A Poem for Easter Sunday: ‘Tosspot Tulip’ by James A. Tweedie The Society April 21, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments Tosspot tulip, withered, bowed and bent; __Severed stem embedded in a vase. __Natal bed a now-forsaken place. __Glory passed; its bloom and beauty spent. Birthed, bedecked, betrothed, by bulb and...
‘A Spot in Time’ by Theresa Rodriguez The Society April 20, 2019 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 2 Comments It is a moment or a spot in time, When time is quieted and put away; A simple thing becoming the sublime, Suspended and eternal in a day And all around me just dissolves to naught; I feel my...
Poetry for Good Friday 2019 The Society April 19, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments A special holiday post featuring "My Cross" by Joe Tessitore of New York, New York; "Pietá" by Tonya McQuade of Los Gatos, California; "The Pietá" by Michael Charles Maibach of Alexandria, Virginia.
‘Pleasuring Dreams’ by P. T. O’Talryn The Society April 18, 2019 Culture, Poetry 3 Comments They fell into a numbing sleep Perchance to darkly dream. The kettle for their tea was boiling; The plants were rich and green. They stoned themselves on television And marriage habits bad; Their...
‘Luckily for the Lovelorn’ by E. V. Wyler The Society April 17, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments Luckily for the bereft grieving through darkness alone, dawn is abundantly deft at its medicinal tone. When a new morning appears, duty abruptly commands focusing thoughts on careers and...
Three Poems on the Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris The Society April 16, 2019 Beauty, Culture, News of Note, Poetry 26 Comments The Cathedral, Burning by T. M. Moore Flames lick the walls and ceilings that had stood for centuries, scorch ancient timbers, raze to ash that sanctuary made for praise, and cruelly crumble sacred...
A Poem on Euthanasia, by Ron L. Hodges The Society April 16, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 9 Comments The Life That Is Not Life “I’m getting ready for my trip now.” —Aurelia Brouwers (who chose to be euthanized at age 29 in the Netherlands) You said it was the humane thing to do __For those...
SCP Poetry and Culture Symposium 2019 The Society April 15, 2019 Culture, From the Society, News of Note, Poetry 1 Comment The Society of Classical Poets is holding its first Poetry and Culture Symposium at the Princeton Club in Manhattan, on Monday, June 17, 4 to 8 p.m. Register here. The Symposium will feature prominent poets...
‘In Favour of Form’ by M. P. Lauretta The Society April 15, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments Today poetic form is ostracised. It’s stifled and suppressed, deemed obsolete; classed as archaic, stuffy and effete, a vestige of the past to be chastised. Make no mistake, the ‘advice’...
‘A Deer Encounter’ by Connie Phillips The Society April 14, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments ’Twas just a fleeting moment when our journeys crossed, When you were walking roadside, munching on the moss, On Christmas, we were driving, dinner on our mind, To share with friends and fam’ly at that...
