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Search Results for: "Joe Tessitore"

‘A Wretch Like Me’: a Christmas poem by Joe Tessitore, set to music by Jack DesBois

The Society
December 25, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Video
10 Comments
. https://youtu.be/fx3NidSVFKk . A Wretch Like Me by Joe Tessitore To miss the mark, to lose my way,To choose the dark, on Christmas Day.No star I...

‘Turn, Turn, Turn’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
December 8, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. Turn, Turn, Turn I, whose heart is closed and locked, Who turned away when your Son knocked And who, through sin, did turn my soul Into a twisted...

A Poem on Fauci and ‘Dead Puppies,’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 29, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Dead Puppies On a break from the propaganda mill I found puppies I thought I could kill, So I shot them with zombie-rich juice--- I am Fauci, I...

‘Autumn’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 18, 2021
Beauty, Poetry
17 Comments
. Autumn You’ll notice, ‘round this time of year, That to the flowers they hold dear, The bees will cling the whole night through--- And if you...

‘What Did Paul Revere?’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 10, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. What Did Paul Revere? Listen, my children, and shed a tear, Because everything that he held dear Did vanish in the blink of an eye And banished,...

‘How Long Will It Last?’: A Haiku and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 3, 2021
Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
8 Comments
. Haiku How long will it last? Butterflies are in decline. Monarch flutters past. . . Nevermore (and Somewhat Less) Beside a little country...

‘Prayer of the Guilty Poet’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
September 4, 2021
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. Prayer of the Guilty Poet Before I put these words to ink, Be still, my pen, and let me think. Are they the balm to expiate, Or bomb indeed, to...

‘The Worst of Rhymes’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
August 13, 2021
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. The Worst of Rhymes No matter where we choose to sit, A fool, alone, would not admit, We’re living in a world of shit And I have more than done...

A Short Poem for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, by Joe Tessitore

The Society
August 5, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
21 Comments
. I’m Andrew Cuomo---I get a pass. If you don’t like it, kiss my ass! I’m Andrew Cuomo---I don’t resign. I’m governor---this state is...
poem/winick/aging

‘O Say Can It Be?’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
July 14, 2021
Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
7 Comments
. O Say Can It Be? "How long you been suckin’ up oxygen, friend? For seventy years? Well now that’s gonna end! And moochin’ off Social Security...

‘The Hanging Tree’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
June 24, 2021
Beauty, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Hanging Tree The story of these bones is clear--- More than one deer was butchered here, Hung from this limb then skinned and bled By him the...

‘Resist!’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
June 1, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. The enemy has canceled me And yet, as far as I can see, I still exist, I am still here And so resist and have no fear. Theirs is a vile, historic...

A Limerick on Life and Other Poetry, by Joe Tessitore

The Society
May 26, 2021
Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Limerick, Poetry
19 Comments
. Limerick I have lived my whole life about me And at last I can finally see That my choice only smothers, Life is all about others And the truth...

‘There Once Was a Very Big Lie’: A Limerick by Joe Tessitore

The Society
May 5, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Limerick, Poetry
43 Comments
. There once was a very big lie, That our country refused to deny. While we did what they told us, To the Commies they sold us And we kissed all our...

On Wearing Masks: ‘For Shame’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
April 29, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. written while walking out my front door You weren’t born with that thing on your face, So look in your mirror and see the disgrace Of a coward...

Short Pandemic Poems by Joe Tessitore

The Society
April 10, 2021
Covid-19, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry
27 Comments
. The Plague They muzzle their breath, Sealed in rooms as if in tombs, Scared to death of death. . . A Tale from the City They’ve worn my...

‘For the Birds’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
April 1, 2021
Beauty, Poetry
20 Comments
. For the Birds The cardinal in his bold, red cloak; His wife so subtle, so bespoke. In complimentary blues and grays, The raucous jays---they have...

‘The Ballerina Praying’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
March 29, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. The candlelight was dim and spare And Claire was there, lost in prayer And slightly swaying to and fro (She dances for Him, this I know) And I do...

‘The Final Solution, Take Two’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
March 10, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
27 Comments
. I heard the harvested remains Of infants coursing through my veins Will save me from the Wuhan Flu--- I’m gonna get some, how ‘bout...

On Gov. Cuomo: ‘Governor Mussolini’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 28, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry
32 Comments
. Governor Mussolini Fifteen thousand souls,Killed by the stroke of his pen,For whom no bell tolls. . . Covid Chronicles I saw a naked face...
poem/jesus/does god exist

‘A Lenten Prayer’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 24, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. Of all Creation, who am I Who sins against Thee, Lord Most High? Of all that crawl, of those who creep, No one has ever sunk so deep. Of those...

