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Search Results for: "Raymond C. Roy"

Five Clerihews for the Iliad, by Raymond C. Roy

The Society
August 5, 2019
Epic, Poetry
9 Comments
A Clerihew is a four-line comic poem with a rigid rhyming scheme, aabb, but no metric requirements. It stands in stark contrast to the strict metric...

Humorous Poetry for the CCP Virus (COVID-19) Quarantine

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March 26, 2020
Coronavirus, Culture, Humor, Poetry
106 Comments
Note: The Society of Classical Poets refers to the COVID-19 coronavirus as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and...

The Society of Classical Poets Releases Journal VIII

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June 12, 2020
From the Society, Poetry
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  The Society of Classical Poets website receives millions of views every year. Visitors read engaging, beautiful, topical verse that...




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