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Lyrics of Oliver Goldsmith, Translated into Latin by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
July 7, 2025
Poetry, Translation
6 Comments
. When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly… by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What...

‘An Update for Dylan Thomas’s Aunt’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
June 9, 2025
Culture, Poetry
30 Comments
. An Update for Dylan Thomas’s Aunt "Fie on you, aunt! I’ll show you how To elevate your middle brow, And how to scale and see the sights From...

‘Kissing Cousin’ and Other Poems by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
May 24, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
33 Comments
. Kissing Cousin I see her every two years, usuallyWhen someone dies or marries. And we kissAs if we were old lovers, passionately,Just as a silly...

Two Lyrics of Philodemus of Gadara, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
April 21, 2025
Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry, Translation
10 Comments
. Two Lyrics by Philodemus of Gadara translated from Greek by Joseph S. Salemi . V.124 Summertime has not yet cast off her buds Nor has the grape...

‘Porphyro and Madeline: The Epilogue By Byron’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
April 8, 2025
Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. Porphyro and Madeline: The Epilogue By Byron "Let us away, my love, with happy speed; There are no ears to hear, or eyes to see..." —John Keats,...

‘A Token of Espousal’: A Poem on Saint Catherine de’ Ricci, by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
March 6, 2025
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. A Token of Espousal Sister Elisabetta Dardinelli Speaks Concerning the Token of Espousalof Saint Catherine de’ Ricci (1522-1590) Dixit mihi...

‘Zelensky Gets a Hard Lesson’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
March 1, 2025
Culture, Poetry
67 Comments
. Zelensky Gets a Hard Lesson Zelensky comes strutting, in hope of a payout— Trump and young J.D. are trusting that he’ll Accept their...

‘The Potentate and the Pontiff’: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 13, 2025
Essays, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Potentate and the Pontiff by Joseph S. Salemi I have often argued that the formalist techniques of traditional poetry are ideologically...

Two Poems of Judgment by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 4, 2025
Poetry, Satire
12 Comments
. The Judge Addresses the Defendant "Living in America is like serving in the army; ninety percent of conduct is prescribed by law and the remaining...

Two Idylls of Bion of Smyrna, Translated from Greek by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
January 9, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Translation
20 Comments
. Two Idylls by Bion of Smyrnatranslated by Joseph S. Salemi . Idyll V Great Cypris stood before me in a dreamy hazeHolding by her fair hand the hand...

Meditation on Herbert’s ‘Church Monuments’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
December 5, 2024
Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. Meditation on Herbert’s “Church Monuments” "…Mark, here below, How tame these ashes are, how free from lust, That thou mayst fit thyself...

The Trochaic Poems of Dorothy Parker: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
November 20, 2024
Essays, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Trochaic Poems of Dorothy Parker by Joseph S. Salemi A few poets become famous, while most go down into oblivion. But a small scattering of...

‘Homage to Morton of Merrymount’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
October 23, 2024
Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. Homage to Morton of Merrymount To you I pay this homage and devotion: Thomas Morton, Host of Merrymount— You, whose learnèd writing put in...

‘Aphrodisiac’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
September 27, 2024
Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
26 Comments
. Aphrodisiac I. It was past midnight when we met and spoke One rainswept winter Friday. The wet street Stood empty save for us (that clinched the...

‘Catullus XI’: A Translation by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
September 13, 2024
Love Poems, Poetry, Sapphic Verse, Translation
14 Comments
. Catullus XI Furius and Aurelius, my two friends, Whether I go to farthest India, The shore by ever-pounding Eastern seas Beaten by tide-waves, To...

‘New Directions, or Deviations?’: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
August 25, 2024
Essays, Poetry
25 Comments
. New Directions, or Deviations? by Joseph S. Salemi Many years ago I read an account of a discussion between Ezra Pound and an interviewer...

‘The Psychopath Addresses the Ladies…’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
July 30, 2024
Culture, Poetry
43 Comments
. The Psychopath Addresses the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mental Ward "When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." ...

‘The “La Vache Qui Rit” Candidate’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
July 26, 2024
Poetry, Satire
26 Comments
. The “La Vache Qui Rit” Candidate Here she comes smiling a big toothy grin at us Laughing and cackling her candidate talk— Does she make...

‘Some Words to Catholics about Bergoglio’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
June 19, 2024
Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. Some Words to Catholics about Bergoglio God only knows what’s left to say— Most Catholics drift from day to day, Like refugees in war or...

Two Strange Poems by Joseph S. Salemi (with a Note)

The Society
June 9, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Universal Horoscope and Zodiac Twelve figures in the blazoned zodiac Set by the gods in their unchanging track Spin in a regulated, yearly...

Two Poems Inspired by Shakespeare Quotations, by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
May 20, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Shakespeare
25 Comments
. Miss Crespo’s Halloween Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted...

‘A Curse Against a Thief’ from the Carmina Burana, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
May 6, 2024
Humor, Poetry, Translation
27 Comments
. A Curse Against a Thief from the Carmina Burana Let the thief who stole my cap be by death collected: Let it happen suddenly, and be...

‘The Snares of Simplicity’: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
April 10, 2024
Essays, Poetry
37 Comments
. The Snares of Simplicity by Joseph S. Salemi Liberals, Communists, and capitalists all share one dangerous and demonically-prompted trait. They...

