‘Song at Sunset’ by Connie Phillips The Society January 18, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments Song at Sunset The sun sets ‘neath the mountain top: __A golden orb that blinks And just for seconds lights the sky __Ablaze before it...
A Tribute to Gao Rongrong (Victim of Chinese Communism) by Connie Phillips The Society July 20, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 34 Comments She Walked in Beauty a tribute to Gao Rongrong* after Lord Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty” She walked in Beauty, pure as light— Like sun...
A Riddle by Connie Phillips The Society May 8, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Riddles 8 Comments Riddle No. 1 So astounding is this part— A major muscle, like your heart. And so astonishing its job, Without it you would be a blob: You...
‘A Deer Encounter’ by Connie Phillips The Society April 14, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments ’Twas just a fleeting moment when our journeys crossed, When you were walking roadside, munching on the moss, On Christmas, we were driving,...
‘Dirty Hands’ and Other Poetry by Connie Phillips The Society January 4, 2019 Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 14 Comments Dirty Hands on Communism’s evil specter The evil specter’s dirty hands Have soiled the windows to the world. It’s smeared them with the...
‘Ode to the Lats’ by Connie Phillips The Society December 13, 2018 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments Oh Lat, dear Lat, where art thou at? Methinks thou seem a bit too flat... On Superman, and blokes like that, Your rippling mass is no...
‘In My Dreams’ by Connie Phillips The Society April 24, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments In my dreams, I always see you smiling, Your bright eyes twinkling like a million stars. In my dreams, there is no sense to crying, Your gentle...
‘A Robin’s Song’ by Connie Phillips The Society February 1, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments A robin should fly south before the snow, With others in the flocks of migrant birds, Quite safe amid this seas’nal ebb and flow— To...
‘Lights’ and Other Poetry by Connie Phillips The Society January 1, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Lights The shining Santas smile in silver sleighs, With dazzling reindeer poised on roofs, midair; The phosphorescent elves stare in a...
‘It’s Best to Be a Giver’ and Other Poetry by Connie Phillips The Society July 2, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments It's Best to Be a Giver It’s best to be a giver, not a taker, Or else how could you ever face your Maker? When time is due and Judgment Day is...
‘Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong’ and Other Poetry by Connie Phillips The Society May 13, 2017 Culture, Education, Human Rights in China, Poetry 4 Comments Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong O you who stand so strong through wind and rain, So like those statues lasting through the years, Impervious...
‘How Much Wheat Can a Woodchuck Eat?’ by Connie Phillips The Society March 21, 2017 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry How much wheat can a woodchuck eat? Or cabbage, carrots, and peas, Spinach, parsley, peppers, and kale, Tomatoes, lettuce, n’ beans? What if he...
The SCP Christmas and New Year 2021 Poetry Reading, Online The Society November 13, 2021 From the Society, Poetry, Readings 1 Comment . You are invited to a reading of exquisite poetry and conversations with the poets. This reading is part of a quarterly series of online poetry...
Society of Classical Poets Journal IX Published The Society June 27, 2021 From the Society, Poetry 3 Comments . The Society of Classical Poets Journal IX has been published. It features poetry selected from poetry published on the SCP website between February...
The Society of Classical Poets Releases Journal VIII The Society June 12, 2020 From the Society, Poetry 6 Comments The Society of Classical Poets website receives millions of views every year. Visitors read engaging, beautiful, topical verse that...
Humorous Poetry for the CCP Virus (COVID-19) Quarantine The Society March 26, 2020 Clerihew, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 108 Comments Note: The Society of Classical Poets refers to the COVID-19 coronavirus as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and...
Turning to Heaven During CCP Virus Epidemic: Three Poems The Society March 24, 2020 Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments Remember God “Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” —Alexandr Solzhenitsyn by Connie Phillips We must...
Journal VII Released The Society May 24, 2019 From the Society, Poetry 3 Comments We are pleased to announce the publication of The Society of Classical Poets’ Journal VII. The new journal is larger and more impressive than any...
‘The Light of New Hope’ and Other Poetry on Terrorist Attacks in England The Society June 15, 2017 Poetry, Terrorism 2 Comments Post your poetry on the recent terrorist attacks in England in the comments section at the end of this post. The Light of New Hope By...
10 Greatest Novels Ever Written The Society January 1, 2017 Best Poems, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry 39 Comments By Evan Mantyk From The Iliad, Beowulf, and Shakespearean literature in the West to the Chinese Classic of Poetry, the Indian Ramayana, and the...
About Us The Society January 16, 2013 Art, Poetry English poetry has been in existence for at least 1,400 years. This tradition continues alive and well at The Society of Classical Poets like nowhere...
Society of Classical Poets Journal Vol. 6 Released The Society April 1, 2018 From the Society, Poetry 13 Comments The Society of Classical Poets is reviving poetry with rhyme and meter and the response has been widespread and tremendous. Since the...
2017 Journal Released The Society April 1, 2017 From the Society, Poetry 5 Comments Divided into easy to engage and topical categories such as Beauty, Humor, Anti-Communism, and The Environment, the 2017 Journal features selected...
