‘The Miller’s Daughter’ by Bob McAfee The Society September 15, 2019 Beauty, Poetry, Short Stories 2 Comments inspired by “The Lady of Shalott” by Tennyson Part I The forests loom at Nottinghamshire. The river oaks still aiming higher, Surround the field where from the byre The cattle trample through the...
‘Soaplessly in Love’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Galef The Society September 14, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments Faust Money ___________________________I sold my soul for silver. ___________________________In blood I signed my name. I soon enjoyed the benefits of wealth, success, and...
Three Poems for Hong Kong Protesters, Moon Festival, 2019, by Damian Robin The Society September 13, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 2 Comments The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a traditional holiday that celebrates the Harvest Moon (the full moon nearest the Fall Equinox). Through Mists of Tears The moon shines...
Translations of ‘Quiet Night Pondering’ by Li Bai and a Nostradamus Quatrain, Dedicated to Hong Kong Protesters The Society September 13, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 2 Comments Quiet Night Pondering by Li Bai (701-762) A bed before the bright moonlight. Does frost below lie on these halls? I lift my head: the moon is bright. I lower it—my homeland...
‘Leveled Outcomes’ by Charlie Bauer The Society September 12, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 17 Comments Philosophers of Marxist ilk designed For leveled outcomes, then they slew en masse. It pleased the Nazi socialists to grind Up twenty million lives—hence, Zyklon gas. The Russian cognoscenti...
Essay: On Yeats’ ‘Second Coming’ and the Power of Poetry The Society September 11, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Essays, For Educators, Poetry 22 Comments by T.M. Moore I had just finished teaching one of the adult classes at our church on the meaning of Christmas, using John Milton’s Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity as my text. We examined many...
‘Timeless’ by Rod Walford The Society September 10, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments Today I strolled upon the shore Where Grandad walked in days of yore; Along its sandy, glossy sheen Where once his imprint would have been. And thereupon I did behold ‘Twas here, when I was...
Joseph Charles MacKenzie’s Sonnet 5 Inspires the World of Pop (Video) The Society September 9, 2019 Beauty, Culture, News of Note, Poetry, Readings, Video Originally published here. ALBUQUERQUE, NM — July 27, 2019 — Sonnet 5, a marriage poem from MacKenzie’s Sonnets for Christ the King, has inspired award-winning producer, composer, and vocalist D.G. Hall...
Haiku by Bruce Dale Wise The Society September 8, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments (All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) Haiku by W. "Cured Eel" Sabi I came to the sea. I saw mountains of water. I conquered nothing. *** The fisherman drops his line with bated breath down to a...
‘Cape Horn’ and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society September 7, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, The Environment 9 Comments Cape Horn They lifted anchor, spread the sails, __Quit shores where they were born, Bound for spice isles from doubtful tales __By way of far Cape Horn— Rough seamen, fortune-bound, to trade __In...
