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Monthly Archives February 13, 2024

‘I Am the Stone’ and Other Poetry on Israel by Brian Yapko

The Society
February 13, 2024
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. I Am the Stone I am the stone The humble stone the barefoot shepherd boy Selected from the muddy river bed; The stone which fit inside the sling he made As soon as he was given leave by Saul To fight for...

‘The Southern Cross’: A Poem by Adam Sedia

The Society
February 12, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Southern Cross The caravels escaped at last The roiling tides of Bojador And entered tropic seas far past What any chart described before--- __An unknown world to cross. Strange southern seas! Unending...

‘Off Switch’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
February 12, 2024
Poetry, Satire
36 Comments
. Off Switch My brain hurt every time I thought, so then I thought “I’d rather not.” I found the off switch to my brain and thought, “Why turn it on again?” Without my brain, but with my heart, at...

Nocturnal Litanies I & II: Poems by Cynthia Erlandson

The Society
February 11, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
22 Comments
. . Nocturnal Litany I “From all malevolence the night employs….” ---James Agee, “Epithalamium” . From all malevolence the night employs To haunt our ragged hearts and weary brains With bitterness...
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A Love Sonnet and Other Poetry by Andrew Yeager

The Society
February 11, 2024
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle
5 Comments
. Love Sonnet The glint of summer’s evening leaves a glow upon her cheek, so soft and plain and fair— the glister of the twilight hours show the rosebuds, luminescent in her hair. And all the earth now...

‘The Austrian Non Placet Comes in Time’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 10, 2024
Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. The Austrian Non Placet Comes in Time (Recess at the papal conclave in Rome, August 1903. One cardinal speaks to a small group of his allies) Two ballots done already. I perceive Things are not going our...

The Monster Geryon: Canto XVII of Dante’s Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
February 10, 2024
Dante, Poetry, Translation
6 Comments
. The Monster Geryon: Canto XVII of Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “Behold the stinger tail upon that freak! ____a mythical monstrous king of Spain __He soars...

A Poem on Sister Cindy and Brother Jed and Other Poetry by Alexander King Ream

The Society
February 10, 2024
Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. The Screaming Screed and Stench Sister Cindy, Brother Jed, Before the cellphone, rumor spread, "They're speaking on the Common, dude, Their testimony's waxing crude!" Pioneer, the sawdust trail, Jed and...

‘Ode to a Dodo’ and Other Dodo Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
February 9, 2024
Humor, Poetry, Triolet
40 Comments
. Ode to a Dodo  inspired by Paul A. Freeman’s "Paradise Island"   O tragic fowl of cataclysmic fate, Your magic thrives beyond your wretched end. O plumed and portly gem of plodding gait, Your vexing...

‘Babel’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
February 9, 2024
Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
. Babel There was a time when all the world one tongue Among its peoples shared, and language preened Itself with fluffed-up thoughts that oversprung The bounds of things as yet quite unforeseen. Man set about...

‘How Septuagenarian’s Cope’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable

The Society
February 9, 2024
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
6 Comments
. How Septuagenarian’s Cope Past seventy. Age does prevail. __The day is growing dim. I’ve managed through life’s calms and gales— I still can trapse through woodland trails __And workout at a...

‘I See Dead People’: A Poem on Biden’s Gaffes, by Brian Yapko

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February 8, 2024
Poetry, Satire
31 Comments
. . I See Dead People Don’t tell me that my mind’s no longer keen And that I should be in a nursing home. I’m still in charge, as sharp as a machine. For instance take that summit back in Rome: I chatted...
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What Happened to Great Poetry?—A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

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February 8, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Essays, Poetry
33 Comments
. . . What Happened to Great Poetry? by Andrew Benson Brown When was the last time you sat down and thoroughly enjoyed a serious poem written by a poet who is still alive? If you aren’t a poet yourself...

Poems from the Night, by Sarah Stoltzfus Allen

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February 8, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Triolet, Villanelle
10 Comments
. Bedtime Stories in triolets He’d curl her close and hold her tight and let the words dance in the air. The dragons soared and knights did fight, he’d curl her close and hold her tight. She’d gasp and...

‘Proof of Climate Change’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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February 7, 2024
Poetry, Satire, The Environment
40 Comments
. Proof of Climate Change The proof of existential crisis climate change is seen In too much snow, too little snow, and all that’s in between. When yearly total snowfall veers from norms more than a...

‘Paradise Island’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
February 7, 2024
Culture, Poetry
33 Comments
. Paradise Island Some years ago, from cliff top and from shore,a flock of birds that never touched the skylooked out upon an ocean ship that borea biped crew from whom they could not fly.These creatures,...

‘The Knitted Dress’: A Poem by Norma Pain

The Society
February 6, 2024
Humor, Poetry
39 Comments
. The Knitted Dress I began with the best of intentions, Though in hindsight I have to confess, That the scope of my project’s dimensions Were a little ambitious I guess. I imagined an intricate pattern, In...