A Poem on the Death of Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021), by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 18, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. Rush He was larger than life And it cut like a knife When his wife let us know That he died. From this kind of grief There can be no relief. Such...

‘Ashless Wednesday’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 17, 2021
Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Great Reset has rocked the world--- What untold evil has unfurled! Unshakable foundations crumble. Through the rubble, nations stumble. Who...

‘Chairman Xho’ (Pronounced ‘Joe’) by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 6, 2021
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. They’ll be coming for you soon, Chairman Xho. It’s an old, familiar tune that we all know. You’ve been howlin’ at the moon And they’ll...

‘Christmas Present’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
December 29, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
39 Comments
. Long the shadow that it casts, Christmas present, o’er our pasts. In its darkness made to bask, Mumbling carols through a mask. Oh, the...
poem/dickens/ghost

‘A Wretch Like Me’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
December 25, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
 . To miss the mark, to lose my way,to choose the dark, on Christmas Day. No star I see, no Virgin Birth.No joy for me, no peace on earth. But for a...

‘A Verse for the Morning After’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
November 4, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
  A Verse for the Morning After As thieves and pirates count our votes And set us at each other’s throats And fiddle while our cities...

‘Breathe Free or Die’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 18, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
57 Comments
  There are smiles that we will never see. There are kisses that will never be. There are songs that we will never hear For this thing...

A Poem on the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020), by Joe Tessitore

The Society
September 22, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
Supreme Farewell As every king and peasant must, A justice stands before the Just. We bid farewell to Sister Ruth, Who trembles now before the...

‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 2020’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
September 4, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
27 Comments
  I am a cardboard cutout. I sit here in the stands. I do not think. I do not blink. I do not clap my hands. You are a cardboard...

‘A Ditty’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
August 14, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
18 Comments
  A Ditty What happened to the human race? It vanished, friend, without a trace. And what, pray tell, of humankind? You may well seek, but...

Poetry on the Death of America, by Joe Tessitore

The Society
July 23, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
17 Comments
  No Epitaph The lies lie heavy on his chest, Striped red, striped white, now tattered vest And soon to draw his final breath--- Who’ll...

‘At the Cemetery’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
May 25, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
  At the Cemetery “Drowned together while playing with a sled on the ice of the Saw Mill Pond at Kensico. Dec. 5, 1871.”...

‘Threadbare—a Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
March 6, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
7 Comments
  My Coat---a Haiku God pays no heed to disguises He can see through--- I've worn myself out.   The Old Poet's Tree I'm bent with...

A Bernie Sanders Poem: ‘B.S., 2020’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
March 4, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
  Who is this finger-waving man--- this millionaire, this communist? Let’s think about him while we can, this grandpa with the Marxist...

‘Surveillance, Twenty Twenty’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
January 6, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
Surveillance, Twenty Twenty I never thought I'd live to see my TV looking back at me!     One Nation, Divisible How long have I...

‘Sara’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
December 18, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
Sara's Prayer* Take me beyond all thought and word, where only beauty can be heard. Then silently, before Your throne, I'll dance, Dear Lord, for...

‘Irrelevant’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 2, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
  Irrelevant If the room is the tomb then the elephant is irrelevant.   Haiku From my heart was shown how very much I loved...
poem/tessitore/senryu

Haiku and Limericks by Joe Tessitore

The Society
August 22, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
4 Comments
Haiku   When a newborn cries, locked in a room by itself, does it make a sound?   Fog enshrouds the night. Woven in the heavy...

‘A Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
July 29, 2019
Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
A Haiku My mirror shatters and what most clearly matters remains to be seen.   You and Me Some sins do not offend Our Lord - in fact...
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  1. Frank Rable on ‘Every Square Inch’: A Poem by Frank RableJuly 6, 2025

    My my! You're not holding back, are you. Tell me what you really think. Yikes! (Since you are using "yech")…

  2. Judith McNeil on The Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku CompetitionJuly 6, 2025

    Pohutukawa Water like paint in relief Framed in a Landscape

  3. Diane Smither on The Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku CompetitionJuly 6, 2025

    On my window-sill a cycladic figurine. reveals existential knowledge with threads of connection. 5,000 years ago as i wash my…

  4. C.B. Anderson on ‘Every Square Inch’: A Poem by Frank RableJuly 6, 2025

    I don't despise the sentiments, but overall, as a coherent poem: yech! Did you ever give any thought to metricality?…

  5. John Savoie on The Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku CompetitionJuly 6, 2025

    nicely done, Carl well lineated, natural, uncluttered, spare

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