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Monthly Archives July 31, 2020

A Poem on Moses on the Mount by Jeffrey Kemper

The Society
July 31, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
  On Consecrated Ground Moses on the Mount; Exodus 3-4 Moshe, a Hebrew truant from His resident Egyptian land Committed crimes with this outcome: His life was now in Pharaoh’s hand. Absconding...

Three Poems of the Nuclear Age by Peter Austin

The Society
July 30, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, The Environment
6 Comments
  Tomoko When the Enola Gay dropped ‘Little Boy’, Tomoko---just a little girl herself--- Was robbed of any hope of earthly joy And sentenced to a life upon the shelf, Until, that is, she and...

A Poem for Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day), by Satyananda Sarangi

The Society
July 29, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
"During the war, the Indian Army evicted Pakistani intruders and succeeded in recapturing Tiger Hill and other posts as a part of ‘Operation Vijay’. Indian soldiers had secured this victory after a...

‘Golden Gloves’ and Other Poetry by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
July 29, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
22 Comments
Golden Gloves My father fought in Golden Gloves. Back then The ring was where you slugged your way to hopes. It was no place for fey, aesthetic men— There’s no nuance on canvas, or the ropes. I...

Amid U.S. Riots, A Reflection on Robespierre’s July 28 Execution, by Rob Crisell

The Society
July 28, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
7 Comments
  A Proposal---July 28, 2020 Upon this date in 1794, The French Revolution concluded in gore, As Robespierre’s head hit the blood-stained floor Of Paris’s Place de la Concorde, Leaving poor...

Poetry Readings from 2020 SCP Symposium – ‘A Celebration of Meter and Rhyme’ (Session II)

The Society
July 28, 2020
Children's, From the Society, Poetry, Readings, Symposium, Video
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All of the below poems were read on May 31, 2020 at The Society of Classical Poets Symposium, which was held online due to the pandemic. Below are poems from Session II....

Three Monkey Tales in Poetry, by Terry L. Norton

The Society
July 27, 2020
Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry
4 Comments
  How Monkeys Came to Be adapted from a Palestinian folktale Monkeys and people once were one. For monkeys had from Adam come. As Adam's sons in every way, Those monkeys looked like us today. Yet...

Three Poems Dealing with Garden Pests, by C.B. Anderson

The Society
July 26, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
  The Gardener at War Throughout our lives we hustle and we slave __To turn our gardens into magic places __Where beauty at its pinnacle erases Our darkest intimations of the grave; But what mundane...

A Poem on BLM Riots: ‘The Enemy Within’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 25, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
40 Comments
"One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship." ---George Orwell We are the fearsome force for good who’ll overthrow...

A Poem in Tribute to Dame Vera Lynn (1917-2020), by Jeff Eardley

The Society
July 25, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
24 Comments
  Vera A fine and sunny Summer’s day And now our Vera’s slipped away. Auf Wiedersehen, we’ll meet again; We don’t know where, we don’t know when. A proper looker in the day, A smile to...

‘From J.S. Bach’s French Suites: An Allemande’ by Leo Zoutewelle

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July 24, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
19 Comments
  Alike a trusted hand that comes to rest On harried shoulders to relieve the stress, This allemande fulfills its basic quest: Bestowing thorough genial redress. When just too much encumbrance...

Poetry on the Death of America, by Joe Tessitore

The Society
July 23, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
17 Comments
  No Epitaph The lies lie heavy on his chest, Striped red, striped white, now tattered vest And soon to draw his final breath--- Who’ll mourn this Son of Freedom’s death? I look around,...

‘Clean Beauty’ by Kevin O’Keeffe

The Society
July 23, 2020
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
  How wild become the eyes! How fine it is to learn! That the beauty in the sky's Cold torch of perfect pearl, Or in the trunk of the laburnum With those swaying yellow leaves That catch the...

‘The Trial of Saint Joan of Arc (d. 30 May 1431)’ by Theresa Rodriguez

The Society
July 22, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
  You had to act, because you heard the voices Within your head. Saint Michael came to you, Saints Catherine and Margaret. But what choices Did you have? You knew them to be true, Not demons or...

On the Resignation of Bari Weiss from The New York Times, and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Kemper

The Society
July 21, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
  With Sorrow Do I Leave It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times. ---Bari Weiss, opinion writer, 13 July 2020 With sorrow do I leave The New York...

‘Notre-Dame de Chartres’ by James A. Tweedie (Last Part in the Favorite Places Sonnet Series)

The Society
July 21, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
  Enrobed in blue—enthroned and crowned—her Son, __With proffered blessing, safely in her hands— __The Queen of Heaven reigns on high as one __Who holds in love all those whom she...

‘Hidden in a Flyer’ by Daniel Magdalen, and Other Poetry on the Persecution of Falun Gong

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July 20, 2020
Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings
12 Comments
on the 21st anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's launching the persecution of the peaceful practice of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999   Hidden in a Flyer by Daniel Magdalen Slowing down my clockwork...

‘Beauty Should Be Appreciated’ by Janice Canerdy

The Society
July 19, 2020
Beauty, Poetry
5 Comments
  There’s beauty in the ordinary things like challenges and joys each season brings, the world of work and school, and kids at play between sunrise and sunset every day. There’s awe-inspiring...

Poems on Riots and the State of the World: July, 2020

The Society
July 18, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
8 Comments
  I Make My Way by Joe Tessitore These times, indeed, have tried my soul. With lightening speed, I’ve lost control Of all that mattered in the past--- It drifts, now scattered, in a...

