‘Optimism’: A Poem for the Graduating Class of 2025, by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
. Optimism ---to the Class of 2025 The world is cold and hard and dark enough; We need not cloud ...
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‘Renaissance’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
. Renaissance for Rob Salminen I am as old as I have ever been, And I've not seen all that ...
‘Underfoot’ and Other Japanese-style Poems by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
. Underfoot Fescue and clover: A luxuriant carpet Fit for a king’s feet. . . Murder They take noisy flight, ...
To the Class of 2021: A Graduation Poem by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
. Hardship and Destiny to the Class of 2021 The time is now at hand; the bow is bent To ...
‘The Loan’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey (with Audio)
A reading of the below poems by the poet: The Loan a villanelle This life we hold so dear ...
‘The Clockmaker’ by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
When I was young, I’d disassemble clocks So I could understand what made them go. With tools in ...
‘To the Class of 2018’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
Exodos, Prologos to the Class of 2018 In times uncertain, ask your truest friends For counsel, and take all ...
‘A Rounded Stone’ by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
He pressed a rounded stone into my hand. He said, "Take care of this," and turned away To ...
Society of Classical Poets Journal X Published
. The Society of Classical Poets Journal X has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those ...
The Society of Classical Poets Releases Journal VIII
The Society of Classical Poets website receives millions of views every year. Visitors read engaging, beautiful, topical verse that ...
Journal VII Released
We are pleased to announce the publication of The Society of Classical Poets’ Journal VII. The new journal is larger ...
Reading the epigraph as September 10, 2025, that was the date of Charlie Kirk's assassination
A thrilling but grim narrative, to be sure, with terse lines beating out, remorselessly, a general destruction. It seizes our…
A very distinctive scheme for rhyme and meter here--nice to see a change from familiar regularity. Your 1st 3 stanzas…
Great reading of your poems. I really enjoyed the first one, the second is quite clever with connecting Dactyls with…
A very curt epigraph (just a date - 09.10.25) suggests that this poem was prompted by an actual vision the…
