Month: April 2021

. "I Lived and languished.” —Andrei Platonov by "Weird” Ace Blues Last year we learned th’ Empire struck back with ...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FdfL8sVRM Like Abelard and Heloise Like Abelard and Heloise This woman has the gorgeous mind. Her touch of tenderness ...

. written while walking out my front door You weren’t born with that thing on your face, So look in ...

. Like a bell struck in the clear night, A voice that no one hears Tells me to leave my ...

. Vaticination  Sibylla says, Fear archers of immunity! Beware the vanguard shock troops sharpening double tongues, Whetted with grave authority ...

. The first soft days of Springtime greet my eyes __Like a young girl’s face smiling fresh and clean, The ...

. The Tale of Governor Do-as-I-Say-Not-as-I-Do-som It’s funny how Democracy In many states now colored blue Produces rank hypocrisy, A ...

. We’re poets first-and-foremost and agree that meter, rhyme and rhythm oft are spurned; the plethora of poetry we see ...

.  Brush with Shame In reference to “Couple accidentally paints over $500,000 artwork,” Ben Cost, New York Post, 4/3/21 The ...

. O Spring, you’re such a tease, Fickle as a good-time lover; Temptingly, you hover Warm against my cheek, Windless, ...

. Themistocles Athens, Greece, 483 B.C. “Barbarians loom upon the coast—dark clouds. Athenians see them, but don’t think they’d pour ...

. This poem is commemorating the peaceful appeal of 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners for freedom of belief, in Beijing, on ...

. The gaffe-prone Duke of Edinburgh has died, who asked if native Aussies still chucked spears and told some Brits ...

. The Seven Dwarves of Old Age The seven dwarves of old age __Have come to live with me, But ...

. Martyred daughter of a libeled Czar, You for whom St. Basil’s bells have rung, Condemned to die dishonored and ...

. Bardolatry He boasted an iambic ear, That playwright with insight, Shakespeare; Yes, Measure for Measure He’s given much pleasure With Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear. The ...

.   __Like Don Quixote’s windmills, rhymes keep spinning in my head! My dark-passion is to write Light Verse; my ...

. A Eulogy for Justice It looks like we got justice for George Floyd Because of the techniques that were ...

. A Chemistry Lesson There was a time she pined to be a boy, Around the age of six or ...

. Poet's Note: These poems are non-autobiographical. . When Love is Lost To see the summer sun and wish for ...

Dear SCP Members and Readers, Poet Leo Zoutewelle died on March 11, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina under the care ...

. She started her Pilates class, Upon the Internet. The city was in lockdown, So, she knew, some work she’d ...

. You meekly poke your purple heads Through stubborn clumps of snow That yet persist in fallow beds Though balmy ...

. The Odyssey of a recovering patient of the Orthopedic and Spine Specialists (OSS) hospital in York, PA; January 2019. ...

. . On a Starred Night derived from a George Meredith poem On a starred night, Prince Lucifer uprose; From ...

. Who took the years? Who stole the time away? Where did it go? I just don’t understand. There were ...

April is National Poetry Month. On this occasion, take words about poetry from a famous poet, or anyone else you ...

. I wish I could build me a magic machine, A magic machine that would last, Till the octopus sings ...

. We appreciate your purchase of this version of the game That caused Mr. Milton Bradley to become a household ...

. Sestina 276 On the night of April 14-15, 2014, 276 mostly Christian female students were kidnapped from a high ...

. How to Write a Formal Poem(That Doesn’t Seem Like One) abandon capitals at all times. TrustYour sense for sound ...

. Horace, in your guide to painting poems, Bid a poet paint in synchrony. Carve, in sandy caves where writers ...

. Dillard “Sparky” Barker Is a Doc at CDC. He’s announced a market- Driven cure for you and me. Helicaps—not ...

. Is poetry that’s free as free as all That?  Surely it’s the poet who is free Or not.  He makes the ...

. Though many scores were lost, those that remain May well be thought the richest heritage Ever bequeathed by one ...

. Dear President Biden You act as if you were elected To spend my great-grandchildren’s money. By spending trillions you’ve ...

. Isaiah 5:20---Uncancellable They often call good evil, And call the evil good. Misclassifying basics? One wonders how they could. ...

. The Plague They muzzle their breath, Sealed in rooms as if in tombs, Scared to death of death. . ...

    . Dusk Till Dawn  The ocean rainAnd sleep played me—A willing pawn.I dreamt of youFrom nautical duskTill nautical dawn. ...

. excerpted from the sonnet sequence Philip, Prince of Greece and Great Britain He wore a white gold crown wherever ...