Five Love Sonnets by Daniel Joseph Howard The Society August 5, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 7 Comments . Forsake Me Now Forsake me now, and say your last farewell While my misfortune’s in its full career, By circumstances forced to part from here, And in the furthest land from this to dwell; Forsake me as...
‘Fishing on the Fly’: Three Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society August 4, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . Deschutes River Reverie The river, swift and shallow, roils its way Beneath the outstretched arms of old-growth pines, Past bank-side willows diamond-dewed with spray, And hillside ferns and thimbleberry...
‘Don’t Laugh at a Christian’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society August 3, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Don't Laugh at a Christian God looked down on Noah And said "Construct an ark Bigger than a boat, More like a zoo or park." Friends said he was crazy Until the rain came down. That is when we learned The...
‘Transgender Madness: For All the Children Beyond Repair’ by Karen Darantière The Society August 2, 2022 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Transgender Madness: For All the Children Being Harmed Beyond Repair inspired by When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T. Anderson . I. At age 5: the tomboy I cared not for the Barbie dolls in pink; I chased the...
‘Camena Interrupta’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society August 1, 2022 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 4 Comments . Camena Interrupta The measured words of poetryRise round the mystic sphere,Sift through the dirt or sing divineIn strains that soothe or sear. But now the stanzas halt and freeze:Eternity is stilled—The...
‘A Happy 80th Birthday Wish’ by Evan Mantyk The Society August 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings 20 Comments . . A Happy 80th Birthday Wish for the Poet's Father I wish for you the golden years Odysseus had Retired from life’s long strife, a sort of Trojan War: The births and deaths were bloody fights, some...
