‘The Lemon Tree’: A Poem by Satyananda Sarangi The Society January 14, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . The Lemon Tree We leave the house, the nurtured lawn is gone; The garden still resembles lifeless works Of abstract art; at times banana...
‘The School Bell’: A Poem by Satyananda Sarangi The Society January 17, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . The School Bell The schooldays weave a maze inside my mind, A maze with streets resounding childish zeal; The world was then a fairy land...
‘Yet Another Year’: A Birthday Poem by Satyananda Sarangi The Society December 7, 2023 Alexandroid, Beauty, Poetry 21 Comments . Yet Another Year The birthday bells reverberate __Through haunted towns That lead you to an ancient gate __Beside which clowns Laugh aloud and...
A Poem for Susan Jarvis Bryant: ‘The Fairy Godmother’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society October 2, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . The Fairy Godmother for Susan Jarvis Bryant The fairy sings so far away and lifts My spirit, day by day through fading light; With every word well...
A Poem on the Odisha Train Crash, by Satyananda Sarangi The Society June 6, 2023 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . Life and Death This life has so much left in store, We think, a day gone by isn't lost; It's made of hours that bear no cost, A hundred gone, a...
A Poem for India’s Republic Day: ‘The Land of Dreams’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society January 26, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . The Land of Dreams written on the eve of India's Republic Day of India which is celebrated on Jan. 26 every year Some distance far away, the...
‘The Departing Year’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society January 7, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . The Departing Year This night shall stand and stare with wintry rage Through half-closed windows stained in loss and gain; To measure all...
‘The One Standing Tall’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society August 31, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 25 Comments . The One Standing Tall for the Poet's father The home is where he lives, his heart is full Of love, no wealth can buy his rich esteem; No rock can...
A Tribute to Leonard Dabydeen (1948 – 2022), by Satyananda Sarangi The Society March 19, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 22 Comments . Tribute to a Poet for Leonard Dabydeen, an SCP poet who passed away on March 16, 2022. Read Leonard Dabydeen's poetry here. I gaze for long at...
‘The Language of Hope’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society January 5, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . The Language of Hope The heart forbids the mind to let it go; __Extinguished love has deeper scars, __The foremost friend, the dreaded foe, It...
‘The Afghan Plight’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society August 31, 2021 Alexandroid, Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 20 Comments . The starlit sky is filled with smoke ______and men succumb To dread, while folded hands invoke ______to overcome This awful plight; yet prayers...
A Poem for Kargil Vijay Diwas (Kargil Victory Day), by Satyananda Sarangi The Society July 29, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments "During the war, the Indian Army evicted Pakistani intruders and succeeded in recapturing Tiger Hill and other posts as a part of ‘Operation...
A Poem in Tribute to Sushant Singh Rajput (1986-2020) and Other Poetry by Satyananda Sarangi The Society June 27, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 22 Comments Secret Sorrows in memory of Mr. Sushant Singh Rajput, an Indian actor and youth icon who passed away on 14th of June, 2020 Some secret...
‘Through an Open Graveyard’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society February 25, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 10 Comments Through barren fields, beside the ruins of man, The sunlight hardens stains of blood and gore; Macabre deeds that years ago began, Their...
‘The Human Skylight’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society October 5, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 31 Comments The skylight lets the nascent streak Of gold inside this darkened room; Some wisp of scent invades therein, A perfumed faith to counter...
‘The Garden of Life’ and Other Poetry by Satyananda Sarangi The Society November 15, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments The Garden of Life In wee, assuring spans of sunlit day, The sun awakened, rides his carriage fast To paint with crimson every corner...
‘The Pilgrimage to Heaven’ and Other Poetry by Satyananda Sarangi The Society October 19, 2017 Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 36 Comments The Pilgrimage to Heaven Beneath the shadows whence no light embarks On paths renounced by most intrepid men; There, gypsies seldom find...
‘Meadows of Corn’ and Other Poetry by Satyananda Sarangi The Society August 12, 2017 Art, Beauty, Poetry 44 Comments Meadows of Corn It seems but bland to every passing eye, These regal meadows dressed in ripened corn; They dance and few can such effects...
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...
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...
A Coronavirus Triolet and Other Poetry The Society May 30, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Triolet 4 Comments A Grave Sin by Satyananda Sarangi How grave's this sin of man to shatter man! The human touch is dreaded, faith has fled; I think of...
Pastoral Poetry: Arcadia Through the Ages The Society April 29, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry 6 Comments by James Green “Come live with me and be my Love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dale and field, And all...
10 Greatest Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Society January 2, 2018 Beauty, Best Poems, Culture, Essays, Poetry 51 Comments Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (born February 27, 1807 - died March 24, 1882) was an American poet of the Romantic period. He served as a professor at...
The Society of Classical Poets Releases Journal VIII The Society June 12, 2020 From the Society, Poetry 6 Comments The Society of Classical Poets website receives millions of views every year. Visitors read engaging, beautiful, topical verse that...
Society of Classical Poets Journal Vol. 6 Released The Society April 1, 2018 From the Society, Poetry 13 Comments The Society of Classical Poets is reviving poetry with rhyme and meter and the response has been widespread and tremendous. Since the...