‘Accidents Happen’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society January 30, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Accidents Happen We’re told time tends toward catastrophe, And that a butterfly’s ephemeral wings Might quake the sky somewhere across the...
Three Curtal Sonnets by Shaun C. Duncan The Society October 8, 2024 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . The Prestige of the Puppet-Master To be deceived must bring some satisfaction, For all are well aware of the illusion Yet most will play the dupe...
‘The High Priest’s Homily’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society September 3, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Science 20 Comments . The High Priest's Homily Once Man, in thrall to ignorance, believed the world was round, But now we know that everything is one vast sea of...
‘Watching My Children at Play in a Graveyard’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society April 28, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . Watching My Children at Play in a Graveyard Laughing, the children slip between the stones Laid out in rows like cracked and crooked teeth, And...
‘Nero Redivivus’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society January 1, 2024 Culture, Epic, Poetry 20 Comments . Nero Redivivus Others suppose that he was not killed, but withdrawn instead so that he might be supposed killed and that he is still alive and in...
‘The Life of the Party’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society October 22, 2023 Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . The Life of the Party The commissar, in his most common clothes, Patrols the margins of their conversations, And tries to feign that cheer which he...
‘Poorer by the Day’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society July 22, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 14 Comments . Poorer by the Day a villanelle They pay in promises they will betray; A scam as cold and ancient as the sea. While those who work grow poorer by...
‘Le Bal Des Ardents’: A Poem on the Ball of the Burning Men by Shaun C. Duncan The Society June 28, 2023 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Le Bal Des Ardents for Joe Salemi On 28th January 1393 in Paris, Queen Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of the mad King Charles VI of France, held a ball...
‘An Aging Senator Returns to the Capitol’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society June 5, 2023 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . An Aging Senator Returns to the Capitol Confused and more than half-way gone to Hell, They wheel her in like some decrepit couch They found beside...
‘Some Satirical Epigrams’: Poetry by Shaun C. Duncan The Society May 26, 2023 Blank Verse, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . Some Satirical Epigrams in hendecasyllabics (essentially trochaic pentameter with a dactyl for the second foot) . Complaint to a Complainer You...
‘The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI of France’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society March 25, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI of France ‘His malady grew worse every day until his mind was completely gone. Sometimes he thought he was...
‘Elegy for an Unremarkable Man’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society January 9, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 28 Comments . Elegy for an Unremarkable Man Poor Niel is dead. He’d been off sick since May. Cancer, they said, as if we couldn’t guess, And, since we...
‘Sunday Morning While the World Burns’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society December 22, 2022 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Sunday Morning While the World Burns Another something, somewhere, every day Perturbs the practised calm of her routine. Those sad reflections on...
‘Nero Before the Tomb of Simon Magus’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society November 21, 2022 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . Nero Before the Tomb of Simon Magus And Peter, looking steadfastly against Simon, said: “I adjure you, ye angels of Satan, who are carrying...
‘After Observing the Working Methods of a Very Important Artist’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society July 23, 2022 Art, Culture, Poetry 34 Comments . After Observing the Working Methods of a Very Important Artist The aging fool stands deep in dirty water, Cradling the carcass of a native fowl To...
‘Australia in 2022’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society June 23, 2022 Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . Australia in 2022 written on the eve of a federal election where everything is at stake but nothing is on the agenda. A nation now in name and...
Two Sonnets on the Epstein-Maxwell Case, by Shaun C. Duncan The Society June 9, 2022 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Jeffrey Epstein in His Cell On nights like this a lesser man might pray; Instead he dreams of islands in his cell And sends his thoughts a thousand...
‘The Short-Lived Triumph of the Junior School’s Health & Safety Officer’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society April 1, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 22 Comments . The Short-Lived Triumph of the Junior School's Health & Safety Officer The children wait in line to sanitize Their grubby hands before their...
‘Yet Another Exhibition Opening’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society March 5, 2022 Art, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Yet Another Exhibition Opening "Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul." ---Auguste Rodin Although...
‘The H.R. Manager’s Toilet Break’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society February 15, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . The H.R. Manager's Toilet Break At ten-fifteen he sits upon His porcelain panopticon And stares into his tiny screen. He clears his bowels and...
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...
Poetry for Children: Seven Great Poems to Read to Your Kids The Society January 7, 2024 Best Poems, Children's, Poetry 13 Comments . . Poetry for Children by Shaun C. Duncan . To speak of poetry for children might appear redundant at first. With rhymed and metered poetry hounded...
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...
Members The Society February 21, 2017 X Members of the Society (MSCP) 2025Aboona, Sohaib, MichiganAdrian, David J., MichiganAllen, Sarah, KentuckyAnderson, C.B., MassachusettsAine Mae,...
