‘Meditations on Ecclesiastes’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society January 3, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Meditations on Ecclesiastes . Inquiry “What profit has a man for all his labor…?” ---Ecclesiastes 1: 3 None knows what all his work...
Three Poems after Ecclesiastes 9, by Jeff Kemper The Society May 2, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . One Fate Ecclesiastes 9:1-6 Shall I portend, and shall I explicate What eyes can see themselves, ere they go blind? The moral and sagacious of...
Ecclesiastes 6, Recast in Classical Poetry, by T.M. Moore The Society August 5, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 6 Comments Full Lives, Empty Souls after Ecclesiastes 6 There is an evil I have seen in those who live beneath the sun: A man to whom God gives both...
Ecclesiastes 5, Recast in Classical Poetry, by T.M. Moore The Society June 28, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 2 Comments Honest to God? after Ecclesiastes 5 Watch carefully your step when you draw near to God. Fools play at worship, coming to Him to be seen...
Ecclesiastes 4, Recast in Classical Poetry, by T.M. Moore The Society April 11, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 6 Comments No One to Comfort Them after Ecclesiastes 4 Just look around: Oppression everywhere exists beneath the sun, and the oppressed cry vainly...
Ecclesiastes 3, Recast in Classical Poetry, by T.M. Moore The Society January 14, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 13 Comments Eternity in Our Hearts after Ecclesiastes 3 I contemplated all these matters from beneath the heaven, seeing things the way God sees...
Ecclesiastes 2, Recast in Classical Poetry, by T.M. Moore The Society December 9, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 10 Comments Hating Life after Ecclesiastes 2 Within my heart I said, “Come now, and I will test your soul with mirth.” For surely, so I thought, the...
Ecclesiastes 1, Recast in Classical Poetry, by T.M. Moore The Society October 23, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 16 Comments Wind and Vanity after Ecclesiastes 1 My name is Solomon, and you may know me as the king of Israel, David’s son, a man of wisdom unsurpassed....
‘Apologia’: An Essay in Verse, by T.M. Moore The Society April 6, 2025 Education, Essays, Poetry 6 Comments . Apologia "Bring…the books…" ---2 Timothy 4.13 John Calvin, writing on this verse, extolled the benefits that come from reading old and trusted...
Take a Tour of Poet Gigi Ryan’s ‘Backyard’ The Society March 19, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . My Backyard . The Campfire Elisha loves to build a fire; His dog is near, she loves to watch For birds that she will try to catch. They each...
‘Dandelions’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson The Society May 21, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments . Dandelions “...all the days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow....” ---Ecclesiastes 6: 12 . ____As I stepped out one...
‘Beware the Lion’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society November 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Beware the Lion "Your adversary the devil prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" ---1 Peter 5:8 Beware the lion! Stealthily...
‘Brain to Heart’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society October 8, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments . Brain to Heart God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart. —Ecclesiastes 3.11 To dig deep holes...
Society of Classical Poets Journal X Published The Society May 24, 2022 From the Society, Poetry 9 Comments . The Society of Classical Poets Journal X has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the SCP...
A Poem on Doping in the Olympics, by James A. Tweedie The Society February 10, 2022 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . At What Cost? In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, And a wicked man living...
The Best Poems of 2021 The Society February 1, 2022 Best Poems, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 16 Comments The Best Poems of 2021: Winners of the 10th Annual International SCP Poetry Competition JudgesJoseph S. SalemiJames SaleEvan Mantyk Past First Place...
Rescuing Contemporary Poetry from Vers Libre: An Essay by Leland James The Society January 21, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 36 Comments . Rescuing Contemporary Poetry from Vers Libre The conservative & informal vs. the free Before addressing my thesis, let me explain my choice of...
Video of the SCP Late Summer 2021 Poetry Reading The Society September 26, 2021 From the Society, Poetry, Readings Held on September 19, 2021, hosted by James Sale. See full poetry details below the video: https://youtu.be/57lYz8tJtjM?t=3 Featured Poets “On...
The SCP Late Summer 2021 Poetry Reading, Online The Society August 19, 2021 From the Society, Poetry, Readings 8 Comments . 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...
‘The View from the Hill’ by Martin Rizley The Society March 8, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . "He has made everything beautiful in its time. . ." (Ecclesiastes 3:11) The sun shines so brightly on this verdant hill Where I sit in silence so...
