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    ‘Jägermeister’ and Other Poetry by Gregory Ross

    The Society
    March 29, 2023
    Culture, Education, Love Poems, Poetry, Rondeau
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    ‘Shishaldin’: A Poem on the Active Alaskan Volcano, by Adam Sedia

    The Society
    March 29, 2023
    Beauty, Poetry
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    ‘Ballerina’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack

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    March 28, 2023
    Beauty, Culture, Performing Arts, Poetry, Readings
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    ‘Song of the Wailing Women’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

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    March 27, 2023
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    ‘In My Wilderness’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham

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    March 27, 2023
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    ‘The Cat Who Barked’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook

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    March 26, 2023
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    ‘The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI of France’ by Shaun C. Duncan

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    March 25, 2023
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    Pastoral Calls—Part 3 of 3: Poetry by Retired Pastor James A. Tweedie

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    March 25, 2023
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    Don Quixote Text with PDF: Adapted for Students

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    March 24, 2023
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    ‘The Tragedy of the p and the q’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman

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    March 24, 2023
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    ‘Reality Check’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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    March 23, 2023
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‘Ballerina’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack

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March 28, 2023
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. . Ballerina The balanced ballerina on her toe was poised with perfect posture—back and chest. The crowd, in silent awe, enjoyed the show, as...
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‘Song of the Wailing Women’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

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March 27, 2023
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15 Comments
. Song of the Wailing Women Her spirit has gone forth. Return her to the earth, Released from work and words; In death she is the Lord’s. Did Adam...
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‘In My Wilderness’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham

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March 27, 2023
Poetry
7 Comments
. In My Wilderness Once, I thought I saw things clearly. Certainty felt quite sincerely. But, my path was very nearly Overgrown by...
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‘The Cat Who Barked’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook

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March 26, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
26 Comments
. The Cat Who Barked There is a row of trees that crowd the ground, They’re dark and still. My cat lies in that spot. His tiger stripes were equal...
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‘Promise’: A Spring Poem by William Tryon

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March 26, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
1 Comment
. Promise While winter holds her icy grip __There’s promise in south breezes That make their yearly northward trip--- __Springtime, she comes and...
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‘The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI of France’ by Shaun C. Duncan

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March 25, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI of France ‘His malady grew worse every day until his mind was completely gone. Sometimes he thought he was...
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Pastoral Calls—Part 3 of 3: Poetry by Retired Pastor James A. Tweedie

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March 25, 2023
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Pastoral Calls—Part 3 of 3 . Midnight Encounter He was tall, well-built, and handsome and as far as I could tell, If it wasn’t for the crystal...
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Don Quixote Text with PDF: Adapted for Students

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March 24, 2023
Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry
2 Comments
. The following is an excerpt of Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes, encompassing most of Chapters 1 through 8, including Don Quixote getting his...
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‘The Tragedy of the p and the q’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman

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March 24, 2023
Children's, Humor, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Tragedy of the p and the q . Lovers in eternity The p and q were two eternal lovers Who faced each other in the alphabet. To all else lost,...
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‘Reality Check’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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March 23, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
12 Comments
. Reality Check __The bars we frequent have been raised too high, Not calibrated to the greatest common factor: __The will to let things slide.  Who...
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‘Dialogue on a First Grade Science Textbook’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

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March 23, 2023
Culture, Education, Poetry, Science
10 Comments
. Dialogue on a First Grade Science Textbook Many spiritual traditions throughout history have perceived all things, animate and inanimate, as...
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A Poem on Online Dating: ‘Avalon’ by Jeff Eardley

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March 22, 2023
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
. Avalon This little tale concerns a man, Who in an English village ran A thriving little corner shop, Supplying shakes and soda pop. This fellow did...
poem/james/dandelions

‘The Dandelion’: A Poem by Leland James

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March 22, 2023
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Dandelion Suburbia frowns upon her sunlit face: “Out, out thou upstart weed!” Poor Dandelion —like sisters Cinderella, Queen Anne’s...
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A Poem for World Poetry Day: ‘To the Reader of Verse’ by Paul Buchheit

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March 21, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings
18 Comments
. To the Reader of Verse Ah, lover, critic, arbiter of verse, divulge your passions, fill a lusting soul with praises. Let the balladeer coerce the...
poem/freeman/limericks

World Poetry Day Limerick Poetry Challenge

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March 21, 2023
Culture, Limerick, Poetry, Poetry Contests
37 Comments
. In celebration of World Poetry Day, write a limerick on the theme of World Poetry Day, poetry in general, or poets. Post it in the comments...

‘How to Write Contemporary Poetry’ and ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ by Brian Yapko

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March 21, 2023
Culture, Education, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare
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. How to Write Contemporary Poetry a pantoum in free verse composition keep letters lower case. dump classical tradition then cite the...
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‘Learnin’ Letters’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain

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March 20, 2023
Education, Humor, Poetry
27 Comments
. Learnin’ Letters I wanna learn me letters Ma, I wanna learn ta read. If I can learn me letters Ma, We’ll ‘ave the things we need. An’ when...
poem/stellinga/antiques

‘The Antiques Buyer Meets His Match’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga

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March 20, 2023
Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Antiques Buyer Meets His Match "What's the best you'll do?" I asked; __“It's nice, but needs some work... and parts for these, as you may...
poem/winick/free speech

