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‘An Australian Kangaroo Visits the Second Impeachment Trial of President Trump’ by Jan Darling

The Society
March 23, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. A kangaroo visiting from Australia beholds the kangaroo court attempting to impeach President Trump for the second time and, taking the current...
poem/bryant/pronouns/transgenderism

‘Obit: English Pronouns’ by Jan Darling

The Society
February 19, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
31 Comments
. Dear friends we gather here to say goodbye To words once used to speak both truth and lie. The HE and SHE and HIS and HERS and MINE By ZIE...

‘Grapes’ and More Phobia Limerick Riddles by Jan Darling

The Society
January 15, 2020
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Riddles
9 Comments
Grapes Peel me a grape But remove the seed I love the flesh But have no need Of hard encounters In the skin Juicy, fat, dry or thin. On...

Phobia Limerick Riddles, by Jan Darling

The Society
December 14, 2019
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Riddles
45 Comments
  Each poem below describes a phobia. Guess what the person is scared of in each. For extra credit try to name the phobia’s official name....

A Fairy Tale in Poetry: ‘The Singing Bone,’ by Jan Darling

The Society
August 20, 2019
Children's, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
  This is a tale of sibling rivalry from the 1812 Brothers Grimm collection of Children’s and Household Tales. Similar stories exist in...

‘A Love Sonnet’ by Jan Darling

The Society
January 18, 2019
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
after the style of Petrarch The aching of your leave clings sadly, still And pangs of emptiness I lone endure But slowly I ascend towards love...

‘Sonnet for a Cosmetic Company’ and Other Poetry by Jan Darling

The Society
September 19, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
21 Comments
Sonnet for a Cosmetic Company Ah Youth! To whom each maiden plights her troth To coax and woo each winsome charm to stay ‘Tis difficult to match...

‘Island City: Auckland’ and Other Poetry by Jan Darling

The Society
August 18, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
  Island City: Auckland I’ve grown to love this place of sea and noise Where buildings have assumed a regal poise As high they stab on...

‘Rebirth’ by Jan Darling

The Society
July 18, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
26 Comments
My Soul awoke and yawned and stretched and pushed And seemed desired to break its earthly bounds Too anxious, I almost its Spirit crushed As birth...

Society of Classical Poets Journal X Published

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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...

Society of Classical Poets Journal IX Published

The Society
June 27, 2021
From the Society, Poetry
3 Comments
. The Society of Classical Poets Journal IX has been published. It features poetry selected from poetry published on the SCP website between February...

Poetry Readings from 2020 SCP Symposium – ‘A Celebration of Meter and Rhyme’ (Session II)

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July 28, 2020
Children's, From the Society, Poetry, Readings, Symposium, Video
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All of the below poems were read on May 31, 2020 at The Society of Classical Poets Symposium, which was held online due to the pandemic. Below are...

Poetry on Riots, Aunt Jemima, and Common Sense

The Society
June 26, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
22 Comments
  I’ll Have My Say… by Susan Jarvis Bryant Don’t spit your ire upon my name. Don’t tell me that my view’s insane--- to sink...

Online SCP Poetry Symposium 2020 – “A Celebration of Meter and Rhyme”

The Society
May 1, 2020
From the Society, Readings, Symposium
8 Comments
Due to the unprecedented circumstances regarding the CCP virus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Symposium has been moved online. The details of the event...

Humorous Poetry for the CCP Virus (COVID-19) Quarantine

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March 26, 2020
Clerihew, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
108 Comments
Note: The Society of Classical Poets refers to the COVID-19 coronavirus as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and...
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How to Write a Limerick

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February 8, 2017
Education, Limerick, Poetry, Poetry Forms
5 Comments
Related How to Write a Sonnet How to Write a Haiku How to Write a Rondeau How to Write a Villanelle How to Write a Poem Like the Raven by Dusty...

‘How Did You Woo Me? ’ and Other Valentine’s Day Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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February 14, 2025
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
23 Comments
. How Did You Woo Me? Let Me Count the Way You didn’t sweep in on a snowy steedClad in armor buffed until it glittered---A shining knight of bright...
poem/anderson/love/valentines day

The 10 Best Love Poems of 2022

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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 Italian Job’ by Jeff Eardley

The Society
October 29, 2022
Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Italian Job a true story “I’m from Pisa,” she cried with a giggle, As she leaned, towering over the man, With the beard, the bald head...

The Society of Classical Poets Releases Journal VIII

The Society
June 12, 2020
From the Society, Poetry
6 Comments
  The Society of Classical Poets website receives millions of views every year. Visitors read engaging, beautiful, topical verse that...

Five Sonnets from the Forthcoming Work Commentary, by Michael Curtis

The Society
January 3, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
3 Comments
Cumæan  Below, beyond the tiles now cave’d down, Up from the rubbled earth arose a sound Shrieking in a pitch strung to sting the ear, Some...

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...

Essay: On Edgar Allan Poe’s Search for Supernal Beauty and His Five Greatest Poems

The Society
February 12, 2018
Best Poems, Essays, Poetry, The Raven
6 Comments
. by David Bellemare Gosselin Today, seldom is Edgar Allan Poe's voice heard as it's drowned out by the popular notions of Poe as some sort of...
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