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Monthly Archives June 15, 2025

A Poem for Father’s Day: ‘The Weight of a Father’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
June 15, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Weight of a Father . I. The Smell of Sawdust On bawling-brother, busy-mother days, The saint who slew the dragons in her dream Whisked her through the fuss-and-fluster maze To realms where fathers shine...

‘Shakespeare’ and Other Poetry by Lee Evans

The Society
June 15, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Shakespeare
4 Comments
. Shakespeare The Master strolled upon the beach, __And stooped to find Among the shells washed up in heaps, __Mere husks of Mind— Selecting them to suit his sense __Of what would score To entertain an...

‘Florida Beach Vacation 2025’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

The Society
June 14, 2025
Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. Florida Beach Vacation 2025 They buried me in pale white sand. _They took away my phone. The mouse was wrested from my hand _And now I’m all alone. Swift salty tears of Oceanus _Comingle with my...

‘Term Limits’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
June 14, 2025
Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Term Limits Without term limits, nothing prevents the eruption of bribery, graft, and unbridled corruption. Too few of our founders felt our preservation depended on forced periodic rotation. Our lives are...

‘When the Child Appears’: A Poem by Victor Hugo, Translated by Bruce Phenix

The Society
June 13, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
4 Comments
. When the Child Appears by Victor Hugo (1802-1885)translated from French by Bruce Phenix When the child appears, the family’s loud praiseBursts out in claps and shouting. His sweet, bright gaze__Makes...

‘Boomerang’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

The Society
June 13, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Satire
24 Comments
. Boomerang He was a very handsome guy, Cute girls would stick to him like glue, And his interest in them was high, But only for a night or two. Eventually he settled down, A pretty young wife came one...
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‘Ode to Chronic Pain’ and Other Poetry by Dan Davis

The Society
June 12, 2025
Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. Ode to Chronic Pain I curse your name and spit as you supply these diverse proofs that I am not divine— and yet I should embrace you for the same, so keep me still and resting, Faithful Pain. . . The...

‘Reading in Bed’ and Other Poems by Martin Briggs

The Society
June 12, 2025
Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. Reading in Bed Crowded years from now, and late one wintry night, a certain turn of phrase or trick of poetry will summon me. Pillowed in the warm lamplight perhaps you’ll look up from your book, and,...

‘Stealthy Slayer’: A Riddle by Asther Kane

The Society
June 11, 2025
Poetry, Riddles
12 Comments
. Stealthy Slayer Stealthy slayer, murderous sneak, A crafty trick, or lifeless freak--- I slip behind your walls unseen Despite the guards whose eyes are keen To spot, to seize the crafty foe, Whose guise...

‘Durus Frater, Alma Mater’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson

The Society
June 11, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. Durus Frater, Alma Mater Spring forward to where former arch-rivals Fall back on tall stories of the travels They enjoyed after two years of college, Before graduation sealed the knowledge Of how little...

Formal Aspects of Free Verse: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
June 10, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Essays, Poetry, Video
22 Comments
. https://youtu.be/vAjMoMKye0c . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He writes history articles for American Essence...

‘Alotta Lip About my Hip’ and Other Hip Replacement Poetry by Jeff Kemper

The Society
June 10, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
5 Comments
. Alotta Lip About my Hip Alotta lip about my hip On paper, phone, computer-drive. The new one at my femur’s tip Has generated verbal jive Beyond my wits. I can’t contrive The need for queries they should...

‘Samhain Spree’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier

The Society
June 9, 2025
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Samhain Spree Come, gather underneath the horns _That rise out of the east! Come, join the host in revelry _To frolic, sing, and feast! The winter is upon us now, _And summer gone away, And we have gathered...

‘An Update for Dylan Thomas’s Aunt’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

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June 9, 2025
Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. An Update for Dylan Thomas’s Aunt "Fie on you, aunt! I’ll show you how To elevate your middle brow, And how to scale and see the sights From Modernist Parnassian heights." —Dylan Thomas, “A Letter to...

‘Time and Place’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton

The Society
June 8, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. Time and Place He gave me his coat once in Dublin At dusk in a damp, chilly draft. We spoke of those old Irish writers--- Just where had they mastered their craft? Did Wilde wield his pen in Dun...

‘Soldier of the Rising Sun’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

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June 8, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
44 Comments
. Soldier of the Rising Sun Date/Location: February 19, 1974---Uninhabited jungle, Lubang Island in the northern Philippines. The matter: Believing that Japan is still fighting World War II almost 30 years...

