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Monthly Archives October 31, 2021

‘A Vagabond Song’ by Bliss Carman, Put to Music by Jack DesBois

The Society
October 31, 2021
Beauty, Music, Poetry, Readings
7 Comments
. . A Vagabond Song by Bliss Carman (1861-1929) There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood -- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple...

‘Tokens of the Liberal Artist’ by Sarban Bhattacharya

The Society
October 31, 2021
Art, Culture, Humor, Poetry
4 Comments
. The cats are creatures of a liberal kind, For on the laps of commie artists, you’ll find Them. Coffee too you’ll find in their domain, Not to drink so much as to maintain Their fashion, always looking...

‘Approaching Halloween’ by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
October 30, 2021
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Approaching Halloween “You live in the same kind of grayness as the filthy stuff that formed you.” —Jack Finney, The Invasion of the Body Snatchers They’re here! like werewolves roaming round our...

‘BOO!’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 30, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
29 Comments
. BOO! I feel a fleshless...

‘Glastonbury’ and Other Poetry by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
October 30, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. Glastonbury A deathless tree stood witness while The marshlands round a nearby isle Were drained and bared a hill forlorn; A lonesome tree, long in exile Since Joseph sailed from the Nile— The Glastonbury...

A Poem on Fauci and ‘Dead Puppies,’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 29, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Dead Puppies On a break from the propaganda mill I found puppies I thought I could kill, So I shot them with zombie-rich juice--- I am Fauci, I need no excuse. I just couldn’t believe how they screech, So...

Poems on the Grim Reaper and God, by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
October 29, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. How Grim Is the Grim Reaper? How grim is the Grim Reaper? Rapacious and rambunctious; Solemn stalker, soul seeker, Slayer uncompunctious. How dim his lair’s darkness? Capacious, crenellated Wailing walls...

‘The Asinine Armoress: Hannah Gutierrez Reed’ by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
October 28, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. To all the tough women in Texas who actually know how to handle guns. My daddy got the job for me. He wanted me to work. And daddy’s got a lot of social clout. I told him “When it comes to guns, I’m...

‘We’ and Other Poetry by Mike Bryant

The Society
October 28, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
24 Comments
. We Sum total of all life is death, And breath sustains us for a time. We’ll live until we’ve spent God's dime. The meter's running faster still. No matter what we want or will, We’re always in His...

‘An Incident on the Cornish Cliffs’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
October 28, 2021
Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. So many things were churning in his mind When scrambling down the track towards the cove, To take especial care or drop behind Them both, decide perhaps it might behove Him to feign injury before his...

‘It’s Raining Now in New York City’ by Martin Rizley

The Society
October 27, 2021
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. It's raining now in New York City; Yes, I know that's true. For like that dreamer, Walter Mitty, Daydreams take me, too, To fabled places far away Upon a lazy, rainy day Where I can see and do and say What...

‘Face-to-Face’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
October 26, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. Face-to-Face Meeting up, Darjeeling tea, So familiar, you and me. Here’s your cup, you raise it up Do a little "cheers" to me, Joke on "hospital-it-tea," Say, “How healing is a cup, More than a mask,...

‘Men Before Work’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath

The Society
October 25, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Men Before Work for Dana Gioia It’s dark and cold. The fleet comes filtering in. They take a breath. They get out of their cars. Half-hidden in a cowl-like hood, their heads are bent like friars walking...

‘Pope Sylvester II and Meridiana’ by Joseph S. Salemi (and an Essay on Dramatic Monologues)

The Society
October 24, 2021
Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. Pope Sylvester II and Meridiana Pope Sylvester II, born Gerbert de Aurillac (946-1003), is said to have had a demonic succubus named Meridiana who not only satisfied his sexual needs but also served as his...

‘Fright Night’ and Other Poetry by Lionel Willis

The Society
October 24, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. Fright Night This is the night the dead walk in the streets Looking like neighbors’ children, masked In tricks they have been taught to trade for treats That pose the questions spooks are always...

On Seasonal Affective Disorder: ‘October Leaves’ by Richard Lackman

The Society
October 23, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. As I look out upon October leaves And brown grass weathered by the autumn sun, I see the shafts of light a bare branch cleaves And so much of creation now undone. I feel the sorrow of a world defeated And...

‘By Waterloo Station’ by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
October 23, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. By Waterloo Station I sat down and thought (on a bench not too far from the turbulent stream) of Edwardian London’s once dominant port, and of trains puffing by, empowered by steam. The air was polluted...

‘Lady Macbeth’s Regret’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 22, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Shakespeare
44 Comments
. Lady Macbeth’s Regret Soft hands that led her smitten lord to bedInflamed the flare and thrust of his desire.Cool hands that won his trust and soothed his dread,Now sting and burn in licks of Hades’...

‘The Twilight’s Last Gleaming?’ and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson

The Society
October 21, 2021
Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Twilight’s Last Gleaming? The waning moon is framed by crippled branches; One long white stripe of cloud-chalk intersects Another: an immense, prophetic X. The skyline’s red is flagging; in the...

‘Perfect Apples’ and Other Autumn Poems, by C.B. Anderson

The Society
October 20, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Perfect Apples The Law of Perfect Apples says it all:A malic acid tang pervades the crispAnd shocking mouth appeal that tells you fallIs under way.  If you should catch a wisp Of summer turning winter in...

