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Search Results for: "Andrew Benson Brown"

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

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

‘The Noble Train of Artillery’ from an Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 21, 2025
Epic, Poetry
15 Comments
. The Noble Train of Artillery ---from Legends of Liberty Volume 3 The cold, gray dawn illuminated flakes Of snow dusting an elevated hill Where a...

John Neihardt’s Epic Western Poetry (Final Part): A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
April 24, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry
10 Comments
. https://youtu.be/9Qx03HgoXAQ . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...

John Neihardt’s Epic Western Poetry (Part 2): A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
April 9, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry
8 Comments
. https://youtu.be/bC_JL8Ap8ow . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...

John Neihardt’s Epic ‘Cycle of the West’: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
March 25, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Essays, Poetry
19 Comments
. https://youtu.be/lUU-G7-7nKE . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...

How to Write Iambic Pentameter in 13 Minutes: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
November 27, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Education, Poetry
27 Comments
. https://youtu.be/ayfBdVJxeKk . . Andrew Benson Brown's epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...

800 Years of the Sonnet in 12 Minutes: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
November 12, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Essays, Poetry
11 Comments
. https://youtu.be/B9aMXFVpFEk . . Andrew Benson Brown's epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...

‘Lucifer’s Lament’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant: Reading and Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
October 29, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Culture, Poetry, Readings
14 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5zId3BCl6M . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His...

‘Washington’s Armor’ from Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem

The Society
October 15, 2024
Epic, Poetry
8 Comments
. Washington’s Armor Under a watchful sky, a thick, long snake Was slithering: red regulars and blue Virginians groaned while dragging banners to...

‘Henry Knox in His Bookstore’ from Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem

The Society
September 17, 2024
Epic, Poetry, Readings, Video
22 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNh_jWAzKU . Henry Knox in His Bookstore ---from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 The chiming of a doorway’s...

Tools for Writing Classical Poetry—Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
August 25, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Education, Essays, Poetry, Video
26 Comments
. https://youtu.be/o4TS45A7KEM . Tools for Writing Classical Poetry ---adapted from the video by Andrew Benson Brown Do you want to be forgotten...

‘Washington Assumes Command at Cambridge’: from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
August 11, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
. Washington Assumes Command at Cambridge from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Devoted Billy Lee, a stalking fox, Observed his master’s swaying...

‘Washington Departs from Mount Vernon’: from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 28, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
20 Comments
. Washington Departs from Mount Vernon from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 “Wouldn’t you rather stay?” Watching her doveOf sixteen summers,...

‘Washington and the Cherry Tree’: Excerpt from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 14, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
25 Comments
. Washington and the Cherry Tree from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Young George chopped down his father’s cherry tree, Not knowing that a woman...

‘The Rise of Washington’: Excerpt from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 1, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Rise of Washington from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 IT’S TIME! Let’s give our story’s star some space. He’s famous through the land,...

Book Review: Legends of Liberty Volume II by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
June 7, 2024
Poetry, Reviews
4 Comments
. Book Reviewed: Legends of Liberty Volume II by Andrew Benson Brown, Bard Owl Publishing, March 2024 by Theresa Werba Andrew Benson Brown has...

‘King George III Declares War’ from Vol. 2 of Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem

The Society
May 19, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
17 Comments
. King George III Declares War from Legends of Liberty, Volume 2 Note: The British have won a pyrrhic victory at Bunker Hill. King George, who has...
poetry/benson brown/readings

An Interview with Poet Brian Yapko: Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 5, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Essays, Interviews, Poetry
18 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR0MktU78bA . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His...

Are Epic Heroes Toxic?—Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
April 21, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Culture, Essays, Poetry, Reviews
11 Comments
. https://youtu.be/ICEvMGx4WnY . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His epic-in-progress, Legends of...

‘Miss Pronoun-ciation’: A Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
April 15, 2024
Poetry, Satire
47 Comments
. Miss Pronoun-ciation She know how Grammar Nazis be all anal. Their like theyre fancy, boring words—so banal. When grading papers, allways giving...
poem/cooper/culture

Andrew Benson Brown Reads Poems by S.J. Bryant, Erlandson, Binns, Maibach, and Cooper

The Society
March 22, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings
10 Comments
...

