SCP Journal XIII Published

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The Society of Classical Poets Journal XIII has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the SCP website between February 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025.  The Journal also features exquisite art created by living artists who are at the top of the fine arts field today. See a list of the poems and artworks featured below. Note that this year the price is reduced to $32.99 (with the tradeoff that interior images are in black and white).

You may obtain a hardcopy of Journal XIII here. After purchasing a copy forward your receipt to [email protected] to renew your Membership.

Or PayPal $20 here to receive an electronic copy, which retains colored interior images. This will also renew your Membership.

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Journal Editors:
Evan Mantyk
C.B. Anderson
Daniel Magdalen

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Introduction by Evan Mantyk
The Splendid Art by Peter Lillios
More Trouble by Laura Westlake
I. BEAUTY
Simplicity by Susan Jarvis Bryant
Distant Thunder by Adam Sedia
Libra by Patricia Rogers Crozier
Carpe Diem by James A. Tweedie
Sanderling by Kensley Greene
Yonder by C.B. Anderson
Serenade by Margaret Coats
Interior of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, by Stukely Palmer Samborne (Art)
Roofless Church by Peter Venable
Snow Sonnet by Susan Norvill
The Bar by Jeff Shakespeare
Autumn Twilight by Cynthia Erlandson
Santa Claus Has Passed Away by Jeffrey Essmann
Song of the Spirit by Roy E. Peterson
Dublin Swans by Louis Groarke
S O S by Susan Jarvis Bryant
Poetry in the Image of God by James A. Tweedie
Imagine Mountains by Carey Jobe
Come, Spring by Janice Canerdy
Intersubjective Bootstrap by Josh Mitteldorf
Nothing Compares by Mark Stellinga
A Reverie by Sally Cook
In the Woods by Eduard Mörike (1804-1875) translated by Alan Steinle
A Fitful Veil by Daniel Moreschi
The Lemon Tree by Satyananda Sarangi
Patience by Russ Kramer (Art)
A’sailin’ by Cynthia Bernard
Ephemeral by Rohini Sunderam
Catching Up by C.B. Anderson
A House in Winter by Adam Sedia
Spirit by James Sale
The Afterguard by Russ Kramer (Art)
I Will Awaken the Dawn by Rachel Meyer
Accidents Happen by Shaun C. Duncan
The Introvert by James Bontrager
Hope by Jeffrey Essmann
Like Him by James Sale
The Shepherd God by Jane Schulert, High School Poet
July by Mary Gardner
Beauty by Shindy Cai
When Lightning Strikes by Shindy Cai
Bear Valley by Keathley (Art)
Elegy for a Cowboy Cousin by Dan Tuton
Emergent Occasions by Maura H. Harrison
I Saw an Angel Weeping
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
Diners by Adam Wasem
Fall Rising by C.B. Anderson
Untitled by Herman Smorenburg (Art)
Flamingo by Jeremiah Johnson
Recipe for a Poem by Sally Cook
A Hero in My Head by Phillip Whidden
Craving Exotic Poetic Delights by Daniel Kemper
The Figure Skater by Daniel Kemper
Oaks of Righteousness by D.R. Rainbolt
Festal Flourish by Roman poet Tibullus (55-19 BC), translated by Margaret Coats
II. CULTURE
The Lord of His Castle by Brian Yapko
On the 80th Anniversary of D-Day by Paul A. Freeman
Staten Island Range Lighthouse by Greg DiNapoli (Art)
Reckoning by Mike Bryant
Horse Figurine by Phillip Whidden
On Student Protestations by Cheryl Corey
Carmen by Théophile Gautier (1811-1872), translated by Bruce Phenix
Skellig Michael by James A. Tweedie
Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness by Joseph S. Salemi
Peter Pan’s Soliloquy by Joshua C. Frank
Cyprus by Maria Panayi
AI’s Promise by Daniel Kemper
The Poet’s Good Pen by Michael Charles Maibach
I No Longer See It on Mulberry Street by Dusty Grein
His Stories Were His Legacy, Ivan, The Barber, 1882-1963 by Phil S. Rogers
Full Circle by Dennis McSweeney
Enduring Sight by Mike Ruskovich
Flora’s England by Isabella Simmonds
Watch Out! by Anna J. Arredondo
None for All by Peter Lillios
The Dead by Jeffrey Essmann
To Catch The Wind by Lucia Haase
Truth Is Not Beauty by Joshua C. Frank
The Settlers by Martin Rizley
A Ballade to Becoming by D.T. Holt
Paul’s Touch by Margaret Coats
Rending the Night by Roy E. Peterson
Memento Belli by Alison Jennings
Jerzy and Cyla by Peter Austin
Quilting the News by Mark F. Stone