‘Ex-Freedom of Speech’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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March 19, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
35 Comments
. Ex-Freedom of Speech In fact, most liberals don't support free speech today, And often see a need for censorship instead. They claim...
poem/anderson/banks

A Poem on Bank and Financial Collapses: ‘Ponzi’ by C.B. Anderson

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March 19, 2023
Culture, Poetry
26 Comments
. Ponzi Your promises mean nothing if they lack fidelity.  It grieves a man to hear such welcome words, then have them taken back without the least...
poem/essmann/family photo

‘Old Orphan’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

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March 19, 2023
Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry
12 Comments
. Old Orphan They’re over on my dresser, simply framed And looking 1940s fresh and young. There’s something to them holy and unnamed, Some song...
poem/woodruff/transgenderism

A Poem for Josh Alexander: ‘The War on Children’ by Julian Woodruff

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March 18, 2023
Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. The War on Children “I quoted some Scripture, I said that there are only two genders. And apparently, because there are transgender students in...
poem/macgregor/death

‘The Last Night That We Met’: A Poem by Tiree MacGregor

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March 18, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Last Night That We Met in memoriam CQD, Halifax, February, 2001 We gripped hands awkwardly. I’d grasped your shoulder To say goodbye, and,...
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‘The Leprechaun’: A Saint Patrick’s Day Poem by Cheryl Corey

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March 17, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. The Leprechaun Come mid-March, the leprechaun Glides up and o’er the rainbow, Playful as a unicorn That’s prancing in a meadow. With greedy...
song/eardley/St. Patrick's Day

‘The Lark in the Morning’: A Tune for St Patrick’s Day by Poet Jeff Eardley

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March 17, 2023
Culture, Music, Poetry
15 Comments
. "The Lark in the Morning" is a traditional Irish song performed on classical guitar by poet and professional musician Jeff Eardley: . . Jeff...
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‘Freedom Convoy Song’: Lyrics by Lannie David Brockstein

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March 16, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Song Lyrics
3 Comments
. Freedom Convoy Song To bravely speak is to turn on the lights, __To silence darkens all of our debate; Yea, We the People know free speech...
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‘St. Jerome’s Cicero Obsession’ by Joshua C. Frank

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March 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. St. Jerome’s Cicero Obsession based on St. Jerome’s letter to his disciple St. Eustochium in Rome, A.D. 384 When I was young and foolish long...
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Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

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March 15, 2023
Beauty, Epic, Poetry, Translation
7 Comments
. Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “You, on the other side of the sacred...
poem/dickey/thales of miletus

A Poem on Thales of Miletus, by Stephen M. Dickey

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March 15, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
16 Comments
. Θαλῆς 2.0 In days of yore, Thales, the famous sage, Went out on a stargazing walk and fell Straight down an overlooked and vexing well. A...
poem/rizley/cliffs

‘The Sea Cliffs’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

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March 14, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
. The Sea Cliffs Imposing, somber, motionless they stand, Like ranks of rugged soldiers primed for war, They stand where they have always stood...
poem/johnson/faerie queene

‘Britomart and Marinell’: A Faerie Queene-Inspired Poem by Jeremiah Johnson

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March 13, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Britomart and Marinell In Edmund Spenser's epic poem, The Faerie Queene, Britomart is a female knight who represents the virtue of chastity. ...

‘The Scottish Gourmand’: A Poem by Wael Almahdi

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March 12, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. The Scottish Gourmand A culture-rich country which lay to the east where we were invited to conference and feast from Cuba to China, and some of...
poem/Sedia/winter

‘Winter Sunset’: A Poem by Adam Sedia

The Society
March 11, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
. Winter Sunset Gnarled, naked boughs, shadowed skeleton arms Stretch in despair and agony. They frame Like barbed-wire twists the western sky...

Pastoral Calls—Part 2 of 3: Poetry by Retired Pastor James A. Tweedie

The Society
March 11, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
Pastoral Calls—Part 2 of 3 . Face-to-Face A weeping woman called me on the phone And said, “My daughter’s in the county jail. They will not let...
poem/freeman/bus ride

‘Ondine and Lucien’s Great Adventure’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman

The Society
March 10, 2023
Children's, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
. The Number 17: Ondine and Lucien’s Great Adventure;  Or, The Kind that Can Float from The Bus Poems: A Tale of the Devil, currently in...
poem/belli/brothel

‘The Very Best Business’ by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi

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March 9, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
12 Comments
. The Very Best Business by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863) translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi First I was a gardener (a...
poem/cooper/melon

‘El Melon’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

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March 9, 2023
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. El Melon There is a maze or map on melon skin Even the blind could read and seek to solve. A little girl watches the housewives, deft, Touching the...
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‘Poet Tree’: An Excerpt from Legacy: The Saga Begins, by Michael Pietrack

The Society
March 8, 2023
Beauty, Children's, Poetry
27 Comments
. Poet Tree Legacy: The Saga Begins is a 14-chapter narrative poem. In this excerpt, the adolescent hero Abelbee, who has to venture deep into...
poem/coats/strike

A Poem on the French Pension Reform Strike, by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 7, 2023
Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. Why Strike? With prices high and living standards low, Our times are like what our grandparents knew. They fought world war; we slave for war...

‘Farinelli’: A Poem on the Famous Castrato by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 7, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
82 Comments
. Farinelli A thousand thanks, Martini, for your visit. Bologna is a town of balladeers. You’ll love it! Now I wonder, how long is it Since we both...
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