Lines Composed Before Finding the ‘Society of Classical Poets’ by Reid McGrath The Society August 31, 2014 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments Untitled Savants like to arrange their stars and push their poets into piles: marble-misers who assign the jars according to the artists’ styles. They line them in their fusty den when they deem an...
‘A Lace Piece’ (A Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood The Society August 28, 2014 Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry 1 Comment There’s a wonder about it, the fragile beauty of lace. Many kinds for centuries have been important to own; one can go to Ireland, Flanders, from place to place— they’re in catalogs: Irish, Mechlin,...
‘From Ego to Muse, from Banality to Beauty: Getting to Poetry’ by James Sale The Society August 25, 2014 Beauty, Essays, Poetry 4 Comments There are a number of reasons for writing poetry, and alas they are not all good; for not all poetry is good, and indeed some ‘poetry’ is not poetry at all. This is not to denigrate anyone’s effort, but...
‘The Commissars Oppose Falun Gong’ and Other Poetry by James Sale The Society August 22, 2014 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments The Commissars Oppose Falun Gong They were old, had lost their youth, So, like the old, repressed the Truth. They fumbled, rigid in expression, So stiff – they lacked Compassion. Their purpose was...
‘Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer’ by Cees Wilerd Bui The Society August 19, 2014 Art, Beauty, Culture, Homer, Poetry 1 Comment In Rembrandt's scene of 1653, Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, there is much that we can see amidst that musty sett(l)ing of gold dust that balances upon the old and new, upon the dark and light,...
Children’s Poetry by Evan Mantyk The Society August 16, 2014 Humor, Poetry 2 Comments The Bored Knight A tired knight rode to his castle After a long day of hassle. He bowed to the land’s king, his lord, “My liege, I’m incredibly bored, I’m more like a stupid monkey Than...
‘Scarlet Terms’ by Wilbur dee Case The Society August 13, 2014 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment The allegory of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne isn't flawless; yet it is, in places, good. The A itself does signify adultery, able, and angel, as well as in the hornbook phrase, "in Adam's...
‘Spring Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society August 10, 2014 Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 5 Comments Spring Haiku I’m optimistic; like a brand new tennis ball, everything’s chartreuse. The brook trout’s belly is like a sunset I saw; its stipples the stars. Papa bear’s...
‘Helen Keller at Niagara Falls’ by Meryl Stratford The Society August 7, 2014 Popular Poetry Archives 15 Comments She could not see the avalanche cascade from foam-flecked marble rapids, being blind, but torrents of egrets and apple blossoms played whirlpools of nebulous beauty in her mind. She could not...
Short Story: ‘The Tin Shant Social Collective’ by Neal Dachstadter The Society August 2, 2014 Humor, Short Stories 9 Comments I. The Tin Shant on the hill in Martinique is stoutly situated, unique in design, and built half a century ago. Though stucco and cinderblock, we call it the Tin Shant due to a fine-sounding tap on the...