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‘Peter Pan’s Soliloquy’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
October 12, 2024
Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. Peter Pan’s Soliloquy In Never Land, each sunrise brings anew A day of play and laughter to pursue. I meet the mermaids, swim in their...

‘Public Benches’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
September 28, 2024
Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. Public Benches Lusty men and randy wenches Making out on public benches Used to be a common sight In afternoon or moonlit night, And single people...

‘Let’s Laugh at Leftists’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
September 14, 2024
Poetry, Satire
12 Comments
. Let’s Laugh at Leftists with a nod to Joseph S. Salemi Step right up and see the freaks, Who call sane values mere antiques! Hear them weep and...

‘Autumn Fades’ and Other Poetry on Death by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
August 30, 2024
Alliterative, Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle
20 Comments
. Autumn Fades The orange leaves decay to crinkling gray, And sunsets sink and fade the clouds to black. “You’ll see them all in Heaven,” so...

‘The Wise Farmer’: A Poem from the Zen Parable, by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
August 16, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Wise Farmer ---based on a Zen parable attributed to Alan Watts A farmer in China was left by his horse. He took up his plow and continued his...

‘Three Small Tabs’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
August 1, 2024
Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. Three Small Tabs Upon the men’s room wall at church, A flyer’s there for men who search For healing after an abortion Served to them, their...

‘Colors’ by Kukai, Translated by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
July 18, 2024
Alliterative, Beauty, Poetry, Translation
24 Comments
. Colors by Kukai (空海) (774-835) translated by Joshua C. Frank Colors, fragrant like the flowers, Fade to ash in final hours, Extinguished,...

‘Endless Dreaming’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
July 3, 2024
Ekphrastic, Poetry, Villanelle
20 Comments
. Endless Dreaming a villanelle I lunge ahead in bed and start to scream. The nightmare’s end is far; I’m still inside A dream within a dream...

‘The Ghost Girl’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
June 20, 2024
Love Poems, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Ghost Girl One sunny May, I ran to play, __When I was twelve years old, Upon the hill.  I miss her still— __A girl with curls of gold In...

‘Under the Umbrella’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank, Inspired by Brassens’ Le Parapluie

The Society
June 5, 2024
Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Translation
23 Comments
. Under the Umbrella inspired by “Le Parapluie” (“The Umbrella”) by Georges Brassens (1921-1981) Rain fell in waves throughout the street; A...

A Poem Based on Joshua Harris’s I Kissed Dating Goodbye, by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
May 21, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. Chelsea a true story from I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris “Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women.”...

‘Truth Is Not Beauty’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
May 5, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
31 Comments
. Truth Is Not Beauty “What is the worst mistake you ever made in bed?” Reply: “My son.”  (Actual dialogue on social media) I learn the...

‘The Qua-Train’ and Other Poems by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
April 8, 2024
Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Qua-Train In four lines stood iambic feet To board the quatrain from the street. The poem made of quatrain cars Passed each four lines like...

A Poem Based on Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory, by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
March 23, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. The Whiskey Priest based on The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene I stand condemned because I am a priest, Condemned to die by law here in...

Two Poems on Story Time, by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
March 8, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. Story Time The father, he sits on the couch with a book, A child in each arm, and one more on his knees; The mother, the same.  All the other ones...

Poems on Dogs and Humans, by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
February 16, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Sestina
16 Comments
. Last Visit to the Beach a sestina The beach, untouched by Time throughout the years As millions of waves washed from the sea, As Time transformed...

‘Crosses and Losses’ and Other Love Poems by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
February 14, 2024
Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
20 Comments
. Crosses and Losses I tried to write a poem to acclaim The passion flashing like a lightning strike Between a man and woman, though the same Return...
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From Michael Bunker’s Surviving Off Off-Grid, and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
February 2, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
28 Comments
. In a Home based on Michael Bunker’s grandmother (b. 1909) as described in his book Surviving Off Off-Grid . I Old, blind, and helpless,...

A Free Verse Poem Rewritten Into Formal Verse, and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
January 14, 2024
Poetry, Rondel, Satire
18 Comments
. Fallen Hummingbird A formal-verse remake of a free-verse poem of the same name written by my mother on October 16, 2000, in memory of my...

‘Woke Christmas’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
December 30, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Triolet
6 Comments
. Woke Christmas We dream of Christmas like we used to know, With Santa Claus and sleigh rides in the snow, Big families all together,...

A Poem on Frozen Embryos and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
December 29, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Triolet
12 Comments
. They Have Our Genes They have our genes; they’re human beings, Our fifteen frozen embryos. Regardless of your disagreeings, They have our genes;...

