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poem/freeman/culture

A Poem on the 2023 War in Sudan, by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
May 31, 2023
Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. When Two Elephants Fight---Sudan, 2023 The regular army and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) are at war with each other in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, Dharfur, and other places, and civilians are paying the...
poem/Ben-Avraham/beauty

‘Elegy’: A Poem by Gershon Ben-Avraham

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May 31, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Elegy "Beauty can pierce one like a pain." —Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks When Mother died, she left me all her books. Bewitched by words, how much she loved to read. And chief among her loves was...
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CPL: Reading of FoFG Poetry Competition Winner, Interview with James Sale, and More

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May 30, 2023
Epic, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings, Video
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. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 3: Embrace the Epic, Not the Opaque If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the production. . Podcast on Spotify:...
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A Poem on Gaslighting and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
May 30, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
20 Comments
. Gaslighted Our friendship limped along for thirty years. I can’t say why. The scornful views you’d share Instilled resentment, anger, even tears. Your condescending words. Your cutting glare. “Why...
poem/bryant/culture

‘America’: A Memorial Day Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. America America, vast land of dreams __From sea to shining sea, Where eagles soar and twilight gleams __On Lady Liberty; America, you lit the way For those who sought a brighter day __In glorious...
poem/tweedie/beauty

A Poem for Memorial Day, by James A. Tweedie

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May 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. With Liberty and Justice for All Old Glory may have stripes and stars, But on those stars and stripes are stains— Reminders of a past that’s ours— Where shame, as well as pride, remains. The sweat of...
poem/gardner/beauty

‘The Great War’: A Poem by Mary Gardner

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May 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Great War Ever be their memory, Those interred across the sea, Men who, fighting evil, fell, Who endured the martial Hell; Those who to their homes returned, Shot or shell-shocked, broken,...
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‘For My Grandfather’: A Poem by Amadeus V.

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May 28, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. For My Grandfather While Sharpton praised low bandits for their grace, And Barack preached self-pity with pure glee, You always taught the simple truth of race. While Black Lives Matter set Pan’s chaos...
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‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank

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May 28, 2023
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Rondel, Sestina
16 Comments
. Red Flags a sestina sonnet The national flags of the Westerners’ lands Turn red in the dim, fading light of the sunset, Like Communist red—bloody floors in a prison. All the flags look the same when the...
poem/bryant/satire

A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 27, 2023
Poetry, Satire, Triolet
87 Comments
. Target If you’re too young to take a marriage vow, Stuck at an awkward age that won’t allow A dizzy dose of liquor-laden brew Or puffs of buzzy stuff… just one or two--- __Target beckons...
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‘True Grit’ and Other Poetry by David Whippman

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May 27, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. True Grit My favourite movie? If I must decide, I'd pick a classic western above all, those epic films of frontier macho pride. Enter the hero, riding straight and tall. There'll be some gunplay, and a bar...

‘Some Satirical Epigrams’: Poetry by Shaun C. Duncan

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May 26, 2023
Blank Verse, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire
12 Comments
. Some Satirical Epigrams in hendecasyllabics (essentially trochaic pentameter with a dactyl for the second foot) . Complaint to a Complainer You complain all the time; about the weather, Other peoples’...
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‘The Odd, Flawed and Awed’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

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May 26, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. The Odd, Flawed and Awed Inspired by “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Canadian poet Robert W. Service If you hear from God, though the words sound odd, __you must not ignore that voice. That’s what...
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‘Remorseless’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

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May 25, 2023
Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
51 Comments
. Remorseless Back on 19, returning from the lake, Where she had stowed sling chairs for next week’s meet, Her car broke down. She checked out what she knew, Glad to have parked securely in the grass. She...

Poetry on Butterflies, Insects, and Frogs, by Norma Pain

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May 24, 2023
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
24 Comments
. Butterfly Habit Ungainly butterfly, Misdirected flight. Fascinating random, Unpredictable delight. To and fro… up and down And backwards if you please, Bumbling aeronautics Independent of the...
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Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

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May 24, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
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. Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Just as a bird that stands watch to ensure __the safety of her brood, beside the...

‘On Second Thought’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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May 23, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry
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. On Second Thought When words fail, __perhaps it’s not the words at all, __but hobbled minds that cannot call __a lucid image to avail ____the powers of description. When love fades, __it might not be true...
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A Poem on Cathedrals by Paul A. Freeman

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May 23, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
62 Comments
. Behind the Cathedral Master masons made these bastions their own by blending crafts, attaining structural awe; from Notre Dame, to Salisbury and Cologne they dazzled kings and stupefied the poor. The scale...

‘In a Soviet Gulag’ by Evan Mantyk: Read by Andrew Benson Brown

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May 22, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Readings, Satire, Video
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‘Cain’s Daughter’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier

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May 22, 2023
Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Cain’s Daughter I was not in the garden when the veil of beauty tore I heard no serpent beckon to me through the orchard door I weep no tears beholding the angel’s flaming sword For I never breathed the...

‘Abyss’: A Poem by Tom Woodliff

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May 21, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
20 Comments
. Abyss  In deepest, darkest depths of my despair I find myself without a saving grace. A pendulum of pain prevents my prayer from rising upward through the dead of space. Within these walls a war where no...
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Poems from ‘The Still Beloved’ by Amado Nervo, Translated by Alan Steinle

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May 21, 2023
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
20 Comments
. Poems from 'The Still Beloved' ('La Amada Inmóvil') by Amado Nervo (1870-1919) translated from the Spanish by Alan Steinle The poems below are selections from the book La Amada Inmóvil: Versos a Una...

