Society of Classical Poets logo
  • About Us
  • Join
  • Donate
  • Poetry
    Random
    • 'A Moving Experience' and Other Poetry by Raymond Gallucci

      The Society
      January 11, 2020
      Culture, Humor, Poetry
      24 Comments
    Recent
    • SCP Poetry Competition Winners’ Symposium

      The Society
      May 28, 2025
    • ‘Song of the Heron’ by Ueda Bin, Translated by Yoshikaze Kawakami

      The Society
      May 28, 2025
      4
    • ‘A Taste of Northern New England’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson

      The Society
      May 27, 2025
      6
    • ‘Forsythia Fading’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson

      The Society
      May 27, 2025
      13
    • ‘On a Raging Storm’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Kemper

      The Society
      May 26, 2025
      8
    • ‘Ten Pennies Per Paper Poppy’: A Memorial Day Poem by Roy E. Peterson

      The Society
      May 26, 2025
      25
  • Submit
  • Contests
    Random
    • Rhyme Two Random Words Poetry Challenge

      The Society
      March 23, 2022
      Humor, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests
      46 Comments
    Recent
    • Winners of Friends of Falun Gong 2025 Poetry Competition Announced

      The Society
      May 13, 2025
      1
    • 2025 Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition

      The Society
      March 31, 2025
    • The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition

      The Society
      February 1, 2025
      28
    • Winners of 2024 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced

      The Society
      February 1, 2025
      2
    • The Best Haiku of 2024: Winners of the 2024 SCP Haiku Competition

      The Society
      September 29, 2024
      14
    • The 2024 Society of Classical Poets International Poetry Competition

      The Society
      August 31, 2024
      16
  • Journal
  • Books
  • Members
  • Poetry Contests
  • Donate
  • About Us
  • Submit
  • Poetry

Monthly Archives February 29, 2016

‘The Journey Back’ by Eddie Aitken

The Society
February 29, 2016
Beauty, Poetry
1 Comment
  The journey back to your own true self Is not paved by comfort and untold wealth, But by finding the universe’s Great Law, Looking inside, and clearing what you saw!   Eddie Aitken is...

‘The Great’ and Other Poetry and Translations by William Ruleman

The Society
February 27, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
1 Comment
The Great The great are often shunned by their own age, While even the noble dead are sometimes mocked, And eras are damned when none who sees is shocked By scads of scorn spat on a sacred page. Today...

‘Ode to a Soldier’s Wife’ by Dusty Grein

The Society
February 25, 2016
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
5 Comments
Ode to a Soldier’s Wife I can see your tears are streaming, in the lamp light they are gleaming; How I wish that I were dreaming, and that duty hadn’t called. Through the wretched bars we’re...
poem/freeman/children's

‘Igor at the Kitchen Sink’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
February 23, 2016
Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
2 Comments
Igor at the Kitchen Sink By Alecsei Durbew I saw him washing dishes at the sink. He stood against the smooth, white countertop, and tan, wood cabinet below his pink thick, stalwart legs—bull in a...

‘Counterfeit Martyrdom’ and Other Poetry by Basil Fillis

The Society
February 21, 2016
Culture, Poetry, Riddles, Terrorism
5 Comments
Counterfeit Martyrdom Evil terrorists 'round the world Reject God's law, "Thou shalt not kill." Minds indoctrinated, furled up in a cold and savage will! Real martyrs are the brave who die adhering to...

‘Choice’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
February 19, 2016
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry
1 Comment
Choice Now to change; rise to rearrange; fix buckled tracks; iron out the cracked strange. Time to take off the human make- up, look within and see beyond the fake: catch and count seeds in the...

Poetry Book Review: James Manlow’s When We Were Slugs from Parkgate Press

The Society
February 17, 2016
Essays, Reviews
By James Sale There are two things I don’t like about “When We Were Slugs”, the new poetry collection from James Manlow, the erstwhile Poet Laureate for Bournemouth, England (pictured above). The...

‘Riverside’ and Other Poetry by Jarrett Mohn

The Society
February 15, 2016
Beauty, High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry
Riverside Sun rays glisten Reflect the river I stand and listen Can’t help but shiver Restless fish swim Graceful, majestic Watching sunlight dim Thoughts are monolithic Nature’s beauty...

‘Valentine’ and Other Poetry by Michael Curtis

The Society
February 14, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
1 Comment
  Valentine The name of Spring is ever fresh and fair;     Her sound is ever gentle, ever true; The Spring is like the songbird of the air     Who sweetly...

‘Models for Configuring Friendship’ and Other Poetry by Lynn Veach Sadler

The Society
February 12, 2016
Culture, Humor, Poetry
1 Comment
Models for Configuring Friendship A knight for whom the Grail is wholly you; the one who greets you sans your power, might; who never counts the favors that accrue; adheres to you whatever is your...