‘Double Rondel for Pentecost’ by Margaret Coats

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June 7, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Rondel
36 Comments
. Double Rondel for Pentecost Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! O fire that warms my soul, You burn within to turn my love heart-whole, And burst beyond as fervor unsuppressed. Celestial flame, my most delightful...

‘On Twenty Years of YouTube’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
June 6, 2025
Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. On Twenty Years of YouTube Dull dinner party video clips unshared shaped YouTube’s genesis, or so it’s claimed. Yet others say, when Janet Jackson bared a nipple, that a co-creator aimed to see if it...

‘Family Values’: Four Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
June 5, 2025
Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Triolet
34 Comments
. Auntie Barb ---a pantoum She cuts the cheats and charmers to the quick—Her tongue will skin a scoundrel in a wink.She’ll scupper every swindler’s slickest trickBefore the scoffers have a chance to...

‘The Legend of Zhong Kui’: A Poem by M.D. Skeen

The Society
June 5, 2025
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Legend of Zhong Kui Zhong Kui is pronounced like “Jong Quay” One dark and dour winter day His mother sent her son Zhong Kui Along with his good friend, Du Ping To take exams held by the King. Zhong...

‘Roads of Potter County’: A Poem by Frank Rable

The Society
June 4, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. Roads of Potter County Finally Spring has come north here---Always my favorite time of year.Potter will tease you in some way---Tomorrow might be a snowy day. Instead there came the green of grass,The white...

On the Art Institute of Chicago’s South Garden and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia

The Society
June 3, 2025
Art, Beauty, Poetry
17 Comments
. In Urbe Hortus ---June afternoon in the South Garden of the Art Institute of Chicago Hard stone and brick, cold glass and steel Shrink behind the canopy Of intertwining leafy boughs Sprawling from each...

‘My Fairytale’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
June 3, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry
16 Comments
. My Fairytale You could be my Cinderella _I danced with at the ball. You’re the one I’m looking for _Since you first fled the hall. You could be in sleep awaiting _Like the poisoned Snow White. You may...

‘In Her Fair Foundry, Nature Forges Art’ by Claude Gaspar Bachet, Translated by Josh Middeldorf

The Society
June 2, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
5 Comments
. In Her Fair Foundry, Nature Forges Art by Claude Gaspar Bachet de Meziriac (1581-1638) translated from French by Josh Mitteldorf In her fair foundry, Nature forges art, Divinity of beauty knows no peer. The...

‘Lost Ark’: A Poem by Christopher Fried

The Society
June 2, 2025
Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Lost Ark ---upon reading of the hunt for the Ark of the Covenant It used to be, a life ago, that fear caused me to lift my hands to hide my sight when Raiders’ climax was on screen—to peer at wonders...

‘Two Love Poems’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
June 1, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle
14 Comments
. Since You’ve Been at My Side ---a villanelle Embraced by love, since you’ve been at my sideI’ve found the strength to hope for better days,As if uplifted by a rising tide. When feeling lost, with you...

‘To a Virginia Bluebell’ and Other Poetry by Lee Evans

The Society
June 1, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. To a Virginia Bluebell You nod to me across the trail That runs before my garden seat. With clustered bells of blue you greet My visit with a subtle peal. You wave your frolic fans of green So gaily, as if...
  1. jd on ‘Reading in Bed’ and Other Poems by Martin BriggsJune 15, 2025

    I always read in bed so your title drew me in and even though I am not drawn to "dark"…

  2. jd on ‘Alotta Lip About my Hip’ and Other Hip Replacement Poetry by Jeff KemperJune 15, 2025

    Glad the replacement was so successful, Jeff. Enjoyed the poems. Hopefully that's as close as I will ever get to…

  3. jd on A Poem for Father’s Day: ‘The Weight of a Father’ by Susan Jarvis BryantJune 15, 2025

    Two absolutely beautiful poems, Susan. Thank you.

  4. jd on ‘Florida Beach Vacation 2025’: A Poem by Evan MantykJune 15, 2025

    Lovely poem, Evan. Your vacation, our added benefit in reading about it.

  5. Evan Mantyk on ‘Shakespeare’ and Other Poetry by Lee EvansJune 15, 2025

    Maybe Lee could elaborate but I read this as saying what made Shakespeare great can make us great too and…

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