‘City of Holy Faith’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society September 23, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . City of Holy Faith The time to weep is over. Turn away From somber matters of this sordid age And turn your pilgrim gaze to Santa Fe--- Garbed in...
On the 20th Anniversary of 9/11: ‘Sonnet of September’ and Other Poetry by Christopher Matthew Thomas The Society September 22, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 2 Comments . Sonnet of September Two thousand one eleven September, terrorists hijacked four planes in the sky. The crew, the passengers, did surrender, to...
‘I Don’t Know Why I Think Things Will Get Better’ by Geoffrey Smagacz The Society September 22, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . I don't know why I think things will get better.I'm always holding on to flimsy hope.I've held it since I was a young go-getterbefore the downward...
An Interview With Leading Poet and Petrarch Translator A.M. Juster The Society September 21, 2021 Essays, Interviews, Poetry, Translation 4 Comments A version of this interview originally appeared in The Epoch Times by Evan Mantyk A widely published translator of ancient Latin texts, a former...
‘At Brighton Beach (July 19, 2021)’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society September 21, 2021 Beauty, Poetry, The Pandemic 30 Comments . At Brighton Beach the seagulls fly, they soar and circle in the sky; they swoop and steal the punters’ chips amidst the backdrop’s sailing...
‘Leave Our Kids Alone!’: On COVID-19 Vaccines for Children, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 20, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé, The Pandemic 24 Comments . Leave Our Kids Alone! “Fauci: Officials Will Decide on COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendation for Children Aged 5 to 11 Soon” ---Epoch Times...
‘Genesis’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society September 20, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Way back in the Jurassic, when the reptiles ruled the earth, All living creatures gave Tyrannosaurus Rex wide berth; His jaws and his incisors...
‘Taking Flight’ by David Watt The Society September 20, 2021 Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments . The relentless rain sought to admonish those creatures who dared venture out. The wind carried a sorrowful message, determined to generate...
‘We Return’ by Christian J. Weaver The Society September 19, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Raise your quill to the sky like a madman’s harpoon— Super tempered in blood and the blackest of wine Is the blade of our mania, flashing and...
‘Biden Blues’ for the 4th Worldwide Demonstration for Freedom, by Jack DesBois The Society September 19, 2021 Culture, Music, Poetry 24 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhNIScHrUOM&t=4s . Biden Blues When I was just a kid,I’d shout and I’d refuse.My mama taught me, be...
‘El Chapo’ and ‘Jack the Hat’ by Jeff Eardley The Society September 18, 2021 Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . El Chapo El Chapo was a criminal, a very nasty bloke. A dealer in Amphetamines, along with Crack and Coke. He plied his trade in Mexico, where guns...
‘California Wildfires’ to the Tune of ‘California Dreamin,’ by Margaret Coats The Society September 17, 2021 Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry 22 Comments . California Wildfires to the tune of “California Dreamin’” All her landscape bronzed, Her breezes ashen gray, What can Cali dream...
‘Cancel Madame Butterfly’ by Brian Yapko The Society September 17, 2021 Culture, Humor, Performing Arts, Poetry, Villanelle 27 Comments . Cancel Madame Butterfly today! Such racist music cannot soothe the soul. Let’s never show another hate-filled play. The King and I must also...
‘The Lyme Brain’s Refrain’ and Other Poetry by Jack DesBois The Society September 16, 2021 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . The Lyme Brain’s Refrain, or At the Cupboard What am I doing? What am I doing? What am I, what am I, what am I doing? I’m doing...
Complete the poem: ‘The Tyranny of Fear and Lies…’ The Society September 15, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Poetry Contests 22 Comments This challenge comes from New York poet Joe Tessitore. He asks you to use the following couplet in a poem. Post your version in the comments section...
‘Oh No… UFOs’ by Mike Bryant The Society September 14, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless...
‘Regrets and Repercussions’ by Peter Hartley The Society September 13, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 27 Comments . Regrets and Repercussions Inconsequential are the things we do Sometimes, or things we don’t, we don’t know why. So will we wonder far too late...
A Poem on Vaccine Mandates: ‘Freedom Blighters’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 12, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Pandemic 43 Comments . “Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” ---C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock:...
On An Australian Desert Town: ‘The Station View Itch’ by David Watt The Society September 12, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Where meagre rains are tinted red From dust the Western winds have borne, The publican to stranger said: “We’re fortunate that here is shorn A...
A Poem for Sept. 11, 2021: ‘Twenty Years’ by James A. Tweedie The Society September 11, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 6 Comments . Twenty years . . . So long ago as that? When fantasy became reality And falling human bodies turned to splat. Death in living color on...
