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Monthly Archives December 31, 2023

‘On Turning the Page of a New Year—2023-2024’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
December 31, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. On Turning the Page of a New Year---2023-2024 The hour-glass is almost void of sand,a rounding of the sun described in grainsthat drain away. Now little time remainsas New Year stalks the browns and greens...

‘A Prayerful Pantoum for the Perpetually Pessimistic’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant  

The Society
December 31, 2023
Beauty, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry
39 Comments
. A Prayerful Pantoum for the Perpetually Pessimistic  "We'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne."  ---Robert Burns For bellyachers belching bile this year For sourpusses (huffish and...

‘New Year’s Eve’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

The Society
December 31, 2023
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
24 Comments
. New Year's Eve So swiftly tick the minutes to the close Of these twelve months, this day, and life itself! Which jars of clay will stay upon the shelf Another year, and which will break? God knows. For only...

‘Woke Christmas’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
December 30, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Triolet
6 Comments
. Woke Christmas We dream of Christmas like we used to know, With Santa Claus and sleigh rides in the snow, Big families all together, super-sized, But leftist thinking has metastasized And each says,...
poetry/homeschooling/teachers guide

‘After the Stroke’: A Poem on Aphasia, by Mary Gardner

The Society
December 30, 2023
Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. After the Stroke Aphasia: an impairment of a previously held ability to produce or understand spoken, written, or signed language, due to disease or injury of the brain. With pencil at the...

‘Anniversary Pastoral for Benedict XVI’ by Margaret Coats

The Society
December 30, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. Anniversary Pastoral for Benedict XVI Trustworthy Shepherd of all shepherds, hear Today’s renewed appeal in concord made For Benedict, departed now one year. That he to restful comfort be conveyed, His...

Mythological Limericks on Defloration by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
December 29, 2023
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
31 Comments
. Mythological Limericks on Defloration . Venus and Adonis Adonis was cute as a berry And Venus was sexy and merry— __The boy said “No dice” __But without thinking twice She jumped him and popped the...

A Poem on Frozen Embryos and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
December 29, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Triolet
12 Comments
. They Have Our Genes They have our genes; they’re human beings, Our fifteen frozen embryos. Regardless of your disagreeings, They have our genes; they’re human beings. They must be born, by God’s...

‘An Abandoned Cemetery’: A Poem by Carey Jobe

The Society
December 29, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
34 Comments
. An Abandoned Cemetery Pines thinly hid them on the forest floor: huge, useless molars, only three or four upright---a sign remembrance, too, had died. He climbed the rusted gate and jumped inside. Thick,...
poem/music/Burns/auld lang syne

An End of the Year Poem and Christmas Musical Medley by Jeff Eardley

The Society
December 28, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
22 Comments
. Christmas Medley performed by Jeff Eardley . . Absent Friends The Christmas lights are twinkling on the houses all around. All we need’s a frosting and some snow upon the ground. But as this old year...

‘The Evening The Times Newspaper Turned Into Jane Eyre’: A Poem by Lucius Falkland

The Society
December 28, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. The Evening The Times Newspaper Turned Into Jane Eyre My life had become like a broadsheet,__The Telegraph, maybe The Times:The financial section---prose sober and neat;__Inflation---the yen falls and...

‘Common Currency’: A Poem by Peter Duff

The Society
December 28, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. Common Currency There’s little written that cannot be said in some way that misunderstands or read as was not meant to be. There’s little heard that’s taken just as meant. There is no word confined by...

‘I Know Them Well’: A Villanelle by Mike Ruskovich

The Society
December 27, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
8 Comments
. I Know Them Well Don't preach to me of heaven and of hell expecting me to tremble and to cower. They're here on Earth, and yes, I know them well. I do not need to hear your church bell knell from high atop...

A Video Excerpt of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Reading, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
December 27, 2023
Alliterative, Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings
16 Comments
. https://youtu.be/MZLhwCyQLcs . Read the complete translated text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight here. . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His...

‘At The Metropolitan Museum’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook

The Society
December 26, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. At The Metropolitan Museum one good reason for the French Revolution Once at the Met, we walked the halls, and she Looked past locked doors, each shaded mystery; Then gazed in silence at a gilded...