Legends of Liberty — Prologue Read by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
March 8, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry, Readings
21 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGLFPOccCAI https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NwnsyJD044?feature=share . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems...

Short Poems of C.B. Anderson Read by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
February 22, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings
13 Comments
...
poem/bryant/shakespeare

What Happened to Great Poetry?—A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
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...

‘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...

Bunker Hill in Poetry: The Death of Joseph Warren, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
January 14, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry
14 Comments
. Bunker Hill: The Death of Joseph Warren from Legends of Liberty, Volume 2 Dramatis Personae Joseph Warren – Physician, spymaster, and major...
poetry/benson brown/readings

Andrew Benson Brown Reads Poems by D. Robin, Tessitore, Freeman, A. Casey, Dickey, and Tweedie

The Society
January 10, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings
9 Comments
...

Aesop’s ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ (Crisell Adaptation) and Other Classics Read by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
January 3, 2024
Children's, Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings
9 Comments
...

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...

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:...

Andrew Benson Brown Reads Poems by Sally Cook, Sancia Milton, Yapko, and Tweedie

The Society
December 18, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings
8 Comments
...
poem/ross/education

Andrew Benson Brown Reads ‘Odysseus Strings His Bow’ from Homer’s Odyssey, Solot Translation

The Society
December 11, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Homer, Poetry, Readings
9 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTgWaNsnpE . . The Odyssey, 21.388-22.125, translated with an eye on Homer's instinctively cinematic style. by...

Andrew Benson Brown Reads Poems by J. Kemper, Corey, Pietrack, M. Bryant, and Anderson

The Society
December 4, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings
15 Comments
...
poem/benson brown/epic

The Battle of Bunker Hill in Epic Poetry, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
October 18, 2023
Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Bunker Hill an excerpt from the forthcoming Legends of Liberty, Vol. 2 . The Eve of Battle The midnight moon. The month of June. A neck Of land. A...

‘In a Soviet Gulag’ by Evan Mantyk: Read by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 22, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Readings, Satire, Video
13 Comments
...
poem/benson brown/epic

‘The Devil Comes to Buckingham’ from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 12, 2023
Epic, Poetry, Satire
14 Comments
. The Devil Comes to Buckingham from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2 One day as Britons cheered their sovereign’s sight, The devil crawled into his...
poem/salemi/reading

‘Byron Swims the Hellespont’ by Joseph S. Salemi: A Reading by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 6, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video
8 Comments
. If you enjoy this video from Andrew Benson Brown's Classical Poets Live, please click on "Watch on YouTube" and then press like and...
poetry/brown/video

Classical Poets Live (CPL) with Andrew Benson Brown – Episode 1: Why Classical Poetry?

The Society
April 28, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Video
16 Comments
. This inaugural episode features an interview with Society of Classical Poets' co-founder and editor Evan Mantyk who talks about the founding of the...

“John Adams in Heaven,” from Legends of Liberty by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
January 22, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry
18 Comments
. John Adams in Heaven John and Abigail Adams are being guided through heaven by John Milton. He takes them to a villa in the Elysian Fields, where...

‘Arrival of Spring’ and Other Humorous Love Poems by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
December 17, 2022
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
. Arrival of Spring Each wing delivers news of a young earth: The nightingale, the end of moonless woes, The dove, the peace of melting mountain...
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  1. Cynthia L Erlandson on Poetry Challenge: Classic Poem and ResponseJuly 13, 2025

    Wonderful, Susan! I can just imagine you sonnet-sparring with The Bard.

  2. Cynthia L Erlandson on Poetry Challenge: Classic Poem and ResponseJuly 13, 2025

    Oh, my goodness, James, I laughed out loud at least four or five times reading this! The title, for a…

  3. Cynthia L Erlandson on Poetry Challenge: Classic Poem and ResponseJuly 13, 2025

    Thank you much, Brian!

  4. M.D. Skeen on Poetry Challenge: Classic Poem and ResponseJuly 13, 2025

    Thank you Mr. Peterson, it was a fun challenge!

  5. Brian Yapko on ‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian YapkoJuly 13, 2025

    Thank you for reading and commenting, C.B. I tend to subscribe to the Ronald Reagan understanding of leftist liberals: "The…

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