Essay: ‘The Poet as Maker’ by James Sale The Society July 31, 2015 Essays 17 Comments When you are 62 years old things may begin to be clearer; you begin realise to the full extent what territory you are in and demarcating; and I now know what for me is important in poetry and has always been...
‘The Flea (A Retort)’ by Paul Brown The Society July 29, 2015 Humor, Poetry Do forgive me strange little man If I’d rather remove your hands Than risk a trip to the clinic For laying with one so unhygienic Who must slumber with hounds at night To have contracted such a...
‘Dharmachakra’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society July 27, 2015 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Dharmachakra By Sri Wele Cebuda Around the Dharma Wheel spins, around and round it goes. It never pauses nor begins, it simply travels, o! Though millions fly off from its whirl, and thousands...
‘Heritage, not Hate’ and Other Poetry by James Huss The Society July 25, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments Heritage, not Hate Today I watched a group of people wait To see an emblem steeped in hate removed From its unmerited, yet hallowed place - Today we traded racist lies for truth. Today I watched...
‘An Occurrence at Chattanooga, Tennessee’ by Slade W. U. Bierce The Society July 22, 2015 Poetry 2 Comments While we expect for our marines to go into harm's way, and so they do so, and without a hesitation's stay; when they're attacked at home and killed in their community, it is insidious and dreadful to the...
‘Toward the Dawn of Truth’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society July 20, 2015 Poetry 4 Comments Dedicated to all Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since the peaceful practice, also known as Falun Dafa, was banned on July 20, 1999. Constellations...
‘To a Brother in Paris’ and Other Poetry by Neal Dachstadter The Society July 17, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments To a Brother in Paris Like Sun in the woods, or a cold Summer rain, Would trouble make goods, and loss create gain. Then bound to a Lady, and allied to Bro, With the grace of God found, wherever you...
‘The Ghost in the Crow’s Nest’ by Enri Vilmos The Society July 14, 2015 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment The captain on this night would have no rest A storm rages and moves in from the West And the heathen banshees screech and wail As the waves bring down the mast and sail On a ship that would lose...
‘Some Talk of God: A Dialogue’ by Damian Robin The Society July 11, 2015 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Back I am an atheist. I don’t believe in God ! Argue this with me or leave ! There is no evidence that ‘it’ exists though faith sects say they squeeze it in their fists. Divine Design is...
Crown of Sonnets on ‘Louis XV’ by Corey Browning The Society July 8, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Upon seeing "Louis XV of France as a Child" painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud at the Metropolitan Museum of Art O 'tis the beauty of the art of France To reflect regal majesty in paint, To show the...
‘Step by Step’ by Yungchen Xiaolian The Society July 5, 2015 Beauty, Poetry Originally written in Chinese and appearing on Minghui.org. Straight, dignified and unpolluted by the polluted world; They are determined to reach upwards, step by step; Quiet and humble, bamboo...
‘Bound Verse’ by Alan Nordstrom The Society July 2, 2015 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Bound verse, ironically, is quite unbound, For writing it you have nothing to say, Since sense comes after you have sought a sound As line by line you pace your measured way. Perhaps a general notion of...
