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Monthly Archives April 30, 2018

‘The Curse of Charles the Bold’ by Morgan Downs

The Society
April 30, 2018
Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
Charles the Bold was the last independent Duke of Burgundy. Killed at the Battle of Nancy by the Swiss, his realm was partitioned in subsequent decades by France and by the ascendant House of Habsburg, setting...

Pastoral Poetry: Arcadia Through the Ages

The Society
April 29, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry
6 Comments
  by James Green “Come live with me and be my Love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dale and field, And all the craggy mountains yield.” —Christopher...

‘And Our Paths Through Flowers’ by David Whippman

The Society
April 28, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
In the painting, she has turned to look back At where her lover’s  corpse lies in the  ground. Her face is blurred; her dress, funereal black, Stands out from  greenery flourishing all round. Within...

‘Goose Sense’ and Other Poetry by Thomas Schmidt

The Society
April 27, 2018
Culture, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
  Goose Sense A burden and a bore I must have been; As handy as another leg, I'd slouch The farm in borrowed overalls, and when My chores were done I'd nap on grandpa's couch. I thought of books and...

‘A Grief Observed’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
April 26, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
In dactylic hexameter Turgid the sea as it billows and foams in the face of the tempest. Wind-lifted wave-crests explode into diamonds agleam in the sunlight. Surf-spray erupts atop surge-curled water...

‘On the Killing of Falun Gong Mother and Child’ by Damian Robin

The Society
April 25, 2018
Human Rights in China, Poetry
13 Comments
Ms. Wang Lixuan and her son, Meng Hao, were detained on Oct. 22, 2000. Mother and baby both died at the Tuanhe Forced Labor Dispatch Division in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2000. The coroner’s exam determined that...

‘In My Dreams’ by Connie Phillips

The Society
April 24, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
In my dreams, I always see you smiling, Your bright eyes twinkling like a million stars. In my dreams, there is no sense to crying, Your gentle touch has healed the painful scars. We stroll alone...

‘A Cello Knows’ and Other Poetry by Andrew Todd Ramirez

The Society
April 23, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
A Cello Knows Amidst the smoke and light and laughter Along the smiles and cheers thereafter A sound is bled, wrung free from strings It bounds and treads and wholly sings Inside each song, a secret’s...
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Rhyming Poems for Poem in Your Pocket Day

The Society
April 22, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Education, From the Society, Poetry
5 Comments
April 26 is Poem in Your Pocket Day, part of National Poetry Month. On this day, people are encouraged to carry a poem in their pockets and share it with others. Below are recommended rhyming poems for this...

‘Sestina of Night’ by Karen Melander Magoon

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April 21, 2018
Beauty, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Sestina
4 Comments
The lamp holds sway along the shadowed streets A penumbra encircles its sweet shine As night rests softly like a feathered cloak Upon a multitude of dancing stars And night and stars and lamp become a...

‘Fear’ and Other Poetry by Amy Foreman

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April 20, 2018
Culture, Poetry, Short Stories
31 Comments
Fear A ballad I said to Fear, “Away from here!” And, softly, he withdrew. But, lost in thought, I plain forgot To bar the door anew. So Faith and I sat down to try And chat the night away. But...

A Casida by Sam Gilliland

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April 19, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
From Lost Love & Other Lyrics A casida Sleep, the enemy of inspiration, An unlikely ally that hangs around, With dawn’s rebirth, cause for celebration. Dreams, their rites of passage are at my...

‘The Night’ by Sathya Narayana

The Society
April 18, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
26 Comments
  Wee hours, when crickets tune their eerie cords and hoot the yawning owls at twinkling stars; the night-maid roves seesaw, like a drunken bard, besmeared with stripes of billion...

‘How Can We Know?’ and Other Poetry by Caroline Bardwell

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April 17, 2018
Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle
19 Comments
How Can We Know? A villanelle How can we know where we go when we die; Pondering signs, looking up at the sky, Wondering if Someone's hearing my cry? Which religion is right, which one a lie? Too...

‘Lament for Hymns, We Cease to Die’ by David Hollywood

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April 16, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
Part 1 Between a teardrop and the heart, We sense our feelings weakened, mourn, For sadness as the tones impart A sound perceived and now forlorn. Opposing songs composed, to ache, Before their...

‘Itinerant Poet’ by Leonard Dabydeen

The Society
April 15, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
3 Comments
“The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ~ Louis L’Amour You are not alone on this wind-rush march, Itinerant ink scribing papyrus Upon demands and deadlines flaming torch; Or over...

