‘Never Time to Spare’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society July 5, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 7 Comments . Never Time to Spare ---a villanelle My daughter, I am watching you with love for I’ve been there, When dishes overflow the sink and books are...
‘I Would Say Yes’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society June 20, 2025 Humor, Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry, Villanelle 15 Comments . I Would Say Yes ---a villanelle for Larry on our 36th Anniversary We were young and rather stupid then, But still I see that we were meant to be. I...
Cat Poems by Gigi Ryan The Society May 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . Sally November rains brought to our basement door From the woods some pleading, needy eyes Staring from a fur mass, soaking wet. Our catless home...
‘Zips and Zooms’: A Hummingbird Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society April 29, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Zips and Zooms The hummingbird both zips and zooms To search for nectar in the blooms Of flowers that unfold in spring. The hummingbird has peewee...
‘Stone’s Point of View’: An Easter Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society April 20, 2025 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Stone’s Point of View They brought Him to the tomb and rolled me into The right position to seal in the dead, And there was nothing I could do to...
‘Dirty Dishes’ and other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society April 8, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Dirty Dishes The dust is often out of handAnd should I write my name uponThe coffee table and night standIt will be seen when morning dawns. But...
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...
‘The Vice’ and Other Poems by Gigi Ryan The Society February 27, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 12 Comments . The Vice Worse than the addiction of a smoker, And harder to get over than cocaine, More drawing than to gamblers their poker Is a vice that never...
‘Moments Matter’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society February 12, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . Moments Matter When my daughter was just three __I took her to the zoo. She laughed and smiled and had a blast __And I myself did, too. My friends...
‘Oh, the Days’: A Poem on Motherhood, by Gigi Ryan The Society January 1, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Oh, the Days Oh, the days of poop and vomit! My best dress had drool upon it While I walked my teething child Up and down the hall for miles. Oh,...
‘Love Broke Through Time’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society December 24, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Love Broke Through Time On the first Christmas night Love broke through time With pain to Mary and her child whose bed Was straw with ox and ass in...
A Christmastime Poem by Gigi Ryan, Sung to the Tune of ‘Sterling’ The Society December 23, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 16 Comments . The Story the Stars are Retelling ---to the tune of 'Sterling' When burdens are heavy and Christmas is near And faraway star luster barely...
‘The Java Joe Machine’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society October 25, 2024 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . The Java Joe Machine My jiffy Java Joe machineAllows me to make only oneCup of coffee when I please,Convenient when I’m on the run. But in the...
‘Storm Dog’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society September 22, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Storm Dog Thunder, bounding through the holler, shouts. The lights are flickering but are not out. My dog is terrified out in the rain, (My cats...
‘Holding Dad’s Hands’: Poems by Gigi Ryan The Society August 16, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 28 Comments . Holding Dad's Hands . Friday May 3, 2019 I’m driving fast (at least it’s fast to me,) The nurse’s call gives reason for my haste. She says...
A Poem on Jewelweed, by Gigi Ryan The Society August 2, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . In the Shade There Meekly Grows a Plant urushiol (yoo-roo-shee-awl) is the name of the compound in poison ivy that causes allergic reactions. In...
‘I Need My Coffee’: A Villanelle by Gigi Ryan The Society July 6, 2024 Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 24 Comments . I Need My Coffee I need my coffee; don’t get in the way Of that which wakes me up and makes me tick. Addicted? Yes. I’ll quit another...
‘Four Letter Words’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society June 22, 2024 Humor, Poetry 27 Comments . Four Letter Words My dad was smart, my dad was wise; He crossed his t’s and dotted i’s. His grammar skills were without taint. And he did not...
‘Poetry Is Warfare’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society June 6, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Poetry Is Warfare A poem is the writer’s battle pleaAgainst asceticism’s barren call.Truth and beauty (air that poets...
‘The Cleft’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society May 22, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . The Cleft There’s danger for the harmless dove; she swoops Into the cleft of the great mountainside. Her heartbeat calms as she keeps still and...
‘The Sound of Dirt’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society April 18, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . The Sound of Dirt in memory of my granddaughter, Valerie (March 30, 2020 - April 20, 2020) Above uneven chairs a canopy Protects the mourners...
‘Peter’s Story’: and Other Poems for Easter by Gigi Ryan The Society March 30, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 12 Comments . Peter’s Story a villanelle I’m standing by the Sea of Galilee And Jesus calls for me to come along With James and John, the sons of...
‘Vintage Love’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society February 14, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 16 Comments . Vintage Love Love is as a grape when it begins, Unblemished by the bruises and the sins That will come in time. For now it is Refreshing sweetness...
‘Summer of ’73’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society January 20, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Summer of ‘73 It’s sunset and the sidewalk still feels hot. My legs and feet are bare, they do not mind Mosquitos nearly eating me alive. The...
‘Christmas by Force’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society December 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Christmas by Force The jostling beast increases the distress Of Mary whose first labor has progressed. Joseph of the donkey’s reins keeps...
‘Sonnet for Mom’ by Gigi Ryan The Society December 5, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 24 Comments . Sonnet for Mom (October 21, 1933 - March 28, 2014) I could not see how much she cared for me; Her faults were amplified in my young mind. But now...
SCP Journal XIII Published The Society April 30, 2025 From the Society, Poetry 5 Comments . The Society of Classical Poets Journal XIII has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the...
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 23 Best Haiku of 2023 The Society September 29, 2023 Best Poems, Essays, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests 53 Comments . The 23 Best Haiku of 2023 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2023 Haiku Competition Judged by J. Thomas Rimer and Margaret...