‘What’s Left to Say?’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
December 13, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Rhupunt, Rondeau
16 Comments
. What’s Left to Say? a rhupunt  When women’s plans Are like a man’s, So they act trans, What’s left to say? When folks believe That to...

‘If You Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
November 29, 2023
Epigrams and Proverbs, Found Poem, Poetry, Satire
21 Comments
. If You Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter If solidified oil with chemical clutter That helps it look yellow and tasty to eat Makes you think...

‘The Navy’ and Other Love Poems by Paul Fort, Translated by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
November 12, 2023
Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Translation
10 Comments
. The Navy by Paul Fort (1872-1960) translated by Joshua C. Frank We find them all again in brief In little loves that last one day, Every joy and...

‘After Brain Death’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
October 24, 2023
Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. After Brain Death Based on the article “May We Donate Our Organs?” by Drs. Jay Boyd and Paul A. Byrne:  Warm and pink, his heart still...

‘A Leftist Rebukes Hamas’: A Satirical Poem by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
October 15, 2023
Poetry, Satire
35 Comments
. A Leftist Rebukes Hamas Hey, Hamas, you silly dolts, You need to mow down more adults. Keep fighting for your patch of sand, Since Jews do not...
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‘Ode to the Cello’ and Other Poems on Music by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
October 10, 2023
Beauty, Music, Poetry
27 Comments
. Ode to the Cello Fingered strings upon the cello Vibrate by the moving bow. Autumn tones in red and yellow Echo from the to and fro Through the...
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A Poem Inspired by Kimberly Hartke and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
September 26, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry
19 Comments
. In Eve’s Footsteps based on “Genesis 2: Teaching its Truth to Women” by Kimberly Hartke “And the Lord God said: It is not good for man...
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Two Sci-fi Poems by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
September 12, 2023
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Triolet
13 Comments
. Younger Selves I have you leaning up against my side, Our boys and girls around us on the couch. Below the window, watching from outside, Our...
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‘The Pietà or Mickey Mouse?’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
August 28, 2023
Art, Culture, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. The Pietà or Mickey Mouse? A book I’ve read depicts a boy Who’s searching for creative joy. His mind can’t focus on a vision, So he’s...
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‘The Certainty of Kelly Green’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
August 7, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
25 Comments
. The Certainty of Kelly Green My friend and I went to a coffee shop; She read her intricately crafted verse That proved that she alone was at the...
poem/frank/culture

Three Poems on Sleep and Dreams, by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
July 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle
18 Comments
. Back to Sleep In very early years, now far behind, When I returned to earth at midnight deep From nightmare scares within my frightened mind, My...

Four Poems About Road Travel, by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
July 10, 2023
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire
16 Comments
. The Billboard a pantoum It’s propped along the route I roll— A squatting square against the sky, Atop a sturdy metal pole, To tell me what new...

‘The Adventures of Verb’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
June 25, 2023
Children's, Humor, Poetry, Satire
28 Comments
. The Adventures of Verb At six, I had a dictionary Where I would meet a man named Verb, Superb and quite extraordinary, In every definition’s...
poem/frank/satire

‘All That’s Left Is Yours’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
June 11, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
22 Comments
. All That’s Left Is Yours based on I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris The bride walked the aisle to her husband-to-be, __Who gently took...
poem/frank/culture

‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
May 28, 2023
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Rondel, Sestina
16 Comments
. Red Flags a sestina sonnet The national flags of the Westerners’ lands Turn red in the dim, fading light of the sunset, Like Communist...
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‘The Ballad of the Heroic Mother’ and Other Poetry for Mother’s Day by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
May 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. The Ballad of the Heroic Mother a true story A toddler into water fell __And sank as quick as rock. At nine feet deep, she couldn’t yell __Or...
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‘Encapsulations of Classic Texts’: Four Poems by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
April 27, 2023
Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. Encapsulations “It’s a shame that the tradition of producing small poetic encapsulations of classic texts seems to have died out.” ---Joseph...
poem/frank/knights

‘The Little Knight’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
April 13, 2023
Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
26 Comments
. The Little Knight The kitchen door slams open wide; The boy flies through to play outside. His house becomes his castle’s walls; The distant car...

‘Signs of the Times’: Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
March 30, 2023
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau
27 Comments
. Signs of the Times . I. Hymn 6-6-6 a rondeau Hymn 6-6-6 on high display— The devil’s number where we pray Before the Lord—is that a thing? Is...
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    ...and one fresh off the press: Emoluments Clause Limerick “An airplane’s a beautiful gift,” Said Trump, “and it fills Boeing’s…

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