‘One Summer Day’ and Other Poetry by Martin Elster The Society March 29, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment One Summer Day An allusion to Beethoven While walking through the woods one summer day, he glanced along a river, clear and bright, saw bubbling notes like dappled fish at play, and dashed them...
Chinese Cameos by Damian Robin The Society March 27, 2015 Poetry 1 Comment Chinese Cameo 13 Exacting Nazis whittled down The Jew – full name, gender, skill type, stamp, tattoo; segued ringlets, noses, black felt hats, with wriggling germs and cancer cells and rats; and...
2015 Poetry Journal Released The Society March 25, 2015 From the Society, Poetry 1 Comment We are proud to announce the publication of The Society of Classical Poets’ 2015 Poetry Journal! The best poetry of the last year has culminated in this publication. Poets include competition winners...
‘The River Wye’ and Other Poetry by Mike Ruskovich The Society March 22, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives 21 Comments The River Wye Your stroll beside the stream has stayed with me, Has left me in my loneliness with strength Enough to face the world, to somehow see Within its depth and width and wandering...
‘Goodbye, Sweet Fetal Child’ by Theresa Rodriguez The Society March 18, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives 12 Comments Goodbye, sweet fetal child— for you shall die, Because a mother’s love is also dead: The hallowed place of nurture where you lie Shall soon become the ground where blood is shed. The battle to reject...
‘Hunger’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Devaney The Society March 15, 2015 Poetry 1 Comment Hunger "Power grows out of the barrel of a gun" -Mao Zedong Power grows out of the plight of the poor Peasants broken-backed, burdened by hunger The blood stained earth screams of endless...
‘Thoughts after Samuel Palmer’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society March 11, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment Thoughts after Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) By Bud "Weasel" Rice Everywhere curious, articulate, perfect and inimitable ... nature does ... leave a space for the soul to climb above her steepest...
‘Fog in the Valley’ and Other Poetry by Cathy Bryant The Society March 8, 2015 Beauty, Poetry Fog in the Valley The fog flows down like a flock of pale gulls and the valley of my home disappears. In seconds, stuff engulfs us. Each sense dulls; cold soggy cotton fills our eyes and...
‘Winter Storm Watch’ and Other Poetry by Catherine Wald The Society March 5, 2015 Beauty, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry 1 Comment Winter Storm Watch The sky is still; no flakes appear and yet we know that they will come. Held hostage by our doubts and fears we beat out warnings on our drums. We know, for sure, the flakes...
‘The Course of Empire’ Observations by Reid McGrath The Society March 1, 2015 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Observations both Literal and Inferred on The Course of Empire, 1833-36, by Thomas Cole The Savage State THE foreground is dark, sublime, and savage. Storm-clouds roll up towards the right. The...