‘I Took a Notion’ (A Man’s View and Then a Woman’s), by Norma Pain

The Society
October 20, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. I Took a Notion (A Man’s View) I took a notion once in life, To find myself a willing wife. A wife who’d cook and clean and mend And to my every need attend. I had a momentary lapse Within my mind that...

‘Ballade for His Lady Deceased’ by Charles d’Orléans, translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
October 19, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
26 Comments
. Ballade for His Lady Deceased by Charles d’Orléans (1394–1465) Alas, Death, who made you so bold? My noble princess you possess; My life and comfort you enfold, My pleasure, wealth, and...

‘Gods Having Too Much Fun’ by Cheryl Corey

The Society
October 19, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. When the goddesses came by the light of the dawn, They were greeted with music, and what did they see, But a flute that was pressed to the lips of a Faun As he leaned up against a deciduous tree; As the...

‘The Battle of Glorieta Pass’ by Brian Yapko

The Society
October 18, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. I’m old, my young ones. Soon I’ll have to leave. But ere we part I have just one tale more To share---a tale of valor. Never grieve A grandpa who helped win the Civil War! Back then I was a farmer,...

‘Autumn’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 18, 2021
Beauty, Poetry
17 Comments
. Autumn You’ll notice, ‘round this time of year, That to the flowers they hold dear, The bees will cling the whole night through--- And if you loved them, wouldn’t you? So what if evening’s deadly...

‘History’s Tide’ by Clara Huang

The Society
October 18, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, High School Submissions, Poetry
5 Comments
. after the Epoch Times series' How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling the World History’s tide brought us forth to this day, A dark, sullen mist hanging low on display, The Communist Specter’s tail...

A Reading of ‘Endless Bloom’ by Angel L. Villanueva

The Society
October 17, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Readings, Video
15 Comments
. https://youtu.be/eRp7_tqfxTs On Rumble here: https://rumble.com/vnvehl-a-poem-for-aging-beauties-endless-bloom-society-of-classical-poets.html?mref=iosaf&mc=6b8az Poet: Angel L. Villanueva of...

‘Prince Albert in a Can’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie

The Society
October 17, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. Prince Albert in a Can What can I say? I wore a mask and did The social distance thing, got Pfizer-vaxxed And tested negative five times (I kid You not!), did online research, asked A lot of questions,...

‘Nature Is Bountiful’ by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
October 16, 2021
Beauty, Poetry, The Environment
17 Comments
. Nature is bountiful giving to man All that we require, however She can; Food for the table and meds for the sick; Gas for the car that can make our lives quick; The air that we breathe and the water we...

Three Poems on Having COVID-19, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 15, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Villanelle
48 Comments
. A Pox Upon My House a pantoum I heard the hiss of sickness as my mind cracked. I scoured and bleached and reached new hygiene heights. I locked down, muzzled up and shunned all contact--- Its moans and...

‘Pareidolia’ by Beverly Stock

The Society
October 15, 2021
Humor, Poetry
26 Comments
. Pareidolia: The science of seeing faces in everyday objects. Apophenia: The human tendency to seek patterns in random information. Long-nosed creature In my tile, As I shower All the while, Nose that’s...

‘It’s No Surprise’ by Russel Winick

The Society
October 14, 2021
Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. When you see Inflation rise It’s no surprise... When you see All the goods In short supplies, Work disincentivized, It’s no surprise... When you see An open border, Law and order In demise, It’s no...
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‘From Darkest Antiquity’ by Martin Rizley

The Society
October 13, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. FROM DARKEST ANTIQUITY . I. Ancient Ritual A thousand brown feet burn on sand In Pharaoh’s funeral caravan. By many a mirage they pass Of phantom palms and pools of glass. The princess moves as in a...

‘Alfred the Great’ and Other Limericks by Peter Hartley

The Society
October 12, 2021
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
25 Comments
. Alfred the Great Alfred the Great was a shy king Who found it not much to his liking __Making do with cornflakes __‘Cos he’d burned all the cakes While hiding his face from the Viking. __ Sweyn...

‘Geronimo the Alpaca – In Memoriam’ by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
October 11, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau
3 Comments
. read about Geronimo here Geronimo! That is my name; I’ve garnered international fame because I haven’t got TB, or have I? That’s the quandary which has become a running game. Results of skin tests say...

‘What Did Paul Revere?’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 10, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. What Did Paul Revere? Listen, my children, and shed a tear, Because everything that he held dear Did vanish in the blink of an eye And banished, those who dared to defy The Bill of Lies of the Reign of...

‘Whose Life Improved?’ by Michael Charles Maibach

The Society
October 10, 2021
Poetry
8 Comments
. What do you do? What mission’s yours? Come now, be true: Which soul now stirs? Who do you serve? Whose life improved? What cause advanced? What harms removed? What’s made better? What gifts...

‘Love Thy Neighbor’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
October 9, 2021
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
. . Love Thy Neighbor Make no excuseIf sheer abuseIs all you giveTo those who live Around you.  OwnThat you aloneMust bear the shameAnd take the blame For having doneTo anyoneThe slightest wrongThat all...

Three Sonnets on Contemporary Poetry, by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
October 8, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
25 Comments
. Prerequisites for a Trendy Poetry Reading Casual clothes, streetwise but debonair: Knit sweater, denims (slightly dishabille); A tentative, apologetic air, As if you told what you would most...

‘Discrimination by Who?’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
October 8, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. Discrimination by Who? YMCA basketball for 7-year olds It’s not the least bit personal, But kids who have no skills at all, Will often seem to find themselves Without much chance to touch the ball. Still...
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