‘Good Friday Rain’: A Poem by Martin Rizley The Society April 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Good Friday Rain I wake and hear the rain cascade. Its cleansing drops roll down my pane; They soak the garden, bathe the glade, Refresh the grass,...
‘Lament for Clairac’ by Théophile de Viau, Translated by A.Z. Foreman The Society April 17, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Translation 3 Comments . . Lament for Clairac by Théophile de Viau (1590-1626) translated from French by A.Z. Foreman Sun-hallowed walls where I once loved...
‘Poetry Legacy’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society April 17, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments . Poetry Legacy Superb is her poetic contribution, Unique in its design and execution. She hopes the work is widely loved and lasting— With love...
Discussion: Is Poetry Good for Your Health? The Society April 16, 2025 Poetry, Science 13 Comments . Australian poet Clive Boddy sent in the article "How Poetry Changes You and Your Brain" published in Greater Good Magazine, which includes the...
‘Magnolia’ and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society April 16, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Magnolia The south wind’s newfound breath, The spring sun’s waxing ray, Draw from your outward death An opulent array. Before one fleck of...
‘But Fruits Are Not Concealed in Them’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society April 15, 2025 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . "But Fruits Are Not Concealed in Them" ---Friedrich Schiller, "Breath and Depth" We hear the ancient rule: The fools think they are wise; The wise...
‘The Hermit Curses’: A Poem by Joshua S. Fullman The Society April 15, 2025 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . The Hermit Curses Sharp sunrises cut white streaks on the plain, whet edges on black soil, where all at once the spirit clefts from matter, and my...
‘Curb Appeal’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey The Society April 14, 2025 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Curb Appeal . I. You really couldn't find a better plotOn which to build a house. The yard is rimmedIn masonry. The hedge is neatly trimmed;Without...
‘Druthers’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 14, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 14 Comments . Druthers I’ve never warmed to the absurd idea That I should lean toward being what I ain’t. I’m more inclined to move to North Korea Than...
‘Ovechkin Beats Gretzky’: A Poem of Hockey Slang by Warren Bonham The Society April 13, 2025 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Ovechkin Beats Gretzky He’s the greatest at one task, it’s putting biscuits into baskets. He scores goals from awkward angles after making...
‘Cantarella Wine’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society April 13, 2025 Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . Cantarella Wine Rome. 1501. Lucrezia Borgia hosts Bishop Giovanni Cavalieri of the Republic of Siena. He is visiting Rome as the leader of a...
‘Strange Blindness: A Play in Two Acts’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society April 12, 2025 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Strange Blindness: A Play in Two Acts . Prologue Joseph and Jesus knew that perfect timing---and not plain, unforeshadowed proclamation---would...
‘A Ballad of Life’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society April 12, 2025 Ekphrastic, Poetry 10 Comments . A Ballad of Life ---after Winslow Homer's "Through the Fields" They spoke of life unfolding, A future far from home. No more of country...
‘Hannah Duston’: A Poem by A.R. Pereira The Society April 11, 2025 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Hannah Duston She looms there, immortalized, in bronze gone blue, a puritan woman with crude hatchet cocked. Her stare is as cold as the New...
‘The Wife of Bath and Winston Smith Go on a Date’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society April 11, 2025 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . The Wife of Bath and Winston Smith Go on a Date ---after Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and George Orwell's 1984 The Wife of Bath was...
‘Spring Bloomers’ and Other Spring Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 10, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Triolet 27 Comments . Spring Bloomers ---a triolet A lick of spring has kissed the air Whispering of skimpy knickers--- It’s time to toss thick underwear. A lick of...
John Neihardt’s Epic Western Poetry (Part 2): A Video by Andrew Benson Brown The Society April 9, 2025 Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry 8 Comments . https://youtu.be/bC_JL8Ap8ow . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...
‘The Tale of the Moon’s Reign’: An Elegy by Yoshikaze Kawakami The Society April 9, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Song Lyrics 6 Comments . The Tale of the Moon’s Reign ---an elegy Above the skies where reigns the moon _So bright in hours of gloom Lived those whose hearts no longer...
‘Dirty Dishes’ and other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society April 8, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Dirty Dishes The dust is often out of handAnd should I write my name uponThe coffee table and night standIt will be seen when morning dawns. But...
‘Porphyro and Madeline: The Epilogue By Byron’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society April 8, 2025 Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . Porphyro and Madeline: The Epilogue By Byron "Let us away, my love, with happy speed; There are no ears to hear, or eyes to see..." —John Keats,...
‘The Four Seasons’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society April 7, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . The Four Seasons . Spring I Amidst the cloudless sky and crimson dawn Comes bursting forth the bluebird’s orange breast, Whose shadow dances...
‘My Meltdown Over the Meltdown’: A Poem by Mark F. Stone The Society April 6, 2025 Poetry, Satire 16 Comments . My Meltdown Over the Meltdown I’ve worked since the summer when I was thirteen. Selling pink lemonade gave me plenty of green. I want to retire,...
‘Apologia’: An Essay in Verse, by T.M. Moore The Society April 6, 2025 Education, Essays, Poetry 6 Comments . Apologia "Bring…the books…" ---2 Timothy 4.13 John Calvin, writing on this verse, extolled the benefits that come from reading old and trusted...
‘Sit in Silence’: A Poem by Bennett Chatigny The Society April 5, 2025 Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 2 Comments . Sit in Silence ---a pantoum It's pure stupidity to sit in silence. It's only idiotic to be idle. Unconscientious deeds should be derided. Decisive...
‘Divine Complaint’: A Poem by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats The Society April 5, 2025 Poetry, Translation 32 Comments . Divine Complaint Chant royal by Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406), translated and adapted by Margaret Coats In all the world there is one creature...
Poetry Challenge: Anachro-Poem The Society April 4, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Poetry Challenge 41 Comments . Challenge: Take a well-known figure from history or literature and insert him or her into a modern-day situation. Choose any form. Choose any mood....
‘A Ceiling Fan’s Life (Is Like a Man’s)’ and Other Poetry by Shamik Banerjee The Society April 4, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . A Ceiling Fan's Life (Is Like a Man's) On wintry days, it rarely spins Except when mopped floors need to dry. Its mission, once December's in, Is...
‘The Wedding Dress’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society April 3, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . The Wedding Dress The dress, first cleaned and vacuum-packed, _Was safely stored back then, Remaining perfectly intact _And never seen...
‘Spring’s Unfolding View’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise The Society April 3, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Spring’s Unfolding View ---after Dylan Thomas’ “The force that through the green fuse drives flower” The force that through the green fuse...
‘Spring Snow’: A Poem by Adam Sedia The Society April 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Spring Snow Tyrant Winter reaches Beyond its frozen tomb, Dares cast its icy mantle On bud and crocus-bloom. Long it reigned unchallenged In dark...
‘Canyon’: A Poem by Brian Palmer The Society April 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . Canyon I’m traveling on a road down which I’m cast, a road that I am fitted for, no doubt, since I can see in arid skies white buffaloes, and...
Two Poems on Happiness, by Roy E. Peterson The Society April 1, 2025 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 17 Comments . Happy Like Winnie the Pooh If I could be happy like Winnie the Pooh, Just thinking of good things in all that I do. I’d just want some honey—a...
A Poem for April Fools’ Day, 2025: ‘Spot the Fool!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 1, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Satire 25 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 23 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 39 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 13 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 10 Comments . Burning the Pieta Thoughts After Viewing Public Cremations at the Pashupatinath Temple Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal ---for Alok With tears wash...
