Old Myth’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society March 21, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Another Old Myth The Ancient One warned Noah's doom was near. Since men possessed with greed kept spilling blood, That cataclysmic rain would soon...
‘Vernal Equinox’ and Other Poems by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz The Society March 20, 2025 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 7 Comments . Vernal Equinox Germans call this season “frühling.” Spaniards name it “primavera.” Welshmen say the term is “gwanwyn.” Shetland...
‘Equinox Blues’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society March 20, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . Equinox Blues Welcome to spring! The last snow may be past,_and bright blue frames the parting clouds.The sun rides longer in the sky, at...
Take a Tour of Poet Gigi Ryan’s ‘Backyard’ The Society March 19, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . My Backyard . The Campfire Elisha loves to build a fire; His dog is near, she loves to watch For birds that she will try to catch. They each...
‘The Tundra Swan’: A Madrigal by Daniel Howard The Society March 19, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . The Tundra Swan Its full and light and interfolding feathers __Number ten thousand plus, No wonder that the tundra swan out-weathers __With less...
‘I Failed’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society March 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . I Failed I failed so dramatically most early days I failed horribly in most critical ways I failed to use schooling at each different age I failed...
‘Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society March 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine With each step up the old Castillo wall I pray The hurricane will detour east past Grand Bahama. If...
A Poem and Song for St. Patrick’s Day: ‘The Session’ by Jeff Eardley The Society March 17, 2025 Beauty, Music, Poetry 8 Comments . Guitar music for "Sheebag Sheemore" performed by Jeff Eardley. . The Session Monday at the Shamrock Inn, So, the session does begin, Rosin up...
‘St. Patrick’s Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 17, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . St. Patrick’s Day, 2025 While swathed in swirls of green, some raise a glass Of dark elixir topped with sheeny cream. Some twirl through Derry...
‘Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 17, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious English literature tends to be wordy. Many tricks are exceedingly dirty. On a bright sunny day...
From James Sale’s Epic Poem DoorWay: ‘Arriving in Aquarius’ The Society March 16, 2025 Epic, Poetry 10 Comments . Opening extract from Canto 9 DoorWay: Arriving in Aquarius The poet, wrenched from love’s bliss with Seraphina in Canto 8, is carried onward by...
‘A Summer Evening’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society March 15, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . A Summer Evening The sky begins to cloak its face, Removing every streak of red. Above, two weary flyers trace The way back to their bough-held...
‘Beyond All Words’: A Love Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society March 15, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . Beyond All Words Can words alone, in skill-scribed shape or form— Inspired by muse or writ with feathered plume— Express the stark-dark depth...
‘Eternally Grounded’: A Poem by Frank Rable The Society March 14, 2025 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Eternally Grounded There’s up and down, forward and back, Of opposites we have no lack. We have the dark and we have light, And we have left as...
‘Mussolini’s Minions’: A Poem by Mary Jane Myers The Society March 14, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Mussolini's Minions ---Segesta, 2012 Entranced, we wander round the temple site.The hot Sicilian sun beats down. I’m frayed,now seek the parking...
‘A Fisherman’s Life’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero The Society March 13, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . A Fisherman’s Life The fronds of the palm trees sway in the breeze. A lone tiny boat is bounced by the seas. The sunset is orange, reflection is...
‘Cherry Tree’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai The Society March 12, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . Cherry Tree One summer day not long ago a man planted a tree, With tender love and patience he invested energy. He poured his hope and faith into...
‘Blind Watchmaker’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society March 11, 2025 Poetry, Science 21 Comments . Blind Watchmaker A blind watchmaker tinkered for billions of yearswithout blueprints for making his intricate gears.So, he failed many times but...
‘Pumpkin Spice’: A Poem by Michael Pendragon The Society March 11, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . Pumpkin Spice The scent of Autumn lingers in the air With hints of ginger, cinnamon, and clove; At 42nd Street and Herald Square, On 8th Street,...