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‘Bayesian Hubris v. Mercy Seat 11A’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
July 1, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. Bayesian Hubris v. Mercy Seat 11A “Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who miraculously walked away from the Ahmedabad disaster, in which more than 240...

‘Apollo, Mnemosyne, and Poetry’: A Chapter from James Sale’s Gods, Heroes and Us

The Society
May 20, 2025
Essays, Poetry
25 Comments
. Apollo, Mnemosyne, and Poetry Chapter 9 from Gods, Heroes and Us (Bruges Group, May, 2025) by James Sale Our last chapter discussed the imperative...

Book Review: Doorway: The English Cantos, Volume III by James Sale

The Society
April 26, 2025
Dante, Epic, Poetry, Reviews
10 Comments
. Book Reviewed: Doorway: The English Cantos, Volume III, by James Sale, 2025 by Cynthia Erlandson It’s been several years since I’ve read...

From James Sale’s Epic Poem DoorWay: ‘Arriving in Aquarius’

The Society
March 16, 2025
Epic, Poetry
10 Comments
. Opening extract from Canto 9 DoorWay: Arriving in Aquarius The poet, wrenched from love’s bliss with Seraphina in Canto 8, is carried onward by...
poetry/mantyk/shakespeare

‘Imitating Shakespeare’s Sonnet 107’ by James Sale

The Society
December 15, 2024
Love Poems, Poetry, Shakespeare
18 Comments
. Imitating Shakespeare’s Sonnet 107 . Sonnet 107 __by William Shakespeare Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming...

HellWard Canto 1: ‘Hospital’: Extract from the Epic Poem by James Sale

The Society
November 6, 2024
Epic, Poetry
15 Comments
. HellWard Canto 1: Hospital ---lines 1-92 It had to be---that long descent began: About me images, one century That started, stuttered, showed how...

‘Three Things Alexander Knew’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
October 5, 2024
Culture, Poetry
26 Comments
. Three Things Alexander Knew “What can you tell me that deserves such excitement, except perhaps that Homer has come back to life?” ---Alexander...

‘The Father of All Lights’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
September 18, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Father of All Lights "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no...

DoorWay Canto 7: ‘Flight to The Eyrie’ from James Sale’s Epic Poem

The Society
August 24, 2024
Epic, Poetry
14 Comments
. DoorWay Canto 7: Flight to The Eyrie In Canto 7, the narrating Pilgrim Poet deviates from the Zodiac, leaving Sagittarius, to visit the...

‘Like Him’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
August 5, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
29 Comments
. Like Him "But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to...

“I Worship My Mistress, for I Have Seen Her Beauty”: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
July 11, 2024
Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
. “I Worship My Mistress, for I Have Seen Her Beauty” ---Egyptian Coffin Texts, spell 484---a poem for Linda It may be said that I am weak,That...

‘Upon Learning of Trump’s Conviction’ by UK Poet James Sale

The Society
May 31, 2024
Poetry, Satire
17 Comments
. Upon Learning of Trump's Conviction _America is big;__Does things in style:Like setting up a President__And rigging his trial. _America is...

‘Orpheus’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
May 10, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. Orpheus We want the heroes back so we can learn: Herakles smashed his way to hell and stormed By violence the ferryman and three-faced dog; Even...

‘Lone Musketeer’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
April 11, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. Lone Musketeer "To be a poet in a destitute time means: to attend, singing, to the trace of the fugitive gods. This is why the poet in the time of...

DoorWay Canto 5: ‘Waters of the Crab’ from James Sale’s Epic Poem

The Society
March 12, 2024
Epic, Poetry, Terza Rima
19 Comments
. DoorWay Canto 5: Waters of the Crab From Canto 4 in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull, the poet has been led by Michael, the Seraph, to the...

Two Sonnets by James Sale

The Society
February 2, 2024
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
33 Comments
. Had I held you in the fields of Hay beside The Wye and on an afternoon that cleared To brilliance, although the sun soon would Sink to an evening...

Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin, by James Sale

The Society
October 28, 2023
Beauty, Epic, Poetry
24 Comments
. Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin DoorWay is the Poet’s journey through Heaven. Having left the constellation of Libra in...
poem/binns/dante

‘Out of Purgatory’ and Other Poetry by James Sale

The Society
September 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. Out of Purgatory There I went blind. I could no longer speak, but as I died, I murmured Mary’s name, And there I fell and left my empty...
poem/sale/love poems

‘I Have Loved You All Along’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
August 17, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
12 Comments
. I Have Loved You All Along for Linda I have loved you all along; No matter what was error, Or what was done imperfectly Through weakness, worry,...
poem/sale/satire

‘Some Post-Animated Protestations of Goliath of Gath’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
August 3, 2023
Poetry, Satire
27 Comments
. Some Post-Animated Protestations of Goliath of Gath Firstly, I protest That this protestation Is useless nonetheless. Secondly, I object To...
poem/sale/culture