‘Existence’ by David Paul Behrens

The Society
July 18, 2020
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
  It's easier to not exist And yet existence does persist. Although I cannot fathom why, I cannot rest unless I try. To wonder why or how or when, Such is the way it's always been. As we orbit...

‘An Old Friend’ by Phil S. Rogers

The Society
July 17, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
  An old friend called on me today, past indiscretions to relive. Long decades passed since we had spoke; he hoped ill feelings I'd forgive. We had once been the best of friends but problems...

Poetry on the Passing of the Poet’s Wife, by Peter Hartley

The Society
July 16, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
34 Comments
  Coming Home “Thank you for letting me come home,” she said To me the night she died, and I, tongue-tied, I could not answer her. I should have tried, I know, for tacitly her thoughts I...

A Poem on Black Lives Matter Riots and Other Poetry, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 15, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
  Lockdown Leisure with apologies to W.H. Davies In lockdown life, should I but dare To take more time to stand and stare?--- More time to stand six feet away And gaze upon our world...
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‘Your Smart Device (A Rondeau)’ and Other Poetry by Alan Steinle

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July 14, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau
19 Comments
Your Smart Device a rondeau Your smart device was strange and new; It learned your voice and habits too; It played the songs you liked to hear; It answered your requests with cheer, And spat out facts...

The Spice of Life: Metric Variation in Formal Verse (An Essay by Adam Sedia)

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July 13, 2020
Culture, Essays, Poetry, Poetry Forms
15 Comments
by Adam Sedia John Dryden In 1688, John Dryden, England’s first official poet laureate, was deprived of that title for remaining Catholic and replaced with the laughably inferior Thomas Shadwell. Dryden...
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Documentary on Pandemic Features The Iliad and SCP Member

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July 12, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Homer, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Video
6 Comments
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A Poem by a Currently Incarcerated Poet

The Society
July 12, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
The Crowd by Christian J. Weaver The corpses of my former selves Are yawning in the waves. They bob and float like slimy logs; Their fish-expressions gaze With mute surprise at all the rest: It's...

‘The King’ and Other Poetry by Michael Witcoff

The Society
July 11, 2020
Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
The King Lying lips win praise and fame, And money, pow’r and wealth; They grant great glory for your name But cost the price of self. For once a man betrays his plans To be upright and true, That...

A Rhyme of the Cities

The Society
July 10, 2020
Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
  Editor’s Note: This poem was originally found in The Pebbles and Shells: A Book of Verses ,1909, edited by Donald Fraser. Another version was published in The Good Humor Book, by Robert Rango,...

‘Apostrophe to François Villon’ by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
July 9, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
  Good François Villon, petty thief, Carouser, cutpurse, scholar, sot; Young chronicler of gallows-grief, Escapee from the hempen knot; Depicter of the dregs and lees Of drunken students,...

‘Armageddon’ and Other Poetry on Recent Riots

The Society
July 8, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
4 Comments
  Armageddon a tennos on the current socio-political situation by C.B. Anderson Some of my former friends are now definitively leftist; The most intelligent among them are the very deftest At...

A Tribute to Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr. Mike Stroud, by Rod Walford

The Society
July 8, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
  The Strength Within A tribute to Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr. Mike Stroud who, in 1993, became the first men to cross the continent of Antarctica unsupported. The crossing took 93 days. They stood...

‘Paris’ by James A. Tweedie (Part 4 in the Favorite Places Sonnet Series)

The Society
July 7, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
  La Ville Lumière—City of Lights, of Dreams, __Of Love: La Ville d’Amour. Whose night is day— __Whose stars are mirrored in the sky which streams __Them back again—La Seine: the Milky...

To the Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana in Defense of Father Rothrock, and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia

The Society
July 6, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
12 Comments
  Caiaphas To the Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana in defense of Father Rothrock High Priest of Israel’s nameless God __You were, and though came to possess That charge upon the gentiles’...

‘A Case of Ghosts’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

The Society
July 6, 2020
Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry
5 Comments
A Case of Ghosts (Full Fathom Five parodied) In cradling case my fiddle lies, Waiting for the owner’s hand. Strings all slack, its music dies. Yet a not-quite-silent band There conspires to haunt my...

Poems on Summer in Texas, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 5, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
  Summer in Texas She sashays in on scorching licks of flame that singe the sticky fringes of the day. Her blaze, no brazen breeze can ease or tame; she sizzles as she splashes rays our way. Her...
poem/peterson/beauty

A Poem on the State of the World, by Rod Walford

The Society
July 4, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
14 Comments
Fallen Leaves You can't stop leaves from falling in the autumn of their lives, And you can't stop bees returning to the safety of their hives, And you cannot stop deception as it flows from your T.V., Or...

‘The American Revolution: An Epic Poem,’ Chapter II, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 4, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
The American Revolution: An Epic Poem Chapter I by Andrew Benson Brown   Chapter II: Thomas Jefferson in Hell On July Fourth of Eighteen Twenty-Six, Old Thomas Jefferson was sent to Hell In his...

A Poem for July 4th 2020, by T.M. Moore

The Society
July 3, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Music, Poetry
13 Comments
  All Gone Listening to William Billings' "Chester" I cannot help but weep to sing these words, and by them, lodge my soul with those who sang them many years ago. From their hearts rang both faith...

Haiku Competition 2020

The Society
July 2, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests
401 Comments
The winning haiku can be found here Write a haiku on any topic and post it in the comments section below. The haiku must adhere to the traditional parameters of a haiku to qualify (and may be deleted if...
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