‘Children of the Stars’ by Elizabeth A. Britton

The Society
February 11, 2016
Culture, Poetry
  The lit brush burns oil on the canvas; Ancient word breathes stories of Atlantis; The silent stone speaks more than us all; Mortal mysteries that hold us in thrall. Throughout the ages, man has...

‘Xerxes’ and Other Poetry by A.R. Harmon

The Society
February 9, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
Xerxes My power does lie In hue of the sky In the refined folds of God’s estate My throne I have carved Of sapphire hard And I crowned it with God’s ark of Jade My hosts of legions Number in...

10 Greatest English Sonnets Concerning Other Poets

The Society
February 7, 2016
Best Poems, Education, Essays, Poetry
3 Comments
by Reid McGrath I forewarn you that these are the 10 greatest English Sonnets addressed to or concerning other poets and are not even the 10 greatest short poems concerning other poets. There are innumerable...

‘Night’s Nuclear Poetry’ by Karen Gersch

The Society
February 6, 2016
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
So many lasers stroked the night, the sky simply purred and burst apart. We held our breaths, but not from fright - the fireworks had launched their start. like mad housewives and activists, the...

‘Squinters’ and Other Poetry by Antoinette Foliart

The Society
February 5, 2016
High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
Squinters The curious the contemplators the ones who concentrate on the littlest details. The most beautiful thing about them is how they space out and their attention is unattainable. While the...

‘The Port of Tears’ by James Sale

The Society
February 3, 2016
Beauty, Poetry
  We left the Port of Joy so long ago, And ebbed so much the while and knew no flow, But still another strait we headed to. Whatever we did, wherever we steered All things led to one place, to...

2016 Poetry Competition Winners

The Society
February 1, 2016
From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
6 Comments
Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who participated. There were many hundreds of submitted poems and many good works and poets who had to be left out. Thank you! ***Winners should email their...
  1. James A. Tweedie on ‘How I Spent My Spring Vacation’: Poetry and Photography by James A. TweedieMay 28, 2025

    Peter Hartley has asked me to post this comment on his behalf: The photographs of your trip around the earth…

  2. C.B. Anderson on ‘A Taste of Northern New England’ and Other Poems by C.B. AndersonMay 28, 2025

    If snakes tasted as good as lobster, I would welcome more into our country. But ....

  3. C.B. Anderson on ‘A Taste of Northern New England’ and Other Poems by C.B. AndersonMay 28, 2025

    Saad is a right smart guy, though I think the whole psychobiology thing is a bit overblown. When it comes…

  4. C.B. Anderson on ‘A Taste of Northern New England’ and Other Poems by C.B. AndersonMay 28, 2025

    My understanding of elephantiasis is that its victims sometimes need to carry their infected scrotum around in a wheelbarrow in…

  5. Cheryl A Corey on ‘Forsythia Fading’: A Poem by Cynthia ErlandsonMay 28, 2025

    Cynthia, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is one of my favorite poems, but I have to point out that it was…

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Daily Poems

Subscribe to receive updates in your email inbox

poetry/benson brown/reading

Categories

  • Acrostic
  • Alexandroid
  • Alliterative
  • Art
  • Beauty
  • Best Poems
  • Blank Verse
  • Chant Royal
  • Chaucer
  • Children's
  • Classical Poets Live
  • Clerihew
  • Covid-19
  • Culture
  • Dante
  • Deconstructing Communism
  • Education
  • Ekphrastic
  • Epic
  • Epigrams and Proverbs
  • Essays
  • Featured
  • Found Poem
  • From the Society
  • Haiku and Senryu
  • High School Submissions
  • Homer
  • Human Rights in China
  • Humor
  • Interviews
  • Limerick
  • Love Poems
  • Music
  • Pantoum
  • Performing Arts
  • Poetry
  • Poetry Challenge
  • Poetry Contests
  • Poetry Forms
  • Popular Poetry Archives
  • Readings
  • Reviews
  • Rhupunt
  • Riddles
  • Rondeau
  • Rondeau Redoublé
  • Rondel
  • Rubaiyat
  • Sapphic Verse
  • Satire
  • Science
  • Sestina
  • Shakespeare
  • Shape Poems
  • Short Stories
  • Song Lyrics
  • Symposium
  • Terrorism
  • Terza Rima
  • The Environment
  • The Raven
  • Translation
  • Triolet
  • Video
  • Villanelle

Poetry Archive

  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • Poetry Resources
  • Poetry Readings
  • High School Poetry
  • Translation
  • Poetry Contests
  • Poetry Forms
  • From the Society
  • Poetry Archive
  • Education
  • Humor
  • Reviews
  • About Us
  • The Raven
  • Riddles
  • Journal
  • Members
  • Terms of Use
  • The Society of Classical Poets © 2024