‘Good Friday, Revisiting Glamis’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
July 18, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Shakespeare
17 Comments
. Good Friday, Revisiting Glamis "Not in the legions Of horrid Hell can come a devil more damn'd In evils, to top Macbeth" ---Shakespeare The...
poetry/benson brown/readings

CPL: Reading of FoFG Poetry Competition Winner, Interview with James Sale, and More

The Society
May 30, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Human Rights in China, Interviews, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings, Video
13 Comments
. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 3: Embrace the Epic, Not the Opaque If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe...
poem/sale/epic

DoorWay Canto 2 Extract from James Sales’ Epic Poem

The Society
May 6, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
16 Comments
. DoorWay Canto 2, Extract The Poet has gone through the ‘DoorWay’ and entered heaven. Here in the second Canto and in the constellation of Libra...
poem/covid/James Sale/church closed

StairWell Canto 8: ‘Covid-Priest’ by James Sale

The Society
January 28, 2023
Covid-19, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
30 Comments
. Canto 8: Covid-Priest from The English Cantos Volume 2: StairWell StairWell is the Poet’s Purgatory, and as in HellWard where we met with...

StairWell Canto 10 Extract 2 by James Sale

The Society
September 19, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
44 Comments
. StairWell Canto 10 extract 2 Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell. Now in the 10th Canto of StairWell, we meet...

StairWell Canto 10 Extract by James Sale

The Society
September 5, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
55 Comments
. StairWell Canto 10 extract Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell. Now in the 10th Canto of StairWell, we meet...

‘To Winter’ and Other Poetry by James Sale

The Society
July 31, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
27 Comments
. . To Winter for John Keats Where are the songs of spring? Now moving west All of us are into winter finally: Threadbare, lackluster, shorn-sheer,...

An Extract from Canto 4 of James Sale’s StairWell

The Society
January 21, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
13 Comments
. The English Cantos: StairWell Canto 4 Leaving a broken relationship of the past behind in Canto 3, the poet enters a new world of education and...

A Brief Poem on Joe Biden and Afghanistan, by British Poet James Sale

The Society
August 20, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. The Commander-in-Chief How Biden sucks---I mean the man, Who being wholly characterless Will criticize Afghanistan "Cowards"---when he can’t face...

‘The English Cantos: Volume 2: StairWell. Canto 3 Ex-Wife’ by James Sale

The Society
August 6, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Argument: The Poet, with Dante and Virgil, has arrived on the third step of the StairWell, or Purgatory. Dante at the start of Canto 3 has been...

‘No Letters’ and Other Poetry by James Sale

The Society
June 16, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. No Letters "An odd thought strikes me: we shall receive no letters in the grave." ---Dr. Johnson, from Boswell’s Life Of all the things which I...

‘The English Cantos: Volume 2: StairWell. Canto 1 Ascent’ by James Sale

The Society
March 7, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
13 Comments
. The poet has now escaped Hell, and has arrived in Purgatory or what he calls the StairWell. But he seems to have been abandoned by Dante, and has a...

‘Verbum Dei’ by James Sale

The Society
January 25, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
51 Comments
. The Verbum Dei Retreat Centre on the Isle of Wight aims to be a place of encounter with God We took the ferry; darkness closed; Warm lights ahead;...

The Rebirth of Epic: A Review of James Sale’s HellWard

The Society
August 22, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Essays, Poetry, Reviews
31 Comments
by Andrew Benson Brown James Sale’s HellWard is the first volume of a planned trilogy entitled The English Cantos. If the quality of the current...

‘HellWard Canto 11: Poetasters,’ From James Sale’s English Cantos

The Society
May 8, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
The Argument: The Poet, having escaped the HellWard of European and corrupt politicians, emerges into the penultimate HellWard depth where he,...

‘Diomedes Speaks’ by James Sale

The Society
April 29, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
We meet Diomedes, the Greek hero of Troy, trapped in a flame with Odysseus in Canto 26 of Dante’s Inferno. Odysseus speaks but Diomedes remains...

‘Being Ducks’ by James Sale

The Society
March 12, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
32 Comments
  for Mark F. Stone and all his pets The duck has special properties: Like water off its back; If only we as humans could Perfect the...

‘Thank You Sonnet’ and Other Poetry by James Sale

The Society
January 23, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
Thank You Sonnet This thanking you in sonnet form might seem Somewhat unusual, but I think it best, Simply to show how simply lines are...

Extract from Canto 9 of James Sale’s English Cantos

The Society
December 8, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
  In Canto 8 the poet and Dante, accompanying him, encounter the next-door neighbour, Peter, who brutally murdered his wife for money. Escaping...

‘Keeping the Door’ and Other Poetry by James Sale

The Society
September 21, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
Keeping the Door Ant hordes scurried in purposeful files; Angry, alert, full to demonic marching: They came in batteries to batter: _____But I...
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    Dear James, How clever that ghosts of miners in the saloon are now "dry," and that the single pew is…

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