‘The Lilacs on Good Friday’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
March 29, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. The Lilacs on Good Friday Tumult of noontide long ago dismissed— The rent veil unremembered, and the sun Relit, though shrouded in a new...

‘For Dorothy’ and Other Poems by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
March 14, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
28 Comments
. For Dorothy I have at times sat silent in this chair And furtively cast looks about the room Admiring, or to jot a mental note Of someone’s...

‘Anthony Comstock: An Extended Dactylic’ by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 25, 2024
Culture, Poetry
38 Comments
. Anthony Comstock: An Extended Dactylic Higgledy, piggledy, Anthony Comstock, the Toughest enforcer of morals to date, Couldn’t stand looking at...

‘The Austrian Non Placet Comes in Time’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 10, 2024
Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. The Austrian Non Placet Comes in Time (Recess at the papal conclave in Rome, August 1903. One cardinal speaks to a small group of his allies) Two...

‘Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness’: An Alliterative Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 2, 2024
Alliterative, Beauty, Education, Poetry
22 Comments
. Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness …the wildrenesse of Wyrale; wonde ther bot lyte That auther God other gome with gode hert louied. (…the...

‘Saint Sebastianus’ and Other Poems by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
January 13, 2024
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. Saint Sebastianus Sebastianus, soldier, pinioned, bleeding, Stands at his lonely and forgotten post Unperceived—no, even unsuspected— By the...

‘A Valedictorian’s Address at Harvard, about Claudine Gay’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
January 5, 2024
Poetry, Satire
39 Comments
. A Valedictorian’s Address at Harvard, about Claudine Gay written at the request of Brian Yapko, and in deepest appreciation of Chris Rufo, who...

Mythological Limericks on Defloration by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
December 29, 2023
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
31 Comments
. Mythological Limericks on Defloration . Venus and Adonis Adonis was cute as a berry And Venus was sexy and merry— __The boy said “No...

On Poet Michael R. Burch’s Anti-Semitism and Attacks on Poets: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
December 14, 2023
Culture, Essays, Poetry, Satire
33 Comments
. Here We Go Again… by Joseph S. Salemi Oh dear… it looks like the hillbilly software salesman is having another moral fit. Michael R. Burch of...

Art and Belief: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
December 3, 2023
Essays, Poetry
35 Comments
. Art and Belief by Joseph S. Salemi When I consider the question of art and belief, I recall the words of the world-famous Indian dancer, Sujata...
poem/wise/culture

A Poem for the 60th Anniversary of JFK’s Assassination, by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
November 22, 2023
Poetry, Satire
18 Comments
. Interrogation at the Grassy Knoll: November 22, 1963 Who are you guys? We’re from the CIA. And you? I’m Lucien Sarti from Marseilles. What...

On Michael R. Burch, Poet and Editor of The HyperTexts: A Poem and Note by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
October 23, 2023
Culture, Essays, Poetry, Satire
35 Comments
. Mike Burch Still Around? Good Lord, No… with apologies to J.C. Squire’s Ballade de l’Évolution Créatrice Strange beasts have gone to their...

Three Epiphanic Poems (and a Short Note) by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
October 14, 2023
Beauty, Education, Essays, Poetry
23 Comments
. Epiphany It stays in your memory like a pealing bell, A smallish thing, an unimportant fact— The mute suggestion of a random act. What do I speak...

‘Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans’ by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
October 12, 2023
Poetry, Satire
38 Comments
. Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans Columbus bumped into this wondrous land— Out of his ships came a little band To offer...
poem/salemi/limerick

‘Limericks on Good English Prose’ by Joseph S. Salemi (with Note on Fictive Mimesis)

The Society
September 17, 2023
Education, Essays, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
23 Comments
. Cantankerous Limericks on Good English Prose I love a complexly wrought sentence With phrases and colons that went thence __To make concise...

‘On Professionally Hesitant Poets’ and Other Poetry Exercises by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
September 3, 2023
Beauty, Education, Poetry, Satire
17 Comments
. On Professionally Hesitant Poets O, for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! —Shakespeare, Henry V Old Vergil...
poetry/salemi/essays

The Cultured Hedonist: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
August 13, 2023
Essays, Poetry
31 Comments
. The Cultured Hedonist Art responds to our need of pursuing an activity without end, for the pleasure of the pursuit, whereas morality compels us...
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  1. Sonia Grant on The Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku CompetitionJuly 8, 2025

    Pregnant ewes grazing Grass shivers, southerly breeze Spring biding her time Stones grind underfoot Driftwood litters onyx sand Muddy sea…

  2. Jill Garrett on The Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku CompetitionJuly 8, 2025

    Veridian splendor In the wilds, turquoise the sea Face up to the sun Drizzle, pour and pelt Winter rain -…

  3. Yael on Prologue in Heaven from ‘Faust’ by Goethe, Translated by Josh OlsonJuly 8, 2025

    That's a very impressive translation! I love reading Goethe and I never thought it would be possible to translate him…

  4. Joseph S. Salemi on Lyrics of Oliver Goldsmith, Translated into Latin by Joseph S. SalemiJuly 8, 2025

    Thank you for your comments. I've translated several foreign language poems into English for this website, but this is the…

  5. Cheryl A Corey on Lyrics of Oliver Goldsmith, Translated into Latin by Joseph S. SalemiJuly 8, 2025

    To translate any foreign language poem into English makes for an interesting challenge. As far as I know, yours is…

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