‘Annunciation’ by J.C. Scharl The Society March 25, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Beyond the brimming ages Gabriel waits, his foremost message burning on his breath. Through time men slide, creeping through the gates of birth and out again the doors of death. He sees kings...
A Poem from the Soviet Union, by Ryhor Krushyna The Society March 24, 2019 Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Translation 1 Comment Translated by Ihar Kazak At the door it seems I hear The stomping of evil strangers. This has been my fear for many a year And my former anxiety’s dangers. It’s an apparition in the...
‘Zaleucus the Epizephyrian to His Sword’ by Daniel Galef The Society March 23, 2019 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments (by the ancient lawgiver who threw himself on his blade to satisfy a legal technicality) 625 b.c.e. Yours is a hard but hardy justice: When __The Poets weighed their verses on the scale, Proud Homer saw...
A Poem for Tommy Robinson: ‘The Lad of Luton’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society March 22, 2019 Culture, News of Note, Poetry 11 Comments Though all the world should grovel and bend To the minions of deepest hell, Our days of glory shall not end Where brave men fought and brave men fell! We’ll take a stand to save our land And...
‘The Black Children’ and Other Poetry by J. David Graham The Society March 21, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 1 Comment The Black Children In China, until rather recently, each pair of parents was allowed one kid, according to the “one-child policy.” Some parents had another, which they hid. Unregistered, these kids...
‘Blue’s Didgeridoo’ by David Watt The Society March 20, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments From the stations they sent out a call To their jillaroo friends - one and all; For an overnight camp, while the sky bore the stamp Of a cloudless day darkened from view. So they came in farm...
‘Villanelle of the Wicked Queen’ by David Whippman The Society March 19, 2019 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments I am a captive of the wicked queen. My mind’s a blank; the temptress took my soul. I know too well what this desire must mean. And oh! The evil beauty I have seen. Though loving her must...
Poetry Lesson Plan: British Romantic Period (including Lecture Notes) The Society March 18, 2019 Beauty, Classical Literature, Culture, For Educators, Poetry 3 Comments Note: Teaching classical poetry rather than other forms of poetry or modern literature makes a difference. Inherent in classical poetry is a respect for tradition, for order, for discipline, and for the...
Two Translations from German by Charles Eager The Society March 17, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 2 Comments Anonymous (12th Century), 'Du bist mein' ('You are mine') I am yours and you, mine are; Of this ought you be 'ware. You are a part of, prisoner in, my heart; The little key is gone afar. You must...
‘The Architect’ by Annabelle Fuller The Society March 16, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments He thinks in lines And vexing vertices. His shining mind always inclines To maths and magnitude, minute degrees Of formulae, and the impossibilities He has deciphered with those...