‘My Beatrice III’: A Poem by Stephen Binns

The Society
February 6, 2024
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
9 Comments
. My Beatrice III Affording still these glimpses like the first, those moments you were yet without a name; between us was the distance untraversed: the bringing into being what you became. Four times I...

Poems on Bach’s Ricercar Fugue and Sonata F–A–E of Schumann et al., by Julian Woodruff

The Society
February 5, 2024
Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry
10 Comments
. A Musical Offering When Bach arrived at Sanssouci, King Frederick said, “Sir, you must be tired. My fortepianos may help to revive you. Please, come play.” While Bach was busy at the keys, the king...

‘The Fall of Time: A Haiku Sonnet’ by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
February 5, 2024
Haiku and Senryu, Love Poems, Poetry
46 Comments
. The Fall of Time A Haiku Sonnet . Thinning coat of frost Whitening the ground with grief— Love forever lost Wrinkles on the leaf Yellowing a lawn undone— Beauty all too brief Spots upon the...

Poems on the U.S. Southern Border by Texan Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
February 4, 2024
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Triolet
42 Comments
. Off Guard Coyotes drag their quarry past the line  Drawn in the sand to stop the ghastly game   Of selling wide-eyed tots to vile swine---   No money-grubbing cur is barred by shame. Wild mules haul...

‘A Temporary Exhibit’ and Other Water Poems by James A. Tweedie

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February 4, 2024
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. A Temporary Exhibit A million drops of water will be sprayed Across my yard today. And each of them Will capture the refraction of each blade Of grass, each dandelion leaf and stem. Each image is reversed...

‘Masks’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley

The Society
February 4, 2024
Humor, Poetry
26 Comments
. Masks When tourists arrive in our village, The question that most of them ask, Is, “Why is it all of your menfolk, Are walking around wearing masks?” Well, it started way back in the sixties, While...

‘Left Outside’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Kemper

The Society
February 3, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
. Left Outside The shopping cart, precisely ordered now while searching for those perfect little lines of lights for decorations---anyhow, I'm sure there must be something that combines with lights around the...

‘Sunshine’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

The Society
February 3, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. Sunshine Sun, shine on me—come and stay! Dry my tears, send gloom away. Warm my soul, chilled to the bone By the freezing wind that’s blown. With your reassuring light Put my griefs and fears to...

‘Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness’: An Alliterative Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 2, 2024
Alliterative, Beauty, Education, Poetry
22 Comments
. Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness …the wildrenesse of Wyrale; wonde ther bot lyte That auther God other gome with gode hert louied. (…the wilderness of Wirral; few wandered there Who loved with good...

Two Sonnets by James Sale

The Society
February 2, 2024
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
33 Comments
. Had I held you in the fields of Hay beside The Wye and on an afternoon that cleared To brilliance, although the sun soon would Sink to an evening in which darkness neared, Nothing so near as never---we could...
poem/poetry/farm/fly

From Michael Bunker’s Surviving Off Off-Grid, and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
February 2, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
28 Comments
. In a Home based on Michael Bunker’s grandmother (b. 1909) as described in his book Surviving Off Off-Grid . I Old, blind, and helpless, Grandma’s all alone— Bed, radio, phone, and nothing...
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The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition

The Society
February 1, 2024
Best Poems, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests
28 Comments
. The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of the 12th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Evan Mantyk, Sally Cook, James A. Tweedie, Susan Jarvis Bryant, Adam Sedia, C.B....
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Winners of 2023 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2024
High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
4 Comments
. First Place ($200 Prize) "A Star" John Freeborn, Logos Online School, 12th grade student in Concordia, Kansas. . Second Place "Child's Laughter" Jane Schulert, 10th grade student at Redeemer Classical...
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  1. Margaret Coats on ‘Apollo, Mnemosyne, and Poetry’: A Chapter from James Sale’s Gods, Heroes and UsMay 22, 2025

    And if that olde bookes were aweye, Yloren were of remembraunce the keye. I'm especially interested in the foregrounding of…

  2. Joseph S. Salemi on ‘The Noble Train of Artillery’ from an Epic Poem by Andrew Benson BrownMay 22, 2025

    This is long, as befits a part of a great epic, but it certainly isn't boring. ABB has taken a…

  3. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘The Noble Train of Artillery’ from an Epic Poem by Andrew Benson BrownMay 21, 2025

    Got it. I had figured out the mention of the Big Bertha gun, which came into being as a 5,000-pound…

  4. Frank Rable on ‘Eternity’ and Other Love Poetry by Angel L. VillanuevaMay 21, 2025

    Angel, my wife and I just celebrated our 47th, and with all my heart I pray that your poetic prediction…

  5. ABB on ‘The Noble Train of Artillery’ from an Epic Poem by Andrew Benson BrownMay 21, 2025

    Much thanks for your readership as always, Roy. As for the error you mention, you may notice that after Napoleon…

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