‘Americans in Florence’ and Other Poems by Mary Jane Myers The Society January 2, 2025 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . Americans in Florence Ooo David! Whoa, you’re well-hung! But why a foreskin, underslung? Your left hand, do you hold a sling or dead Goliath's...
‘Celestial Potatoes’: A Thanksgiving Poem by Mary Jane Myers The Society November 28, 2024 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Celestial Potatoes Thanksgiving morning, poised I stand: near cutting board, honed knife in hand. My self-taught method must suffice: ten pounds of...
‘Contra Computerdom’: A Poem by Mary Jane Myers The Society November 8, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Contra Computerdom I hold this fountain pen with thumb and fingers, burgundy barrel, gold and rhodium nib, Montblanc white-sea-star floating on its...
A Poem on ‘Cicada Fever’ in Springfield, Illinois, by Mary Jane Myers The Society June 18, 2024 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Periodicity Springfield, Illinois, May-June 2024 All our town has caught cicada fever. Seven broods emerge, the selfsame time. This fluke converts...
‘The Harmonies of Holst’: A Poem by Mary Jane Myers The Society June 4, 2024 Beauty, Blank Verse, Music, Poetry 10 Comments . The Harmonies of Holst While doing errands, driving roundabout, I listen to the classic music station. An orchestra plays a courtly lyric...
‘The Knight of Monticello’: A Poem on Thomas Jefferson by Mary Jane Myers The Society April 25, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . The Knight of Monticello Everywhere and always, Jefferson read. His library stocked a sage’s daily bread. Four volumes, leather-bound,...
‘Ovid in Tomis’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society April 6, 2024 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 17 Comments . Ovid in Tomis Relegated, scorned, I languish here in this drab town. Unwitting, I caught sight of what must not be seen; my wretched plight, harsh...
‘To My Brother, After John Keats’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society January 16, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . To My Brother after John Keats When I have fears that I may lose my sight before I've savored books I long to read, before famed writers oust my...
‘Fugal Harmonies’ and Other Poetry on Music by Mary Jane Myers The Society December 11, 2023 Beauty, Music, Poetry 12 Comments . Fugal Harmonies Softly chanted serpentinous neumes, melodic levitation, heavenbound, monotonal meditative sound; a capella in medieval rooms. Then...
A Poem on the Music of Schoenberg, and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society November 26, 2023 Beauty, Music, Poetry 16 Comments . Revolution Puckish Schoenberg, bored with Bach now assaults the tonic scale, pounding (his a frontal shock), on Mozart's coffin, a modernist...
‘A Petless State’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society October 17, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . A Petless State after Katherine Philips' A Married State, 1664 A house with pets affords but little grace. The best of dogs or cats destroy the...
A Poem on Piero della Francesca’s Fresco, and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society June 6, 2023 Art, Beauty, Ekphrastic, Love Poems, Poetry 16 Comments . Quattrocento On the Fresco “Madonna del Parto” by Piero della Francesca, Monterchi, Italy, circa 1460 We file into a silent darkened room. Now,...
On Alma Tadema’s Coign of Vantage and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society January 24, 2023 Art, Beauty, Ekphrastic, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . . On Alma Tadema’s Coign of Vantage Flora peeks over the marble parapet, a dizzying perch above the azure Aegean. The Roman fleet is...
The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2025 Best Poems, Poetry, Poetry Contests 28 Comments . The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of the 13th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges C.B. Anderson, Susan Jarvis Bryant, Margaret...
The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2024 Best Poems, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 28 Comments . The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of the 12th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Evan Mantyk, Sally...
The Society of Classical Poets Journal XI Published The Society April 16, 2023 From the Society, Poetry 10 Comments . The Society of Classical Poets Journal XI has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the...
The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2023 Best Poems, Dante, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 15 Comments The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of the 11th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Evan Mantyk Past First...