‘Give And Take’ by Damian Robin The Society May 30, 2014 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Our ends and deaths sit with us all the time defining executioners and crime; and though we try to keep them from our door, many killings lie within the Law— are even processed as a human...
‘Coastal Shingle’ and Other Poetry by Len Krisak The Society May 27, 2014 Beauty, Culture, Poetry Coastal Shingle There, totem-stacked in paratactic charm, The words cascade: Hay.Shavings.Piglets.Straw. I had not sought a sign from Salt Marsh Farm, But since this was the only one I saw, I turned...
‘Zhen-Shan-Ren’ by Evan Mantyk The Society May 24, 2014 Culture, Poetry Zhen-Shan-Ren: “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,” the three main principles of Falun Dafa Zhen-Shan-Ren, Zhen-Shan-Ren… Hear the Truth that sounds like “Zhen,” Rhythm that can vanquish...
‘Ashamed I Will No Longer Be’ and Other Poetry by Firestone Feinberg The Society May 21, 2014 Beauty, Humor, Poetry Ashamed I will no longer be... Ashamed I will no longer be To write an older poetry -- I have the right to reach for rhyme And make the most of measured time -- While looked upon I am with scorn...
A Health Insurance Limerick by Troy Camplin The Society May 19, 2014 Humor, Limerick, Poetry 1 Comment The cost of insurance was such Its price I could sadly not touch -- So I gave all of that To a young bureaucrat And now it costs three times as much! Troy Camplin is an author, poet, and...
‘Ascending the Phoenix Terrace in Jinling’ by Li Bai, ‘Yellow Crane Tower’ by Cui Hao The Society May 17, 2014 Beauty, Culture, Education, Poetry, Translation 2 Comments Updated January 10, 2020 Ascending the Phoenix Terrace in Jinling by Li Bai (701-762) Here phoenix roamed four hundred years ago, A sign of the enchantment that once thrived; How empty now, where no...
‘The Battleground’ and Other Poetry by Ken Kenigsberg The Society May 15, 2014 Humor, Poetry The Battleground The slashing blades strike fierce and deep The newly stricken fall down in heaps. In vain: the foe storms back enraged, The scythe-like swords remain engaged. The rampaging hordes...
‘Cynthia Moon’ and Other Poetry by Clinton Van Inman The Society May 12, 2014 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Cynthia Moon Go drag your white skull before blind seas That tumble dazed to your mono-eyed magic Go string the treadmill tides around the poles And make all starry lovers pale and sick Go...
‘Waiting, Sadly’ and Other Poetry by James Sale The Society May 9, 2014 Culture 2 Comments Waiting, Sadly For Keats I'm waiting, sadly, for a guest to come: What hour defeats me and how I don't know. But come he will, like some ghost to his own, And when he knocks I'll answer him and...
‘Two Strangers Passing on the Street’ by Richard Lackman The Society May 6, 2014 Humor, Poetry 1 Comment The two were different as could be as anyone could surely see One was tall and thick and white, the other black and thin and slight To look at them it would be clear to any stranger standing near That...
‘The Fallen Vestige’ and Other Poetry by Theresa Rodriguez The Society May 3, 2014 Beauty, Culture 4 Comments The Fallen Vestige The fallen vestige of her foliate time: Browned leaves beneath; coarse needles of old pine Once green and pungent; when her nests in spring With peeping chicks, and swaying boughs,...
