A Poem for World Poetry Day: ‘To the Reader of Verse’ by Paul Buchheit The Society March 21, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings 18 Comments . To the Reader of Verse Ah, lover, critic, arbiter of verse, divulge your passions, fill a lusting soul with praises. Let the balladeer coerce the...
A Poem on Ronald Reagan: ‘The Reagan’ by Paul Buchheit The Society February 22, 2023 Humor, Poetry, Satire, The Raven 60 Comments . The Reagan with apologies to Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a long and weary voting day with chances dreary for a quaint and curious choice, a nominee...
‘Moments from Dante’s Inferno’ by Paul Buchheit The Society January 20, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry 15 Comments . Moments from Dante’s Inferno Prepared to travel, if the gods allowed, I saw the woods were dreary, dark as death. I chose to heed a blessing...
‘Addiction’ by Paul Buchheit The Society December 28, 2022 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Addiction A ripple imperceptible, like hints of amber in the tiring balsams, swells to waves of apprehension, then imprints a vision on my mind,...
‘Child’s Garden’ by Paul Buchheit The Society December 10, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 22 Comments . Child's Garden To never end, we thought, the morning light that kissed our eyes, and breezes whispering with cherub voices, pausing to invite us...
‘Blake’s Tyger’ by Paul Buchheit The Society November 14, 2022 Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Blake's Tyger Tyger Tyger, burning bright, sorry if I'm impolite: What immortal put a hand to verse we'll never understand? Face it, face it,...
‘Cemetery’ and Other Poetry by Paul Buchheit The Society October 27, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . Cemetery The grasses, flowing amber on the breezethat speaks to me in verses intimate,are stilled, as if contented to appeasemy meditative spirit,...
‘Seminary’ by Paul Buchheit The Society September 2, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Seminary Recalling days of vigor and simplicity, of boyish spirits spun from neural gossamer and hardened into granite by a panoply of actors:...
‘Logic Class’ and Other Poetry by Paul Buchheit The Society June 14, 2021 Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . Logic Class As class convenes I quickly indicate in clear logician's diction of my eagerness to share my disposition to determine if we're here or...
‘Phones’ After Poe’s ‘Bells’ and Other Poetry by Paul Buchheit The Society May 19, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . The Phones with apologies to Edgar Allan Poe Phones, phones, phones, See the people with their phones, Silver, pink and paisley phones, On the...
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...
