‘A Vision of Hell’: A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society October 25, 2023 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . The Number 192: Inside the Floor in which we encounter a vision of Hell ’Twas on the 192 at Tottenham Hale, It happened not so many years ago, A...
‘The Number 235: The Fall’: A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society October 11, 2023 Poetry, Satire 11 Comments . The Number 235: The Fall Sludge in extremis ‘Twas on the 235 at Feltham Station, It happened in the very recent past, That Sludge began to...
‘The Tale of Wanton Ange’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society September 13, 2023 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Tale of Wanton Ange . The Number 53: Unholy Thoughts Wanton Ange makes her appearance That’s Ange there on the 53 at Plumstead; She’s...
‘The Pilgrimage’: A Love Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society August 30, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 31 Comments . The Pilgrimage The lover takes leave of his mistress's mouth And starts on his pilgrimage, travelling south. Each stop on his journey he marks with...
‘The Outing’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society August 11, 2023 Beauty, Children's, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . The Outing . I Miss Deidre Ealing of Tiny Tots School, A woman who'd never be anyone's fool, Observing her charges like little buds...
‘To His Coy Transport’: A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society July 28, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . The Number 53: To His Coy Transport Had we but world enough and time, My coy and tardy 53, This hesitancy were no crime And I’d be waiting...
Two Poems on the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II, by Paul Martin Freeman The Society July 12, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . The Nation’s Heart The Nation’s heart has passed away, A loving grandmother to all. And now it’s for her son we pray Whom Charles the Third...
‘The Number 44: The Cookery Class’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society June 28, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . The Number 44: The Cookery Class Now, this is a tale of a cookery class; It happened in Battersea early one March. The teacher was Jane who though...
‘The Number 207: The Road to Nowhere’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society June 17, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . The Number 207: The Road to Nowhere Oh once along the Road to Nowhere That used to be the Uxbridge Road You’d board and pay the tuppenny bus...
A Cautionary Tale on Dieting: Poetry by Paul Martin Freeman The Society June 3, 2023 Children's, Poetry, Satire 6 Comments . The Number 165: Emily Hyatt A Cautionary Tale . Now this is a story that all those should heed Who think the sole gustatory pitfall is greed. For...
‘Matters of Class’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society May 19, 2023 Children's, Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Matters of Class . Saying hello The modest o’s the most polite of letters; But is he facing up today or down? Each day he questions those he...
A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman: ‘The Number 151: Teatime in Cheam’ The Society May 5, 2023 Children's, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . The Number 151: Teatime in Cheam A Cautionary Tale . Now this is a story of two little girls; The older had pigtails, the younger one curls. They...
‘A Few Special Letters’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society April 21, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . A Few Special Letters . The mother goddess The m’s the mother goddess of the letters: Her shape exemplifies the female form. A bosom there for...
‘The Number 274: Timothy Pugh’: A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society April 6, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . The Number 274: Timothy Pugh Now this is the story of Timothy Pugh Who woke up one morning in Regent's Park Zoo. He couldn’t recall what had...
‘The Tragedy of the p and the q’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society March 24, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . The Tragedy of the p and the q . Lovers in eternity The p and q were two eternal lovers Who faced each other in the alphabet. To all else lost,...
‘Ondine and Lucien’s Great Adventure’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society March 10, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . The Number 17: Ondine and Lucien’s Great Adventure; Or, The Kind that Can Float from The Bus Poems: A Tale of the Devil, currently in...
A Picnic Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society February 12, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . The Number 128: The Picnic “Let’s go on a picnic,” the older one said; “We’ll take tins of salmon and slices of bread.” “We’ll set...
‘Love and Loss: Poems for Viktoria Sokoli’ by Paul Martin Freeman The Society January 30, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . Love and Loss: Poems for Viktoria Sokoli . Love I I once loved a girl called Viktoria Sokoli With eyes of the colour of spinach and broccoli. Her...
SCP Journal XIII Published The Society April 30, 2025 From the Society, Poetry 5 Comments . The Society of Classical Poets Journal XIII has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the...
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 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...
Society of Classical Poets Journal X Published The Society May 24, 2022 From the Society, Poetry 9 Comments . The Society of Classical Poets Journal X has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the SCP...
Society of Classical Poets Journal IX Published The Society June 27, 2021 From the Society, Poetry 3 Comments . The Society of Classical Poets Journal IX has been published. It features poetry selected from poetry published on the SCP website between February...
Members The Society February 21, 2017 X Members of the Society (MSCP) 2025Aboona, Sohaib, MichiganAdrian, David J., MichiganAnderson, C.B., MassachusettsAshurst, Alan, GermanyBaker,...