‘To One Outspoken’: A Poem by Adam Sedia

The Society
December 26, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. To One Outspoken for A.B. If I had but a fraction of the zeal That burns in you like a volcanic flame And rings like a war-trumpet’s brazen peal Enraptured by the truths it dares proclaim, I doubt not my...

‘Christmas 2010’: A Poem by Mike Bryant

The Society
December 25, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
34 Comments
. Christmas 2010 "Love isn't something you find.  Love is something that finds you." ---Loretta Young I hadn't given up on love. I simply thought it couldn't be. I wouldn't buy the concept of A oneness for...

‘Christmas Hallelujah’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
December 25, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Christmas Hallelujah sung to the melody of “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen When I hear a song of destiny, Of peace and love and harmony, From deep within I feel an Hallelujah. When I can feel a tingling...

‘The Ancient Christmas Tree’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
December 25, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. The Ancient Christmas Tree A Dream Memory . The ridge out the window was blanketed white With snow that had fallen that long winter’s night. A lad of eleven, I woke to the noise Of far-away shouts from...

‘The Ultimate Christmas Gift’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 25, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
34 Comments
. The Ultimate Christmas Gift “Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store.” ---Dr. Seuss This gift winks in the sparkle of the star That tops the twinkling tree with spangled joy __In...

New Lyrics and a New Musical Arrangement for a Familiar French Carol, by James A. Tweedie

The Society
December 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
6 Comments
. Author/Composer’s Note: The noël, Il est Né le Divin Enfant (“He is Born, the Divine Christ Child”) is one of the most beloved and beautiful French carols to have crossed into the English-speaking...

‘The Eternal Design May Appear’ and Other Christmas Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson

The Society
December 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
22 Comments
. . “Even now, in sordid particulars, the eternal design may appear.” ---T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral . Among the moan of kine and smell of sheep, The plaintive whine of fowls half-asleep, A woman...

‘Sleigh Rides Do Not a Christmas Make’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson

The Society
December 24, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Sleigh Rides Do Not a Christmas Make While folks down under get to ride their bicycles __And dine alfresco at a Christmas picnic, We blokes up over are avoiding icicles __And making every effort not to...

‘The Wisemen and the Shepherds’: A Christmas Poem by Jeremiah Johnson

The Society
December 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. The Wisemen and the Shepherds after Eileen Duggan The camels’ footfalls over and around Baked dunes, through pebbled streams, on forest floors; The sages straddling humps without a sound Who’ve long...

‘Christmas by Force’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan

The Society
December 23, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Christmas by Force The jostling beast increases the distress Of Mary whose first labor has progressed. Joseph of the donkey’s reins keeps hold; The night is clear and calm, the desert cold. In town each...

‘Christmas’: A Spenserian Sonnet by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
December 23, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. Christmas I don’t recall the tree or what we ate With sentiment Dickensian and sweet. The tree was in a Midwest way ornate; The food: potatoes certainly; some meat. The past for me gives off more light...

‘Decay’ and Other Poetry by Janice Canerdy

The Society
December 23, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. . Decay What causes a relationship to fail? Decay sets in when thoughtlessness persists, when selfishness extends beyond the pale, and chances to show love are blindly missed. . Vacated houses crumbling with...

‘Midwinter’: A Christmas Poem by Martin Rizley

The Society
December 23, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. Midwinter “O blesséd day we now enjoy, from heaven it is granted.  He brings us bliss, He shows Himself for all our joy and worship!  O may our Lord each one today defend us from all evil!” ---from W....

‘Goodwill Toward Men’: A Satire on the Pope, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 22, 2023
Poetry, Satire
40 Comments
. Goodwill Toward Men I’m reeling with the latest headline shock. The Mother of our Savior’s hit the skids. Her reputation’s on the chopping block--- Her wonder isn’t woke enough for kids. The pope...

Dancing Bear: A Christmas Party Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
December 22, 2023
Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. Dancing Bear I came late to the party. I should have stayed away. When I walked in, I heard the din of party in full sway. I cannot much remember what happened after that. ____I can recall ____The popcorn...

Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’: Adapted by Talbot Hook, Read by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
December 22, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Culture, Poetry, Readings
4 Comments
. A Christmas Carol Complete text here: https://classicalpoets.org/2021/12/24/a-christmas-carol-after-charles-dickens-by-talbot-hook/ . . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few...

The Mother Lode of Odes by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 22, 2023
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
26 Comments
. . To a Budding Ode   with apologies to John Keats   . I’m in the mood to crack your odic code; To load your stanzas in the mode of Keats--- Acanthus leaf-fringed Grecian urns bestowed To you with...

‘Love Nibbles and Bites’: A Poem by Ken Gosse

The Society
December 22, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
8 Comments
. Love Nibbles and Bites He saw she was sad; deep inside, he was glad. He smiled, quite mild, and said, “My dear child, you once were beguiled by a love that seemed wild and yet, you’re no fool, so...

On Maine Storm Delaying Electric Vehicle Mandate: A Poem by James A. Tweedie

The Society
December 21, 2023
Culture, Poetry, The Environment
25 Comments
. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin in reference to the recent storm in Maine In Maine the Governor had to delay A hearing where the government had planned To air, promote, consider and to weigh A law where...

Book Review: Songs of My Life and Death by Peter Hartley

The Society
December 21, 2023
Poetry, Reviews
8 Comments
. . Reviewed Book: Songs of My Life and Death by Peter Hartley, Grosvenor House Publishing Limited, May, 2023 by Susan Jarvis Bryant . Songs of My Life and Death is a treasure trove of poetic gems. It is a...

‘Curse of the Desert’: A Poem by Stuti Sinha

The Society
December 21, 2023
Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. Curse of the Desert Ill-tempered droughts strip lands of foliage sheath. Its barren womb still yields a wilted crust that liberates, from layers underneath, a swell of ruffled soil and choking...

‘Red and Green’: A Poem of Food, by Norma Pain

The Society
December 21, 2023
Humor, Poetry
28 Comments
. Red and Green . Red Tomatoes Tomatoes fresh or in a jar Must top the list of red by far. Good in various cuisine, Rich in healthy lycopene. According to a dietician, Cook to get the most nutrition. Add to...

Translation and Musical Arrangement of Old French Carol, by James A. Tweedie

The Society
December 20, 2023
Culture, Music, Poetry, Translation
8 Comments
. Whence Come You, Shepherdess? . Translator's Note: “D’où Viens-tu, Bergère” was one of a number of old songs and carols from the French region of Périgord collected by Emmanuel Casse and Eugène...

10 Great Poems for Teaching in High School Classrooms

The Society
December 20, 2023
Best Poems, Education, Poetry
21 Comments
. 10 Great Poems for Teaching in High School Classrooms by James Sale . 1. Language with a Twist . I Saw a Peacock… I saw a Peacock with a fiery tail I saw a blazing comet drop down hail I saw a Cloud with...

‘December Oak Leaves’: An Advent Poem by Louis Groarke

The Society
December 19, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. December Oak Leaves Puis çà, puis là, comme le vent varie, A son plaisir sans cesser nous charrie, (The wind, gleefully, pushing us, changing its mind, Forwards and backwards, all of the...
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  2. Margaret Coats on ‘How I Spent My Spring Vacation’: Poetry and Photography by James A. TweedieMay 28, 2025

    Glad to hear from you, Peter. Well remember your mountaineering and travel poems. Best wishes always.

  3. Margaret Coats on ‘On a Raging Storm’ and Other Poetry by Jeff KemperMay 28, 2025

    "Cuneiform" applies well to the "writing" of a raging storm. I'm sure Adrianna will remember the first visit to the…

  4. James A. Tweedie on ‘How I Spent My Spring Vacation’: Poetry and Photography by James A. TweedieMay 28, 2025

    Peter Hartley has asked me to post this comment on his behalf: The photographs of your trip around the earth…

  5. C.B. Anderson on ‘A Taste of Northern New England’ and Other Poems by C.B. AndersonMay 28, 2025

    If snakes tasted as good as lobster, I would welcome more into our country. But ....

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