A Poem on Terrorism: ‘Why Not?’ by T.M. Moore The Society May 18, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Terrorism 5 Comments We shake our heads, and wonder, “Why?” aloud each time some speeding truck plows through a crowd, or grinning gunman gloats at blood and breath spilled and extinguished by his date with...
‘A Poet’s Lament’ and Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society May 17, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 11 Comments A Poet’s Lament - for Charles Southerland, whose brilliant prose style I so painfully tried to imitate and incorporate Nobody cried when poetry died a long, slow death - a final breath, maybe even a last...
‘White Is A Color, Too’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges The Society May 16, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments White Is A Color, Too It seems strange to have to say this After what that great man taught, Yet I have seen so much amiss That I fear we all forgot. I’m here to share an opinion, Which might be a...
On Wendy Cope’s Wasteland Limericks (Essay) The Society May 15, 2019 Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry, Reviews 4 Comments by Lew Icarus Bede The way I dealt with T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland was to write a poem, equally desperate, in that same allusive style—with notes. That unpublished poem Cicadas' Voices, written in the...
Poetry Challenge: Write a Square Poem The Society May 14, 2019 Culture, Poetry, Riddles 20 Comments by David Watt I recently came across the following “square poem” attributed to Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carrol). Please note that each of the six lines may be read horizontally, or...
Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Contest Winners Announced The Society May 13, 2019 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 2 Comments Congratulations to contest winners David Whippman (First Place), Randal Burd (Second Place), Theresa Rodriguez (Third Place), and Dusty Thorne (Fourth Place). Mr. Whippman's winning poem is below. Other poems...
Selected Poems from ‘Journey to the East’ by Evan Mantyk The Society May 13, 2019 Beauty, Children's, Classical Literature, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Short Stories 9 Comments A Journey to the East by Evan Mantyk is a historical and poetical fairytale adventure styled after Journey to the West, by Ming Dynasty writer Wu Cheng’en. The first nine chapters of the former may be read...
Three Poems for Mother’s Day The Society May 12, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Bunny by Sally Cook Indebted to a simple spark of life, You missed your chance at Europe’s wondrous door. A conscientious mother and a wife, You danced your dance upon an inland shore. Your simple...
‘On Seeing You Upon Waking’ by Martin Rizley The Society May 11, 2019 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments I woke this day from napping, and I saw you lying there, Across the room, upon a couch, asleep without a care. The golden beams of twilight streaming through the windowpane, Shone wondrously upon...
‘Paper Flowers’ by Sathya Narayana The Society May 10, 2019 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments With lifeless smiles she's sitting tight in the vase. With painted flowers, leaves and twigs she's like a dressed deadman on funeral day. Let days and months pass by; forever she's...
