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Monthly Archives September 30, 2023

poem/bryant/satire

‘Victimhood & Narcissism’: Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
September 30, 2023
Poetry, Satire
48 Comments
. Victimhood & Narcissism . I. The Joy of Grief “To have a grievance is   to have a purpose in life” ---Alan Coren I bleat and beef with no relief. The joy of grief has served me well. I’m...

‘Wood’: A Poem by Mary Kipps

The Society
September 30, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
21 Comments
. Wood a pantoum It’s only furniture. But that’s both truth and lie. To find Mom’s treasured things a loving new address is near impossible, no matter what I try. Her home’s impending sale exacerbates...
poem/erlandson/lost child

‘Ode to the Strings of My Guitar’: A Poem by Daniel Howard

The Society
September 29, 2023
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
25 Comments
. Ode to the Strings of My Guitar I How still you sleep, oh strings of my guitar, As if you did not feel the faint caress Of my soft finger, shaped to form a bar; I wish to wake you with a gentle press, So as...
poetry/coats/haiku and senryu

The 23 Best Haiku of 2023

The Society
September 29, 2023
Best Poems, Essays, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests
53 Comments
. The 23 Best Haiku of 2023 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2023 Haiku Competition Judged by J. Thomas Rimer and Margaret Coats (see their remarks below) See all...
poem/thompson/ekphrastic

A Poem on Two Dragon Statues in Vietnam, by G.M.H. Thompson

The Society
September 28, 2023
Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry
8 Comments
. Two Dragon Statues Tây Hồ, Hà Nội, Việt Nam, Constructed 2012 They stand on waves just off West Lake’s west bank— two dragon statues—jade ceramic gods commemorating when the Emperor beheld a...

‘Sea Breeze’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton

The Society
September 28, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. Sea Breeze Negative ions aloft, Wafting aloft in the breeze. That mystical, maritime breeze Bestowing a comfort and ease. Beautiful, bountiful breeze, Offering more than it seems--- A lift to the spirit and...
poem/almadhi/humor

‘Labyrinthine Bag’ and Other Poetry by Wael Almahdi

The Society
September 27, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Labyrinthine Bag My wife, bless her heart, went and bought me a bag with tons of compartments, and pouches, and pockets. But searching for stuff is a chore and a drag it takes me forever to locate my...
poem/flott/culture

‘Abortion Notes’: A Poem by Phil Flott

The Society
September 27, 2023
Culture, Poetry
27 Comments
. Abortion Notes Please bury babies ripped to parts, Especially their tiny hearts. They’re slain in hiding from our sight. And even scheduled in the night. We never hear the babies’ cries. We cannot see...
poem/frank/culture

A Poem Inspired by Kimberly Hartke and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
September 26, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry
19 Comments
. In Eve’s Footsteps based on “Genesis 2: Teaching its Truth to Women” by Kimberly Hartke “And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself. ... And...
poem/venable/beauty

‘Ponderings on the Porch’: A Poem by Peter Venable

The Society
September 26, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Ponderings on the Porch The chutes of light this autumn day __Beam down between the leaves. Sun’s equinox has long since passed— __Dew drips from grass and eaves. This sacred porch! Secure and...
poem/essmann/beauty

A Poem on ‘Summer’s End’ by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
September 25, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. In the Park ___It showed up in the green ___Today: that velveteen _Exhaustion that betokens summer’s end, ___Its richness but a sigh ___That warns the passerby _There’s nothing he can do now to...
poem/gosse/humor

‘Rhyme Subprime’: A Poem on Slant Rhymes by Ken Gosse

The Society
September 25, 2023
Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. Rhyme Subprime I tend to rant against slant;maybe it’s something I can’t__embrace with affection__or write to perfection but I don’t mean sharing a thoughtin a sensitive way that’s not...
poetry/bryant/poetry contests

A Poem on ‘Nothing’ Poetry Challenge

The Society
September 24, 2023
Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests
90 Comments
. Poets create marvels of linguistic delights about anything and everything… but what about nothing?  Can your Muse capture the essence of nothing? This could be the hardest challenge your Muse has ever...
poem/binns/dante

