‘Madrigal à la Tasso’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society November 24, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . Madrigal à la Tasso The surface of the lake reflects the flight _Of one and then another swan; _How it would add to my delight __To know where...
‘O Darling Turtledove’ and Other Poems by Tasso, Translated by Daniel Howard The Society February 28, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry, Translation 6 Comments . Poems by Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) translated by Daniel Howard . O Darling Turtledove __Oh darling turtledove, __You for your partner pine, And I...
‘Remembrance’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society November 24, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 12 Comments . Remembrance I When I, a boy whom youth made bold, Had bid my land of birth one last adieu, To search for glory, fame and gold On distant shores, as...
‘The Stream of Love’: A Sonnet by Daniel Howard The Society November 7, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 12 Comments . The Stream of Love Like swollen streams in Spring, young love will roarThrough every obstacle that checks its flow,Though not so fast that winter...
‘Ode to the Strings of My Guitar’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society September 29, 2023 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 25 Comments . Ode to the Strings of My Guitar I How still you sleep, oh strings of my guitar, As if you did not feel the faint caress Of my soft finger, shaped...
‘Meditation on the Myth of Sisyphus’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society September 15, 2023 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . Meditation on the Myth of Sisyphus Like Sisyphus, whose fate it is to bear A boulder on his back, and up the mound, Only to watch it roll towards...
‘First Footsteps on a One-way Journey to America’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society August 15, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . First Footsteps on a One-way Journey to America Leave home behind, another lies ahead, Beyond these hills, these clover-covered dales; Empty the...
‘Melodious Curlew’: A Love Poem by Daniel Howard The Society July 21, 2023 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . Melodious Curlew Melodious curlew mottled brown and bister, No longer raise your crescent-shapen beak Towards the waning moon, to which you...
‘Walking Near the Waves’: A Love Poem by Daniel Howard The Society April 11, 2023 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . Walking Near the Waves When, walking near the waves, with eyes downcast, I look at my reflection from the shore, Which seems to sink towards the...
‘The Shadow of My Sorrow’ by Daniel Howard The Society February 4, 2023 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments . The Shadow of My Sorrow As soon as day has dawned and night is done, The shadow of my sorrow follows me, Outgrows the shape by which it came to...
‘Autumnal Wind’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Howard The Society December 16, 2022 Love Poems, Poetry 12 Comments . Autumnal Wind Autumnal Wind, who are in speed as swift As was the Spring with which my life began, If you would sigh upon this lonely man, And...
‘A Sleepless Night’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Howard The Society November 17, 2022 Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . A Sleepless Night Lest I should suffer sleeplessly this night Of loathsome loneliness, whose strength severe So weakens me that many a bitter...
‘Wanton Wandering Winds’ and Other Petrarchan Love Sonnets by Daniel Howard The Society September 19, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 4 Comments . Wanton Wandering Winds Those wanton wandering winds, my darling fair, Whose western currents comb in several ways And lose themselves within the...
Five Love Sonnets by Daniel Joseph Howard The Society August 5, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 7 Comments . Forsake Me Now Forsake me now, and say your last farewell While my misfortune’s in its full career, By circumstances forced to part from...
The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2024 Best Poems, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 28 Comments . The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of the 12th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Evan Mantyk, Sally...
The 10 Best Love Poems of 2022 The Society June 9, 2023 Best Poems, Love Poems, Poetry 11 Comments . The 10 Best Love Poems of 2022 If you are more of an academic poetry lover who stills enjoy Shakespeare’s love sonnets now and again, then the...
The Society of Classical Poets Journal XI Published The Society April 16, 2023 From the Society, Poetry 10 Comments . The Society of Classical Poets Journal XI has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the...
Ten Great Spenserian or Scottish Sonnets The Society May 15, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments Edmund Spenser by Margaret Coats Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) wrote 121 sonnets of rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee, including 87 in his love...
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...
Thirty-one Sonnets: Renaissance to New Millennial The Society March 3, 2018 Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry, Poetry Forms 7 Comments by Lew Icarus Bede "A sonnet is a coin: its face reveals The soul—its converse, to what Power 'tis due: Whether for tribute to the august...