Month: August 2025

. Surviving the Cultural Revolution Why should this tourist want to take my picture? I’m just a woman who is ...

. At Brown University, 14 August 2025 It is a fitting name, at least, For every building that I see ...

. Spacewalk Around earth’s blue-white marble sphere the black is ancient, soundless, near; starry webs burn in dawnlike glare. A ...

. Band of Brothers A picture of two soldiers in their prime. A scribbled note in cursive on the back. ...

. Coming Attractions (1994) Black is white, white is black, two and two is three. Put your common sense away, ...

. Listen Britannia! Listen Britannia! All ye who would never be slaves. Hear the word of the Lord, He who ...

. The Best Haiku of 2025 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku Competition Judged ...

. A Reason for Hope __The sky so bright, __The morning mist, __The inbound flight Back to the items on ...

. Lyrics by Philodemus of Gadara (circa 1st century BC) translated from Greek by Joseph S. Salemi . V.13 Charito ...

. A Rant . I. Pay for a surrogate to birth you a kid. Feed it on formula falsely construed. ...

. To a Most Tempting Pancake “Quae mollis est, amanda est.” (What is soft, is to be loved) ---Libri Matutini ...

. Sally in Our Alley ---written by Henry Carey (born Aug. 26) in 1725 Of all the girls that are ...

. Ten Floors I stepped into our building’s entranceway.It was aglow from bright sunshine that day.With friends she walked inside ...

. On the 125th Anniversary of Nietzsche's Death Mr. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche wrote books that were dense and preachy, as ...

. The poem "Extinction" by Mary Jane Myers read by the poet herself at the Society of Classical Poets online ...

. A Poetic Retelling of the Myth of Icarus and Daedalus ---from "The Bird Man in the Sky" So early ...

. When Prices Surge What happens to the prices when demand outstrips finite supply? Well, you’ll be darned to know ...

. The Capital The capital looks like the setting of a zombie flick. The city once had swagger; it was ...

. This poetry challenge comes from poet Roy E. Peterson: Provide a poem about your inspiring Muse. If you name ...

. Gull Pacing the parapet hungrily eyeing papers and plastic cups in the dust, her kin overhead, wheeling, crying, watching ...

. Shackled I crave a morning hit when I rise up, A trifle touch to take the edge away To ...

. Farewell Colbert Late-night TV, when it started, didn’t have a path yet charted, but had teams of wise advisors ...

. There Was a Time I Tried to Love the Sun There was a time I tried to love the ...

. The poem "The Settlers" by Martin Rizley read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online ...

. Umbra The blazing height of summer’s day Now darkens to weird quasi-night--- Translucent dusk, half-cloaking gray, Half-veiling darkness pierced ...

. News of a Coup The news of a coup hits the headlines. No ears prick to listen or hear. ...

. To the Ancient Mariner “O Wedding-Guest! This soul hath beenAlone on a wide wide sea;So lonely ‘twas, that God ...

. Pointless Poems Why do women shave their legs, It seems unnecessary. The question lingers, pleads and begs, What’s wrong ...

. Inklings Shut off that damn brainwashing, numbing screen!Tonight I did. I reached, opened that book.From sentences, the mind gleans ...

. Advice to a Young Man in Love If her name is Sally, then _Tattoo it on your arm With ...

. Uxorious? He tried to guard composure as he pressed the new denarius to his chapped lips and unbecoming tears ...

. Modes of Divination The future’s course, in all of its essentials, Is augured from a steaming heap of entrails. ...

. Attention Deficit Disorder I once had a friend like Midas.All he touched would turn to gold;but after he would ...

. Mnemonic Device for Military Pro-Signs A-Z Pro-signs are an alphabetical coding system used by the military for radio transmissions ...

. Mary ---a sequel to “Martha," prompted by James A. Tweedie The night grew still, the lamps gave off a ...

. Sidewalk Sincerity “Hi---how are you?” he said to me, A friendly thing to say, I answered just as cordially, ...

. Falun Dafa Parade The heartbeat of a marching band lies in the beating drums, The power of a sleeping ...

. On Having a Little Girl She looks at me with hazel eyes And freckles on her sun-kissed cheeks. These ...

. Snapshots of Oxford---July 20, 2025 The drowsy wasps that kept me on my toes; The groups of foreign students ...

. Autism Sonnet The lights are much too light and sounds too loud; And thoughts are only thought in black ...