Tick. Tock. Tick. by Twila Brase
A Pleased Jaques by Bruce Dale Wise
A Mother’s Day Sonnet by Evan Mantyk
May Memorial by Cynthia Erlandson
The High Priest’s Homily by Shaun C. Duncan
Anthony Comstock: An Extended Dactylic by Joseph S. Salemi
Downtown by Adam Sedia
Spanish Moss by Brian Yapko
Herman the Cripple by Margaret Coats
My Inner Attorney by Warren Bonham
Bridgerton’s DEI vs. Historicity by Drilon Bajrami
The Magic Trick by Shamik Banerjee
Washington and the Cherry Tree by Andrew Benson Brown
On Scotland by Cheryl Corey
I, Katyusha by Patricia Rogers Crozier
Village of Galilean Mystics by Brian Yapko
Shades of Vesuvius by Stephen M. Dickey
The Knight of Monticello by Mary Jane Myers
The Psychopath Addresses the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mental Ward by Joseph S. Salemi
Paradise Island by Paul A. Freeman
Sailing to Illusium by James A. Tweedie
Leopold and Loeb or the Consequences of Ideas by Adam Sedia
Washington’s Armor by Andrew Benson Brown
The Devil’s Trill by Julian Woodruff
Orpheus by James Sale
Dante Enters Hell: Canto III of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), translated by Stephen Binns
Canto 5: Virgil Study by Eric Armusik (Art)
III. THE EAST
The Wise Farmer by Joshua C. Frank
Still Life by Penelope Mantyk (Art)
Colors by Kukai (空海) (774-835), translated by Joshua C. Frank
Free to Be the PRC by James A. Tweedie
River Li in Twilight by Alan Orsborn
Unmoved by Loc Duong (Art)
Unbroken by Shindy Cai
The CCP Song by Evan Mantyk
When the Dragon Spreads Its Wings by Paul A. Freeman
Fed Suffering, The True Story of Dai Mingrong, by Daniel Magdalen.
The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2024 Haiku Competition, Judged by J. Thomas Rimer and Margaret Coats
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, by poet Bai Juyi (772-846), translated by Evan Mantyk
The Fall of Time by Andrew Benson Brown
IV. LOVE POEMS
The Loons of Colby Lake by Michael Pietrack
Lovely As You by Angel L. Villanueva
Vintage Love by Gigi Ryan
A Precious Wife Is Like Fine Wine by Martin Rizley
True Love by Roger Crane
Telepathy by Anna J. Arredondo
Poems by Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), translated by Daniel Howard
A Walk at Night by Angel L. Villanueva
Inner Beauty by Angel L. Villanueva
Love’s Banquet by Morrison Handley-Schacher
On Learning of a Lover’s Death by Cheryl Corey
V. LIGHT VERSE & SATIRE
Growing Pains by C.B. Anderson
Ipse Dixit by C.B. Anderson
Homophonophobic by Michael Pietrack
“Sometimey” People by Russel Winick
Hey Gen Z, There’s a Huge Inheritance Coming Your Way by Mark F. Stone
Proof of Climate Change by Russel Winick
Bald Eagle by Clark Gussin (Art)
Cold Blooded Murder by Roy E. Peterson
Textual Harassment by Brian Yapko
The Latest Gender Identity by Russel Winick
The Ballad of Mark and P’Nut by Geoffrey Smagacz
Kill or Cure? by Susan Jarvis Bryant
The Fool by Jeffrey Essmann
O Lord, Let Me Not Fall by Jeffrey Essmann
Tipping the Scales by Jacob A. Pfeiffer (Art)
Phone Home by Jeff Eardley
Image by Russel Winick
Maxim No. 1 by Russel Winick
Puddleplat Place by Norma Pain
Not the Same Thing Anymore by Russel Winick
Well-Armed Lamb by Warren Bonham
Contemporary Logic by Russel Winick
Extinction by Mary Jane Myers
Didn’t Look There by Russel Winick
Coffee Limericks by Roy E. Peterson
To Mr. Biswas by Shamik Banerjee
Rather Drown Than Hang by A.R. Pereira
Respite by George Angelini
Light Wave Heatwave by C.B. Anderson
Generosity by Russel Winick
Four Letter Words by Gigi Ryan
A Clock Describes People by David Whippman
Overkill by James A. Tweedie
Repetition by Russel Winick
The Blank-Page Stage by Warren Bonham
The Interview by Brian Yapko
Purpose by Angela Mia (Art)
Happy by Joseph Stuart
Lucifer’s Lament by Susan Jarvis Bryant
The Taxman Cometh by Cheryl Corey
Ode to a Christmas Pudding by Susan Jarvis Bryant
A Snowy Encounter by Robert Schlenker (Art)
Words from the Birds by C.B. Anderson
Song of the Sophist by Susan Jarvis Bryant
Ode to the Dogs by Shari Jo LeKane
Six Riddles by Evan Mantyk
VI. Essays
New Directions, or Deviations? by Joseph S. Salemi
Tools for Writing Classical Poetry by Andrew Benson Brown
A Letter from Incarcerated Poet D.T. Holt to the SCP
Temperance by Neilson Carlin (Art)

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