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Monthly Archives December 29, 2014

‘Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare’ by Jack Horne

The Society
December 29, 2014
Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare
Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare Some say that Shakespeare didn’t write The many works that bear his name; But surely if that were the case, A rival would have blown his game...   Inner Beauty...

‘The Day the Persecution Began’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

The Society
December 26, 2014
Beauty, Poetry
2 Comments
  The Day the Persecution Began "The year is 1999, July, A king of terror would come from the sky,” The Frenchman Nostradamus prophesized Indeed, the red dragon in China flies. It covers all...

Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
December 22, 2014
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
2 Comments
He Kept On By Erisbawdle Cue He kept on striving to attain an ideality connected to the good, but grounded in reality. He kept on working to achieve perfection in the act, pragmatism on the run with...

‘Just a Dream’ and Other Poetry by Ellen Lou

The Society
December 19, 2014
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
2 Comments
Just a Dream I. You vowed to descend to the world below, In an agreement that was made. To the mortal world others dared not go, Yet what would happen if you stayed? A promise to save sentient...

‘Tares in the Wheat’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath

The Society
December 15, 2014
Beauty, Poetry
2 Comments
Tares in the Wheat "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God,” Luke 9:62 “The sun will burn; the heat will cause you sweat; Dust will choke before the sun...

‘Youths’ Sonnet’ and Other Poetry by Janice Canerdy

The Society
December 12, 2014
Culture, Humor, Poetry
4 Comments
Youths' Sonnet They view the world through filmy innocence, these youngsters who now hear the future call. Into that forest bountiful and dense, some travel slowly, wary of the fall. With nurturance and...

‘A Bit of a Giggle-bite’ by Damian Robin

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December 8, 2014
Humor, Poetry
3 Comments
I've had some poems I could submit but now I've got behind a bit, they're packed inside the silent hive of a sev’ral-year-old, old hard drive tho’ un-backed-up, their form survives in sev’ral...

‘To the Media in America’ by Jane Blanchard

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December 5, 2014
Culture, Humor, Poetry
The British are coming! The whole fourth estate Must wear what is smart For William and Kate. The British are coming! Men, watch how you dress: A jacket and tie Should lead to success. The British...

‘Living Buddhas Need Passports’ by Florence Major

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December 1, 2014
Poetry
2 Comments
To incarnate legally─ No reincarnates can be found In Beijing’s atheist compound─ In this city where dead is dead─ A reincarnate could lose his head! No passports may be issued now To souls...
  1. Margaret Coats on ‘What the Caterpillar Calls the End’: A Poem by Scharlie MeeuwsMay 23, 2025

    An old theme, transformed by lightly leisurely telling into the expected transcendence. The poem draws the reader through caterpillar evolution…

  2. Margaret Coats on ‘The Dyer’s Second Tale—A Medieval Heist’: A Poem by Paul A. FreemanMay 23, 2025

    Your quick-reading narrative presents a superb model of how long poems can still work, Paul. More anon, when duties leave…

  3. Margaret Coats on ‘Sonnet XIII’: A Poem by Jenna TedescoMay 23, 2025

    "I wonder what you mind then does with me?" completes the first part of this multi-level sonnet. After it, personal…

  4. Yael on ‘Sound and Fury’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 23, 2025

    Wow Susan, these are some sparkly verbal pyrotechnics you've dished out here. Looks like fireworks season is starting early this…

  5. Brian Yapko on ‘Sound and Fury’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 23, 2025

    Susan, thank you for your generous reply to my somewhat overwrought comment in which I teetered perilously close to becoming…

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