‘Out of Purgatory’ and Other Poetry by James Sale

The Society
September 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. Out of Purgatory There I went blind. I could no longer speak, but as I died, I murmured Mary’s name, And there I fell and left my empty flesh.   Now hear the truth. Tell it to living men: God’s angel...
poem/anderson/satire

Poems in Imitation of Russel Winick, by C.B. Anderson

The Society
September 23, 2023
Poetry, Satire
14 Comments
. Regional Biases We’ve all eaten dinners on china, But China’s now eating our lunch. A supper in South Carolina Is home-cookin’, I have a hunch. . . Sexual Preferences Though a prince may turn into a...
poem/kemper/humor

‘A Draft of Death’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper

The Society
September 23, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
. A Draft of Death Did Flavius not inform us How a fart fetched fates enormous? After Flavius Josephus’s account of a Jewish Passover (ca 50 AD), when Ventidius Cumanus was procurator of Judea. While in...
poem/stellinga/satire

A Poem on Investigations into the Biden Family: ‘Joey’s Doomed!’ by Mark Stellinga

The Society
September 22, 2023
Poetry, Satire
13 Comments
. Joey’s Doomed! The investigation widens of the traitorous crimes the Bidens __are---and have been---guilty of for years, As liberal scum like CNN attempt to save his ass again, __He’s grappling with his...
poem/dickey/friendship

‘One Friend’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
September 22, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
21 Comments
. One Friend A friend who always wants to learn __Whatever’s going on, Whose warm assistance and concern __Can be relied upon, A friend who shows his gratitude __For what you bring to him, Who deals with...
poem/coats/culture

‘The Battle of Athelstaneford’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
September 21, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
36 Comments
. The Battle of Athelstaneford King Angus clapperclawed NorthumbriansIn combat close enough to hammer faces;His Pictish troops enacted brutal plansTo break the bones of foes with metal macesAnd throttle...
poem/corey/culture

‘The Sum of All Fears’ and Other Poems on the Government by Cheryl Corey

The Society
September 20, 2023
Culture, Poetry, The Environment
30 Comments
. The Sum of All Fears “Oppressive government is fiercer than a tiger.” ---Confucius Psst. Be careful what you post online.The slightest threat, even made in jest,And alphabet men will don the armored...
poem/groarke/beauty

‘Night Bird Singing’: A Poem by Louis Groarke

The Society
September 20, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Night Bird Singing Birdsong is a conspicuous avian vocalization often used for mate attraction. ---Basic Ornithology Long after midnight, a lonely bird sings; From tangles of tree branches, a sudden song...
poem/tweedie/humor

‘On Being “Chopped”‘ and other Gaming Poems by James A. Tweedie

The Society
September 19, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. On Being “Chopped” On TV, watching the show “Chopped,” I see Three losing chefs go home each episode; And one who celebrates a victory For a dessert they called, “Shrimp a la Mode.” Imagine...
poem/crozier/beauty

‘The Thief’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier

The Society
September 19, 2023
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Thief He stole my song, my music;He stole my poetry.He broke my holy vesselsAnd felled my sacred tree.He climbed my garden’s rampartAnd stole amongst the leavesAnd stole away the applesof my...
poem/cook/satire

‘Three Ways of Avoiding Reason’: A Poem by Sally Cook

The Society
September 18, 2023
Poetry, Satire
21 Comments
. Three Ways of Avoiding Reason . Ambivalence The man who doesn’t want a thing (And then he does) will tend to cling. Don’t importune him in his scene— Leave him alone, and in between Let moments that...
poem/yapko/culture

‘The Golden Calf’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
September 18, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
30 Comments
. The Golden Calf a rondeau The golden calf draws shouts of awe From wanton men who bray and caw. The fevered crowd ignites a fire Then cheers as flame on flame grows higher And fuels the lusts of groin and...
poem/salemi/limerick

‘Limericks on Good English Prose’ by Joseph S. Salemi (with Note on Fictive Mimesis)

The Society
September 17, 2023
Education, Essays, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
23 Comments
. Cantankerous Limericks on Good English Prose I love a complexly wrought sentence With phrases and colons that went thence __To make concise points __With their well-dovetailed joints And gave one no cause...
poem/rogers/ekphrastic

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge: Roadrunner in a Sprinkler During Texas Drought

The Society
September 16, 2023
Ekphrastic, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests
33 Comments
. Phil S. Rogers captured these photos of a roadrunner seeking relief in his sprinkler during drought-like conditions in Texas. Phil's ekphrastic poem is below. Add yours in the comments. . A Summer...

