‘G-Mafia’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society June 25, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 6 Comments G-Mafia "Let us now praise freedom's twilight..." —Osip Mandelstam by Esca Webuilder We live without the feeling of the country under us. We cannot hear ourselves; nobody listens to our pulse. But...
‘Foggy Morning Fantasy’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society June 24, 2019 Poetry 7 Comments Foggy Morning Fantasy If heaven, as they say, is in the clouds Then it appears my home and neighborhood Were raptured in the night. If so, I should Expect to see streets paved with gold, and crowds Of...
‘Disappointment’ and Other Poetry by C. B. Anderson The Society June 23, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments Disappointment The waiting's not the hardest part: Much worse is when you finally know That what you craved with all your heart ____Will not arrive. Infatuations come and go, Bad luck upsets your...
‘Staving off Omega’ by Dylan Price The Society June 22, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments The ambit is the noblest cause, A last vestige of Apollo's love, A pursuit freed from any flaws, As peace aloft borne by a dove. In all we have is finitude, So best that we attempt To bask in...
‘The Populace Invisible’ by Lannie David Brockstein The Society June 22, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments The human body is perpetually pregnant with Trillions of microorganisms that hath colonized Its intestinal lair, and like the gravid woman's pith Heart eats not only for herself, but for her...
‘Leaf in Fall’ and Other Poetry by David Francis The Society June 21, 2019 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 3 Comments Leaf in Fall I feel hard without my love at my side; she is the part of me that lacks the soft buoyancy that rounds and bears me aloft into the spring sky mirrored in the tide… without her I...
Two Poems on Hong Kong Protests, June 2019 The Society June 20, 2019 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 4 Comments The Hong Kong Protest Hymn by Lu "Reed ABCs" Wei The Christian hymn "Sing Hallelujah to the Lord" emerged as anthem of the Hong Kong protests. It's not yet expurged. The hymn is heard almost nonstop at...
Two Ballads on Abortion The Society June 20, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 2 Comments Planned Parenthood's a Euphemism upon reading March for Life's annual report by Roy E. Peterson Planned Parenthood’s a euphemism __Covering up the murder Of babies by abortion-ism— __We must...
‘In The Know’ by David Watt The Society June 19, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments It’s easy to look without seeing The beauty of life all around; When moments arisen to being Deserve to stir feelings profound. To all of God’s work lies a reason, And all we ought do is agree That...
‘Message in a Bottle’ and Other Poetry by Tony L. Damigo The Society June 18, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments Message in a Bottle A ballad written on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019 While birds above the beachhead soared __and winds began to blow, I took a bottle from the froth, __condemned to ocean's...
