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Monthly Archives March 31, 2022

‘He Catches When We Fall!’ by Michael Charles Maibach

The Society
March 31, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. He Catches When We Fall! Of all life’s mysteries, The deepest of them all--- Not how high we've risen But on what day we fall. Pride’s an untrue friend, And hubris does us in. A loss of faith in...

‘Sleep’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

The Society
March 30, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Sleep Now the hour has come to lay me down Upon the waters of the river Lethe, To float into the maelstrom and to drown In swirling waves above me and beneath me. Who can recount those dark, forgotten...

Russo-Ukrainian War Poetry: Share Yours Here

The Society
March 29, 2022
Culture, Poetry
35 Comments
. Share your poetry on currently unfolding Russo-Ukrainian war in the comments section below.  We received a large response on our first post of poetry on Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, and poets...

On Climate Change: ‘The End Is Near’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie

The Society
March 29, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Environment
49 Comments
. The Simplest Way to Save the Earth The simplest way for us to save the earth Would be for women to stop giving birth. For when there are no longer any mothers We’ll solve the problem of too many...

Three Poems on Language by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
March 28, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Hypodermic For a poet, the pen is merely part Of the apparatus of addiction. He emulates the frozen fly in amber Watching eons come, roll by, and pass. As motionless as veined quartz in a stone, He seeks...

‘Quarantined’ by Gregory Ross

The Society
March 27, 2022
Beauty, Covid-19, Poetry, Rondeau
2 Comments
. Quarantined Against the wind, our candles out, The smoke will rise, we have no doubt, Yet in the dark with all our kin, We’ll strike a match and crack a grin, And once alight, our joy will sprout. All...

‘Where Wonders Remain’ by Peggy Everett

The Society
March 26, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
5 Comments
. Where Wonders Remain Snow crowns violet mountains that reign over trees, __Whose forests stand verdant and old; It ends where rich valleys roll down to the seas, __To welcome blue waters with gold. From...

A Poem on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Inability to Define a Woman, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 25, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
147 Comments
. https://rumble.com/embed/vvm2wt/?pub=4 . Identity Crisis I used to think my body was all woman, My fruitful womb refused to be dismissed. But now I’m not so sure I’m even human--- I’m not a fully...

Respected Irish Poetry Journal Publishes Ridiculously Faked Woke Poetry

The Society
March 25, 2022
Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. From The Burkean: Icarus magazine currently holds the reputation of being Trinity College’s — if not Ireland’s — premier poetry journal… with contributions from Seamus Heaney and John...

Two Poems on Cosmetics, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 25, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Sold I. Summer Honey Crush  Soft, silken lips shone from her screen last night. She saw them, plump and ripe, as smooth and lush As velvet peaches kissed by Sol’s delight. If her smile blushed in Summer...

Henry Olunga Reads Susan Jarvis Bryant’s Poem on Toxic Masculinity

The Society
March 24, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Readings
20 Comments
. https://youtu.be/LRxFaGgdazE Our Worthy Sons dedicated to Samuel by Susan Jarvis Bryant Our worthy sons should never be ashamedOf who they are and who they’re meant to be.For far too long men’s gender...

A Poem in Honor of Bishop Athanasius Schneider, by Karen Darantière

The Society
March 24, 2022
Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
. Ode to Salmon, the Episcopal Fish a poem in honor of Bishop Athanasius Schneider No birdsong greets the chilly damp of dawn In dreary gray autumnal cloud-filled skies, As rosy salmon swim upstream to...

Rhyme Two Random Words Poetry Challenge

The Society
March 23, 2022
Humor, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests
46 Comments
. Your poem can be serious, silly, or something in-between. List the “random words” you chose as your poem’s title and feel free to use whatever poetic form you’d like. Then post the poem in the...
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‘Dispiration’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie

The Society
March 22, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. Dispiration I have nothing to say, Not a thought in my head. If I needed to pray There would be nothing said. Just a large empty space And no functioning brain, With the mouth on my face Filled with nothing...

‘Not What He Thinks’ by Russel Winick

The Society
March 21, 2022
Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. Not What He Thinks All my success An old friend said Has clearly gone Straight to the head. I’ll grant that, but Judged by chagrin It’s his head my Success is in. . . Rachel Dolezal Poor Rachel had a...

‘The Street Cop’s Choice’ and Other Poetry on the Police, by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 20, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Triolet
32 Comments
. The Street Cop's Choice Thanks for coming home to help me choose. I know my kids will always have my back. Today was rough. By now you’ve seen the News--- Such blatant lies! They’ve tied me to the...

A Tribute to Leonard Dabydeen (1948 – 2022), by Satyananda Sarangi

The Society
March 19, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
22 Comments
. Tribute to a Poet for Leonard Dabydeen, an SCP poet who passed away on March 16, 2022. Read Leonard Dabydeen's poetry here. I gaze for long at star-filled skies __To feel the crumbling fears; I see the world...

‘Love Letter to a Spoon’ by Leland James

The Society
March 19, 2022
Humor, Poetry
5 Comments
. Love Letter to a Spoon How fine thou art my silver spoon. Your neck as graceful as a swan. Your hips full as the harvest moon. Thy manner gentle as a fawn. Bright curls of finespun filigree Like rays of sun...

‘Dueling Violins’ by Tamara Beryl Latham

The Society
March 18, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
11 Comments
. Dueling Violins Yanni, Karen Briggs and Shardad Rohani live at the Acropolis in 1993 Anticipating each half-note he brings to life, her fingers stretch to find the grooves. Perfection springs, as sound is...

A Poem for Saint Patrick’s Day: ‘Slàinte!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 17, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
26 Comments
. Slàinte! Today we’ll lift the Lenten limitations And don our Gaelic garb of kelly green. Bonhomie and glee and lush libations Will flow at dawn and dusk and in between. We’ll pluck a harp and pick a...