Two Lake Poems by Julian Woodruff

The Society
September 16, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. Gloom at the Shore Down at the shore of Lake Ontario, Battleship gray under inclement sky, We vied for space with seagulls standing by. Call it a draw—a strange scenario. Colorless, too, an umbra to the...
poem/graham/culture

‘Under Which Altar’: A Poem on Abortion by J.D. Graham

The Society
September 15, 2023
Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. Under Which Altar Eros, at last, has left the field. The flowers on the bushes yield __to coming winter. See Lyssa, Mania, Ares, Furor, older gods (and often purer), __who now reenter. Together with Hermes...
poem/howard/love poems

‘Meditation on the Myth of Sisyphus’: A Poem by Daniel Howard

The Society
September 15, 2023
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
. Meditation on the Myth of Sisyphus Like Sisyphus, whose fate it is to bear A boulder on his back, and up the mound, Only to watch it roll towards the ground, As if it mocks his strain to climb the stair; So...
poem/arredondo/culture

Thoughts on Education Outside the Box: Poems by Anna J. Arredondo

The Society
September 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry
22 Comments
. . Freedom high school algebra class; May 12, 1993 . A breeze blows in; it wisps my hair, And flutters papers in the air; It carries, with the scent of rose, A dream---and takes one as it goes. . Upon its...
poem/bonham/culture

‘Losing Battles’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
September 14, 2023
Culture, Poetry
22 Comments
. Losing Battles It seems when we declare a war, we rarely win them anymore. So, though much money will be spent by our corrupted government, the thing on which war’s been declared is very likely to be...
poetry/benson brown/readings

CPL: Why Are Trendy Poets Weirdos? Eccentricity vs. Creativity (Part 3 of 3)

The Society
September 13, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Video
15 Comments
. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 6 Part 3 of 3: Why Are Trendy Poets Weirdos? Eccentricity vs. Creativity If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support...
poem/freeman/culture

‘The Tale of Wanton Ange’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman

The Society
September 13, 2023
Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Tale of Wanton Ange . The Number 53: Unholy Thoughts Wanton Ange makes her appearance That’s Ange there on the 53 at Plumstead; She’s thinking once again about the vicar. “’E’s even older than...
poem/tweedie/culture

‘But What of Us?’: A Poem on Rich People by James A. Tweedie

The Society
September 12, 2023
Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. But What of Us? They have it all,The richest men on earth.No calculator can compute their worth.Yet doomed to fall.And it’s no secret why.For rich men, just like you and me, will die. Their wealth...
poem/frank/love poems

Two Sci-fi Poems by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
September 12, 2023
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Triolet
13 Comments
. Younger Selves I have you leaning up against my side, Our boys and girls around us on the couch. Below the window, watching from outside, Our younger selves, age twelve, crawl up and crouch. The boy and...
poem/freeman/culture

‘Earthquake in Morocco’: Poem Written by a Poet in Morocco, Paul A. Freeman

The Society
September 11, 2023
Culture, Poetry
22 Comments
. Earthquake in Morocco---8 September, 2023 My flight to Casablanca landed late, and through an ill-chanced vagary of Fate I found myself---soon Mauritania bound--- Inside a gangway, meters off the...
poem/essmann/beauty

‘Reflection on the Approach of Another Birthday’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
September 11, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Reflection on the Approach of Another Birthday “He found them in a wilderness, a wasteland…” ---Deuteronomy 32:10 I find, I fear, I can’t outleap, As age begins its yearly creep To center stage, the...
poem/cooper/culture

‘Not Forgetting 9.11 in 2023’: A Poem by Monika Cooper

The Society
September 11, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Not Forgetting 9.11 in 2023 New York, the City that I've only seen In flashes, glimpses, footage, faraway, New York I've read about, you filter in To every cranny of America. We are your suburbs, everywhere...
poem/binns/dante

Wings of Desire: Canto I of Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
September 11, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Poetry, Translation
10 Comments
. . Wings of Desire: Canto I of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . God’s glory, which moves all, sends beams to bless __each thing in space, reflected just as bright __as...
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