Four Newsy Limericks by James A. Tweedie The Society January 15, 2025 Limerick, Poetry, Satire 4 Comments . Four Newsy Limericks . A pedophile, if you should see one, Must not be reported. The reason? __It could be your fate __That you’d be charged...
‘Unnoticed and Unknown’ and Other Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society January 12, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 12 Comments . Unnoticed and Unknown Unnoticed and unknown, she passes through The homeless strewn along the downtown street. Unnoticed and unknown by people...
‘Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming’: A Musical Arrangement by James A. Tweedie The Society December 26, 2024 Music, Poetry 5 Comments . Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Every year I either compose new music for Christmas or create a new arrangement of a familiar carol. This year I...
‘A Present Unclaimed’: A Christmas Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society December 25, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . A Present Unclaimed Under the tree is a present unclaimed Paper and ribbon and bows, good to go. Who is it for? “Who it’s from” isn’t...
‘Sharpton’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society December 14, 2024 Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . Sharpton He talks his walk and walks his talk and then He walks his talk and talks his walk again. The walk he talks goes nowhere I can see. The...
When Poems Are Lyrics and Vice Versa: Reflections by James A. Tweedie The Society December 1, 2024 Essays, Poetry, Song Lyrics 19 Comments . When Poems Are Lyrics and Vice Versa by James A. Tweedie Lyrics are poems written to join with music to form a unity in the hope that the two...
‘Sailing to Illusium’ and Other Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society November 17, 2024 Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . Sailing to Illusium Unheralded, the ancient oracle Appears and disappears, pronounce announcing Creaturely mortality while singing Dirges under...
Looking Back: ‘The Death of the Old Met’ and Other Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society November 3, 2024 Poetry 19 Comments . The Death of the Old Met 1883-1967 Unsinging silence fills the empty spaceWhere once the divas aria-ed and trilledPuccini’s La Bohème before...
‘Skellig Michael’: A Blank Verse Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society October 20, 2024 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 14 Comments . Skellig Michael a remote island off the Irish coast A whispered, whistled wind resounds the echo Of the circling gannets’ raucous cry. While far...
‘Remnants of the Spring’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society October 5, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Remnants of the Spring Lupine, Paintbrush, remnants of the spring Color summer’s browning meadows, splashing Renoir dots and drabbles along...
A Translation of the German National Anthem, by James A. Tweedie The Society October 3, 2024 Music, Poetry, Translation 9 Comments . A Translation of the German National Anthem and a Musical Setting for the Tune “Austria” Some months ago, I jotted down a tune that carried a...
‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society September 21, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Take Me Out to the Ball Game The game of baseball’s changed since I was younger, Back when the Giants played at Candlestick. A hot dog in my hand...
‘Of Windows and Lawns’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society September 17, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Of Windows and Lawns "I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn." —Kamala Harris There was a theory that a single...
‘Empty Words’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society September 7, 2024 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Empty Words There was a time not long agoWhen insults led to deadly duels.Today, on streaming videoI saw men call each other fools. And women did...
‘Regime Change’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society August 9, 2024 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Regime Change Banana republics are known for how they Take power from rulers and give it away To those who the country’s Deep State might...
‘Summertime’: A Poem and Photo by James A. Tweedie The Society July 26, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . Summertime The summer solstice, when it finally comes, Begins the ebbing of the sunlit hours, Which daily add up to decreasing sums As passing days...
‘My Vacation Trip in Verse’ by James A. Tweedie The Society July 19, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . My Vacation Trip in Verse by James A. Tweedie One of the comments in response to the recent “On the Meeting of Poets” post read: “A diary in...
On the Meeting of Poets James A. Tweedie, Jeff Eardley, Peter Hartley, and Margaret Coats in the UK: Poems and Other Writings The Society June 8, 2024 Culture, Essays, Poetry 19 Comments . In Spring 2024, UK poets Jeff Eardley and Peter Hartley crossed paths with American poets James A. Tweedie and Margaret coats in...
Three Love-Crossed Sonnets by James A. Tweedie The Society May 22, 2024 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 21 Comments . Unopened Letters Unopened letters strewn across the floor Addressed to me with your name on the back. Left where they fell inside my slotted...
‘Overkill’ and Other Light Verse by James A. Tweedie The Society May 3, 2024 Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Overkill K.I.S.S. ("Keep it simple, stupid.") My heart enflamed with rapture, burned With passionate desire; yearned For her and only her,...