‘A Poetic Heretic’s Poetry Tips’ and Other Poetry on Poetry, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 20, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle
34 Comments
. A Poetic Heretic’s Poetry Tips a villanelle inspired by Dr. Salemi's essay "Poetry As The Philosophers Stone" Don’t listen to the howl of highbrow spiel From preachy creatures out to flatten...
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Book Review: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde, Translated by Karl Maurer

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May 20, 2023
Poetry, Reviews, Translation
5 Comments
. Reviewed Book: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde (Translated by Karl Maurer) Cooper and Posey, 2023 by Monika Cooper In 2022, a small and brand-new press launched a paper ship, full of herbs and poppies from...
poem/cooper/culture

‘La Corona’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

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May 19, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. La Corona A childhood scene recalled by Trump of his mother, Mary MacLeod Trump, in The Art of the Deal, with a parallel to English-Scottish history.   Two popes, two presidents. Two queens. Recall How...
poem/freeman/satire

‘Matters of Class’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman

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May 19, 2023
Children's, Poetry, Satire
18 Comments
. Matters of Class . Saying hello The modest o’s the most polite of letters; But is he facing up today or down? Each day he questions those he calls his betters In order so he knows to smile or frown. A...
poetry/mantyk/from the society

Introduction to SCP Journal XI and First Section of Poems

The Society
May 18, 2023
Essays, From the Society, Poetry
5 Comments
. Below is the SCP Journal XI Introduction written by lead editor and SCP co-founder Evan Mantyk. After the Introduction is the complete first section of poems and art from Journal XI. Other Journal XI...
poem/almahdi/beauty

‘Rhymeless in Manama’ and Other Poetry by Wael Almahdi

The Society
May 18, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. Rhymeless in Manama My UK friend said, “Rhyme is old, you need to venture free and bold.” My Turkish friend said, “Rhyme's a must, a rhymeless bard deserves no trust.” But I found out I needn't...
poem/Tweedie/beauty

‘Canyon de Chelly’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie

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May 17, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Canyon de Chelly Reflections of a Non-Native Visitor . An updraft from the red-rock canyon floor Blows through the mesa’s Piñon pine and sage As ravens, wings outstretched, in freedom soar Between the...
poem/stellinga/transgender

‘So Much For Legitimate Women’s Sports’ and Other Poetry by Mark Stellinga

The Society
May 17, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
27 Comments
. So Much for Legitimate Women's Sports Vladimir Gonzales, a young Italian athlete, With 28 inch biceps and a 68 inch chest, Entered competitions where he knew he wouldn't find Even a...
poem/sunderam/beauty

‘Spring’s Here!’: A Springtime Poem by Rohini Sunderam

The Society
May 16, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. Spring’s Here! It’s sprung in the branches and springs home to me, It soars through the sap and the buds in the tree. The geese have returned and the flowers and bees Are buzzing with life and perfuming...
poem/yapko/bach

‘Bach’s Amazing Journey’ and Other Bach Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
May 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
33 Comments
. Bach's Amazing Journey In the autumn of 1705, when Johann Sebastian Bach was 20, he set out to travel over 275 miles (each way) on foot from Arnstadt, Thuringia, in the heart of what is now Germany, to...
poem/essmann/beauty

‘The Garbageman’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
May 15, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. The Garbageman Adrift amid a world that’s lost all rhyme, Where reason reels from first degree assault, It’s little wonder that from time to time One’s inner life can lapse into default. Our former...
poem/peterson/beauty

‘The Power of One’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
May 15, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
25 Comments
. The Power of One You think that you're alone. There's nothing to be done. But I say, "You have strength. It is the Power of One." You may have had ideas That you have told to someone. They may have laughed...
poem/bryant/beauty

From a Grandmother to Her Grandaughter: Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
May 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. Newness a sonnet corona for Doris   I watch you view the newness of your world. Your widened eyes are dazzled by the light. Your fists of curiosity unfurl Like flexing wings on chicks who dream of...
poem/Frank/mothers

‘The Ballad of the Heroic Mother’ and Other Poetry for Mother’s Day by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
May 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. The Ballad of the Heroic Mother a true story A toddler into water fell __And sank as quick as rock. At nine feet deep, she couldn’t yell __Or jump or thrash in shock. Her mother heard the splash...
poetry/benson brown/readings

Classical Poets Live: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Sally Cook, Interview with Susan Jarvis Bryant, Thomas Gray, and More

The Society
May 13, 2023
Poetry, Readings, Video
38 Comments
. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 2: Fake Poets and Hollow Prestige . Audio version available here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nbFbs2YtvlgZ2B4RtQOcG Apple Music:...
poetry/mantyk/poetry contests

Winners of Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition Announced

The Society
May 13, 2023
Human Rights in China, Pantoum, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Villanelle
14 Comments
. FIRST PLACE . Tooth and Claw a pantoum by Susan Jarvis Bryant Observe the tooth and claw of savage deed. Beware the ferric breath of looming dread. Don’t let the taunt of terror sow its...
poetry/salemi/essay

Poetry As The Philosophers’ Stone: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
May 12, 2023
Essays, Poetry
44 Comments
. Poetry As The Philosophers’ Stone by Joseph S. Salemi The alchemical art, though long in disrepute, is nevertheless of great antiquity.  Supposedly founded by Hermes Trismegistus, a Ptolemaic Greek reflex...
poem/benson brown/epic

‘The Devil Comes to Buckingham’ from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 12, 2023
Epic, Poetry, Satire
14 Comments
. The Devil Comes to Buckingham from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2 One day as Britons cheered their sovereign’s sight, The devil crawled into his servant’s brain. He entered through the ear as a termite And...
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