‘War Is Natural’ and Other Poetry by David Paul Behrens

The Society
April 14, 2018
Poetry
10 Comments
War Is Natural To rise above the plane of earth Where war continues since my birth, I find that war is natural, And in this world habitual. It’s human nature, so it seems And nature’s calling in...

‘Heroes, Victims, and Poseidon’ and Other Poetry by Phillip Whidden

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April 13, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
  Heroes, Victims, and Poseidon The metre of ancient Greek poetry succeeds in “achieving a length and complexity that are unusual in the heroic verse of other literatures.” ~ Michael Grant, The Rise...

‘Obituary’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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April 12, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
Obituary Late summer, when the bumblebees begin to die, You’ll see them clinging to the petals of a flower For dear life—or at least it seems so to an eye Untrained in entomology. They’ve had their...

‘Bubbles’ by Ann Christine Tabaka

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April 11, 2018
Beauty, Children's, Poetry
11 Comments
Glistening orbs Dance on air Drifting skyward Without a care Iridescent spheres Shimmering bright Reflecting prisms In the sunlight Luminous globes Fragile and frail Constructed of A diaphanous...

‘Canto 1’ by James Sale (with Video)

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April 10, 2018
Beauty, Poetry, Readings, Terza Rima, Video
71 Comments
Canto 1 is the provisional name for a sequence of 33 Cantos that James Sale is attempting to write in the style - and using the terza rima - of Dante. His aim is to create a contemporary epic of heaven and...

‘The Concert’ by Lynn Michael Martin

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April 9, 2018
Beauty, Music, Performing Arts, Poetry
6 Comments
A sonnet of longing and of a glimpse of hope. July 17, 2016. We looked imploring to the starless sky; we worlds and worlds of darkness, seeking light, that we might momently forget our night; for that...

10 Greatest Shakespeare Sonnets: An Immortal Series

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April 8, 2018
Beauty, Best Poems, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry, Shakespeare
9 Comments
By David B. Gosselin William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564 - died April 23, 1616) is arguably the greatest writer in any language. His poetry is not only one of the most exalted examples of what an...

‘Battle’ by Florence Adams Clark

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April 7, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
Pigeon Cove, MA 1948 Above, the sky, remote and pure, Below, the earth, steadfast and sure. Between the two, the surging sea, Fighting both for mastery. Blue swell of wave, foam flung high, White flash...

‘Crime of Youth’ by David Watt

The Society
April 6, 2018
Humor, Poetry, Short Stories
10 Comments
  I knew her when I could be called a youth And life had not uncovered certain truths Apparent to detectives, super-sleuths; Such as ‘Best clues are found within untruth.’ For boasting of a...

‘The Children’s Crusade’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
April 5, 2018
Culture, Poetry, Terrorism
6 Comments
(All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) The Children's Crusade Amendment II of the US Constitution: A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and...

‘Soldier’s Son’ by Robert Piazza

The Society
April 5, 2018
Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
Leatherneck, you’re still my childhood hero With tales of firing flack at Jap Zeroes— After training camp in San Diego, You rode the railway home on furlough To elope with Rita in the Poconos. The...

‘Socialism Kills’ by David Welch

The Society
April 4, 2018
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
23 Comments
  Young people go marching, the boys and the girls, They’re thinking like once we did, they’ll change the world. They claim government is a cure for our ills, They seem to forget, in fact,...

‘A Rounded Stone’ by Benjamin Daniel Lukey

The Society
April 3, 2018
Beauty, Poetry, Readings, Short Stories
5 Comments
    He pressed a rounded stone into my hand. He said, "Take care of this," and turned away To tend to things we needed for our trip: The boats, the lines, the paddles, and the...

‘I Know Why the Red Rose Weeps’ by David Bellemare Gosselin (with Audio)

The Society
April 2, 2018
Beauty, Poetry, Readings
11 Comments
  I know why the red rose weeps Why she hides her tears in dew As the summer breezes sweep From those seas of peaceful blue, And then like our dreams She fades with the morning dew. I know...

Society of Classical Poets Journal Vol. 6 Released

The Society
April 1, 2018
From the Society, Poetry
13 Comments
  The Society of Classical Poets is reviving poetry with rhyme and meter and the response has been widespread and tremendous. Since the Society was founded in 2012, we have grown from a daily blog...

‘April Fools Easter: April 1, 2018’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie

The Society
April 1, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
April Fools Easter: April 1, 2018 In dark Gethsemane I was betrayed By Judas’ kiss. I was arrested, tried, Found guilty, beaten, thorn-crowned, mocked, and flayed. Then nailed to the cross on which I...
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