Carpe Diem: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society April 19, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Carpe Diem Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. (“Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow.”) Horace, Odes I:11 We live our...
‘Poetry in the Image of God’ by James A. Tweedie The Society April 5, 2024 Beauty, Education, Poetry 12 Comments . Poetry in the Image of God Conjure and weave a calligraphic spell Within the wells of mystic words and themes, And bring to life a voice with tales...
‘Thoughts Upon Hearing of the Taiwan Earthquake’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society April 3, 2024 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Thoughts Upon Hearing of the Taiwan Earthquake Big earthquake in Taiwan. My first concern: “Will China take advantage and attack?” Why did that...
‘Who Believes in Easter Anymore?’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society March 30, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Who Believes in Easter Anymore? "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the...
A Poem on Climate Change: ‘Change’ by James A. Tweedie The Society March 21, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, The Environment 11 Comments . Change Scrub the rock with glacial ice until the granite’s smooth and bare. Let the river cut through earth until it leaves a canyon there. Let...
‘Home Invasions’: Three Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society March 7, 2024 Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . Hatching A gelid mass of wings that seethed and surged— A squeamish sight that caught me by surprise— A swarming hatch of termites had...
Three Poems Exploring the Experience of Grief and Loss, by James A. Tweedie The Society February 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Lachrimosa As winter pushes fall aside And birds complete their southward flight I sit and watch the water glide Beneath the old stone bridge at...
‘Contagious Joy’ and Other Valentine’s Day Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society February 14, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle 24 Comments . Contagious Joy a villanelle You always find a way to make me smile. Like sunlight tracing rainbows in the rain, Contagious joy is never out of...
‘A Temporary Exhibit’ and Other Water Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society February 4, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . A Temporary Exhibit A million drops of water will be sprayed Across my yard today. And each of them Will capture the refraction of each blade Of...
‘Shakespeare Re-placed: Re-Verse Engineering’: Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society January 12, 2024 Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 14 Comments . Shakespeare Re-placed Re-Verse Engineering In the picture above, SCP poet James A. Tweedie has taken the image of Venus from Botticelli’s...
New Lyrics and a New Musical Arrangement for a Familiar French Carol, by James A. Tweedie The Society December 24, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 6 Comments . Author/Composer’s Note: The noël, Il est Né le Divin Enfant (“He is Born, the Divine Christ Child”) is one of the most beloved and...
On Maine Storm Delaying Electric Vehicle Mandate: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society December 21, 2023 Culture, Poetry, The Environment 25 Comments . Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin in reference to the recent storm in Maine In Maine the Governor had to delay A hearing where the government had...
Translation and Musical Arrangement of Old French Carol, by James A. Tweedie The Society December 20, 2023 Culture, Music, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments . Whence Come You, Shepherdess? . Translator's Note: “D’où Viens-tu, Bergère” was one of a number of old songs and carols from the French...
Two Poems on Creative Writing by James A. Tweedie The Society December 7, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . There Is a Way? Is there a way for beauty to be painted with a word? Is there a way to write in ways so music can be heard? Is there a way to make...
‘World View’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society November 21, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . World View Beyond the line where sea and sky collideLie distant lands beyond myopic sightWhere men and women live and love besideThe self-same...
‘Perpetual Emotion’: A Poem on Israel and the Jews, by James A. Tweedie The Society November 20, 2023 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Perpetual Emotion “And everybody hates the Jews.” ---Tom Lehrer, National Brotherhood Week Not many people like the Jews; __By many they are...
Real War Stories, Retold in Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society November 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . War Paths in honor of veterans I have known through the retelling of their stories. . “Any Man’s Death Diminishes Me” Preface “Be killed...
On Paintings by Hunt and Millais: Two Ekphrastic Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society November 3, 2023 Art, Ekphrastic, Poetry, Shakespeare 17 Comments . Two Ekphrastic Poems . The Light of the World, Holman Hunt As predawn darkness shrouds the land, With warm-lit lantern in his hand The risen...
A Psalm of Lament for Israel, by James A. Tweedie The Society October 10, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . A Psalm of Lament So says the Lord: A voice is heard on high, lamentation, bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, she refuses to be...
A Poem on Biden Backing the Border Wall, by James A. Tweedie The Society October 8, 2023 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . It’s All for Show The Big Guy’s going to build a wall. He’s going to build it strong and tall "Because," he says, "we cannot leave Our border...