Poetry for the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 11, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Terrorism 24 Comments . Heroes Where are they now---the bold who brave The choke of smoke to ways that pave The path to breath beneath wide skies? Where are the ears that...
Two Literary Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society September 10, 2021 Beauty, Culture, For Educators, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . A Summary of Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and Notes This play, no doubt to Sophocles’ surprise, When first performed took only Second...
‘Future Shock’ and Other Poetry by S.A. Todd The Society September 9, 2021 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Future Shock Our newfound World is happy, calm and clean The human factor, countered by machine. Where every thought is carefully processed and...
‘The World’s Greatest Love’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society September 8, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . from Eternal Spring Once upon a time in space God contrived the human race, Gave two things to help us cope: One was love, the other hope. Man was...
Musings on Dali’s ‘Christ of St. John of the Cross,’ by Peter Hartley The Society September 7, 2021 Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 18 Comments . I This crucifixion hides the anguish. Racked With pain, belied by bloodless hands and feet; Intolerable torments, they compete As muscles in that...
‘A Black Swan in Tiananmen Square’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 6, 2021 Culture, Poetry 28 Comments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw5AJQgDeQQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt . What can it mean---this swan of black? What cryptic codes must...
‘On Lonely Paths’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society September 6, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . On Lonely Paths On lonely paths I like to walk, beneath pure azure skies, Where white clouds stretch like streaks of chalk, and one lone eagle...
The 21 Best Haiku of 2021 The Society September 5, 2021 Beauty, From the Society, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests 32 Comments Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2021 Haiku Competition Judged by Margaret Coats (see her remarks below) See all...
In Memory of Sean Howard: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society September 5, 2021 Beauty, Poetry, The Pandemic 9 Comments . Sean who passed away this week in Honolulu, Hawaii Although there are a few who’ll grieve and mourn, Who’ll celebrate his life and then move...
Thomas Jefferson, Poet: An Essay by Michael Curtis The Society September 5, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 3 Comments . Most schoolgirls, street-people, attorneys, and Bachelors of Art are aware that Thomas Jefferson composed what is likely the most widely-known,...
‘Prayer of the Guilty Poet’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society September 4, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Prayer of the Guilty Poet Before I put these words to ink, Be still, my pen, and let me think. Are they the balm to expiate, Or bomb indeed, to...
‘Know How to Mow’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 3, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Know How to Mow __You want to raise your rates, you say? __Your crying poor is killing me, __for what it’s worth. Just yesterday, __when you...
A Poem in Honor of the 13 U.S. Servicemen Who Died in Afghanistan, by Bruce Dale Wise The Society September 2, 2021 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . With Coffins at the Dover Air Force Base: 29 August 2021 On Sunday, Biden traveled to the Dover Air Force Base to pay respect for thirteen service...
‘Allgibberish’ and Other Poetry by Phil S. Rogers The Society September 2, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . Allgibberish (I Saw a Man Who Wasn't There) after “Antigonish” (“I Met a Man Who Wasn't There”) by William Hughes Mearns Yesterday in great...
The Society of Classical Poets 2022 Poetry Competition The Society September 1, 2021 From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 9 Comments "Select, all ye who write, a subject fit, A subject not too mighty for your wit! Before you lay your shoulders to the wheel, Weigh well their...
2022 High School Poetry Competition The Society September 1, 2021 From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests 2 Comments “Select, all ye who write, a subject fit, A subject not too mighty for your wit! Before you lay your shoulders to the wheel, Weigh well their...
2022 Poetry Translation Competition The Society September 1, 2021 From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Translation “Select, all ye who write, a subject fit, A subject not too mighty for your wit! Before you lay your shoulders to the wheel, Weigh well their...
‘The Afghan Plight’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society August 31, 2021 Alexandroid, Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 19 Comments . The starlit sky is filled with smoke ______and men succumb To dread, while folded hands invoke ______to overcome This awful plight; yet prayers...
A Translation of the Peach Garden Oath from Romance of the Three Kingdoms The Society August 31, 2021 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Translation 14 Comments . The Peach Garden Oath This oath of fellowship is an iconic moment in the first chapter of the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by...
A Vaccine Mandate Protest Song by Jack DesBois The Society August 30, 2021 Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, The Pandemic, Video 91 Comments . Waking Up (Freedom Doesn't Come in a Can) A Protest Song Written and Performed by Jack DesBois I was lying in my bed, Waiting for the day to...