Share Your St. Patrick’s Day Poetry (with Music by Jeff Eardley)

The Society
March 17, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
15 Comments
. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Share your St. Patrick's Day Poetry in the comments section below. While writing and posting, enjoy an Irish medley of songs, “Chief O Neil’s” followed by “The Red-Haired...

‘Heights of Passion’ by David Watt

The Society
March 16, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
22 Comments
. Heights of Passion Passion flowers white and purple Bloom where tendrils curl and cling To the overhanging myrtle Sheltering my garden swing. Scents befitting distant tropics Catch the senses...

Two Poems on the Departed, by Sally Cook

The Society
March 15, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
38 Comments
. Berenice for my mother, Berenice Stone Cook Indebted to a simple spark of life, You missed your chance at Europe’s wondrous door. A conscientious mother and a wife, You danced your dance upon an inland...

‘On Sighting a Marsupial’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
March 14, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. On Sighting a Marsupial "Serve with: Turnip greens" —Joy of Cooking Opossums are so ugly that it isn’t clear Another of their kind would find one good to look At.  Matted fur and hairless tails do not...

Two Poems for White Day, by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 13, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
20 Comments
. Two Poems for White Day On White Day, March 14, men in Japan present white gifts to women, in return for the chocolates they receive from women on Valentine’s Day. White Day began in 1978 as a commercial...

A Poem for Daylight Savings 2022, by Norma Pain

The Society
March 13, 2022
Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
. Time Is of the Essence The powers that be in their ivory tower, Make important decisions for sure, While the rest of us mortals surrender our power, We conform… we adapt… we endure. I refer to the...

‘A White Knight’ and Other Poetry by Phil S. Rogers

The Society
March 12, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Triolet
3 Comments
. A White Knight a triolet With fires of hope and spirit bright, who will stand up for what is just thence set our country all alight with fires of hope and spirit bright? A hero true, a great white knight a...

‘A North Indian Summer’ by Rohini Sunderam

The Society
March 11, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. A North Indian Summer They ask of me to write a sonnet fine In praise of Summer and her pretty dress, But I hail from a place of different clime Where Summer’s heat knows best how to oppress. She raises...

Three Poems on Jewish History, by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 10, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
43 Comments
. The Arch of Titus The Arch of Titus was constructed in 81 AD by the Emperor Domitian to commemorate the victory of Titus and Vespasian, over the Jewish rebellion in Judea. The arch depicts the triumphal...

Comparing Translations of Charles d’Orleans, by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 9, 2022
Beauty, Essays, Poetry, Rondel, Translation
34 Comments
. "I Heard Chapman Speak Out Loud and Bold" by Margaret Coats My title quotes “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” a sonnet by John Keats. When Keats first read Homer, the voice he heard was not...

‘Captured’ by Lucia Haase

The Society
March 8, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. Captured As Herbert writes in Love-joy there’s a view of grapes upon a vine.  But mine is this- the perfect blooms of summer that renew by our Creator’s hand.  Each one its own as you or I beneath a...

‘Hermes, The Artisan’ by Cheryl Corey

The Society
March 7, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
6 Comments
. Hermes, The Artisan Hermes, son and messenger of Jove, Surveyed the coast, where often he would rove, And found a tortoise beached upon a cove. He took it home and made a turtle soup— The shell, he...

‘Young Strongbow’: An Anonymous American Ballad Presented by Jack DesBois

The Society
March 6, 2022
Culture, Music, Poetry, Readings, Song Lyrics
7 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAv09XqwAY . Young Strongbow anonymous American ballad (Words in parentheses are alternate lyrics suggested by other extant versions of the song.) To Dartmouth’s...

A Poem on the Proverbial Uptight Librarian, by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
March 5, 2022
Humor, Poetry
32 Comments
. Prudence Huntleigh, Head Librarian theme of “the proverbial uptight librarian” suggested by Brian Yapko She mans the front desk and she oversees All borrowings, returns, and two-cent fines. A tailored...

‘Yet Another Exhibition Opening’ by Shaun C. Duncan

The Society
March 5, 2022
Art, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. Yet Another Exhibition Opening "Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul." ---Auguste Rodin Although this bourgeois slum is flush with cash, No decent man could...

‘Ex Nihilo Is a Joke’ by Phillip Whidden

The Society
March 4, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
. Ex Nihilo Is a Joke “. . .it starts with an empty universe” ---Stephen Fry, Cosmos, vii An empty universe is paradox. In such a boundless space there’d be no time. Among all other blanks there’d be...

‘Justification’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
March 3, 2022
Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. Justification He smashed the windows, grabbed the wares, With rage against society That made him free of any cares Or thoughts of impropriety. He stole until his pockets filled The chance of apprehension...

‘Seeing the Light’: Three Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 2, 2022
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Triolet
43 Comments
. Seeing the Light by Susan Jarvis Bryant . I. Peace Be with You… a pantoum   “Peace is possible, truth at all costs.” ---Martin Luther  The churchyard cat is terrified The belfry bats are numb with...

‘Little to Regret’ by David Watt

The Society
March 2, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
20 Comments
. Little to Regret When Time has stilled my body __Think of me now and then, Asleep beneath the wattle, __Which flowers yet again. And as the summer follows __With rays I cannot see, Let the warmth embrace...

2022 FoFG Poetry Competition

The Society
March 1, 2022
Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests
. Introduction Today, the communist government of China, the world’s largest nation, is attacking the basic freedom of thought and belief that have been a cornerstone of human civilization throughout...
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    Thanks, Warren. Glad I noticed this just as 24-year-old Onosato won the May tournament with two days of fighting yet…

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