‘Rosella’: A Mother’s Day Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 12, 2024 Poetry 16 Comments . Rosella My Lone Star mother beams a summer smile As golden as the sun-hugged coastal plains. In snake-proof boots she trekked that extra mile To...
Election Year 2024 Satire: Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 9, 2024 Pantoum, Poetry, Satire 31 Comments . All Aboard! a pantoum He’s pumped and ripe to ride the gravy train. He’s armed with cheese and charm to save the day. He’ll pulverize...
A Poem on Being Openly Jewish in London: ‘Lie Low, Jew!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 29, 2024 Culture, Poetry 41 Comments . Lie Low, Jew! Echoes and Irony The Hamas flags are raised on London streets By swarms that seethe with scorn and blaze with hate. This nasty nod...
‘Not Sonnet 18… Yet’ and Other Poetry for Shakespeare’s Birthday, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 22, 2024 Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 40 Comments . Not Sonnet 18… Yet I strain in vain to sparkle like the Bard. I strive to spill slick iambs by the ream. Comparing thee to spring in my...
‘The Mock Savior’s Song’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 3, 2024 Poetry, Satire, The Environment 24 Comments . The Mock Savior's Song also known as the Mobster Quadrille, after Lewis Carroll Saving critters from extinction (lonely lovelies, prone and...
‘April Fools’ Day Is Dead’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 1, 2024 Poetry 52 Comments . April Fools’ Day is Dead I’m sad to say this merry day’s no more. It died alongside guts and grit and glee. Insanity (now writ in twisted...
‘He Knows Our Hearts’ and Other Poems for Easter by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 31, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 38 Comments . He Knows Our Hearts The Sunday flocks who sing as glory pours Through fancy glass as lusty organs play, The loner bowed in prayer behind closed...
‘Words Matter’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 20, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 65 Comments . Words Matter . I. Out of Context Cheats cherry-pick the words that suit their ploy To shame the names of those who disagree With all they say. If...
‘St. Patrick’s Day 2024’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 17, 2024 Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . St. Patrick's Day 2024 for an Ireland suffering terribly under the weight of forced migration Where is the one who rid the Emerald Isle Of...
‘Philanthropaths & Puppets’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 6, 2024 Culture, Poetry 30 Comments . Philanthropaths & Puppets Philanthropath: a psychopath masquerading as a philanthropist. ---the Urban Dictionary . I. So Rose the Puppeteer He...
A Poem on the Georgia District Attorney: ‘Fani Fever’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 1, 2024 Poetry, Satire 32 Comments . Fani Fever Wide eyes are mesmerized by Fani Willis In pink as vivid as an amaryllis. The guy she gadded with—was he her beau? Did fraud and flesh...
On Scientists’ Suggesting Cannibalism: ‘In Praise of Braising Aphids’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 27, 2024 Poetry, Satire 31 Comments . In Praise of Braising Aphids "New archaeological evidence shows that ancient humans ate each other surprisingly often---sometimes for compassionate...
‘Peaches, Plums, and the Sistine Chapel’: Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 21, 2024 Art, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 43 Comments . . Peaches, Plums, and the Sistine Chapel . . I. Pondering Prufrock a pantoum . The women come and then they go As foggy muzzles...
‘When?’ and Other Valentine’s Day Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 14, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle 26 Comments . When? I’ll love you when the bee has lost its buzz, When wolf and bear have quit their howl and growl, When lambs don’t sport a snow-spun...
‘Ode to a Dodo’ and Other Dodo Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 9, 2024 Humor, Poetry, Triolet 40 Comments . Ode to a Dodo inspired by Paul A. Freeman’s "Paradise Island" O tragic fowl of cataclysmic fate, Your magic thrives beyond your wretched...
Poems on the U.S. Southern Border by Texan Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 4, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Triolet 42 Comments . Off Guard Coyotes drag their quarry past the line Drawn in the sand to stop the ghastly game Of selling wide-eyed tots to vile swine--- No...
‘Dear Death…’ and Other Poems on Death by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 27, 2024 Humor, Poetry 59 Comments . Dear Death… Don't tickle with your sickle __Don't taunt me when I'm sick. Don’t make me writhe. Don’t spare the scythe. __Be slick and...
‘Kintsugi’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 5, 2024 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 42 Comments . Kintsugi There is an ancient practice in Japan--- Chipped and broken vessels, dear to hearts, Are mended with a striking golden...
‘A Prayerful Pantoum for the Perpetually Pessimistic’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 31, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry 39 Comments . A Prayerful Pantoum for the Perpetually Pessimistic "We'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne." ---Robert Burns For bellyachers...
‘The Ultimate Christmas Gift’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 25, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 34 Comments . The Ultimate Christmas Gift “Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store.” ---Dr. Seuss This gift winks in the sparkle of...
‘Goodwill Toward Men’: A Satire on the Pope, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 22, 2023 Poetry, Satire 40 Comments . Goodwill Toward Men I’m reeling with the latest headline shock. The Mother of our Savior’s hit the skids. Her reputation’s on the chopping...
The Mother Lode of Odes by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 22, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . . To a Budding Ode with apologies to John Keats . I’m in the mood to crack your odic code; To load your stanzas in the mode of...
Three Poems on Forgiveness, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 25, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 38 Comments . Wayward Their frosty hearts and polished oaken door Slammed shut the night she found her stolen voice. She sang a moonbeam song---a...
‘A 2023 Survival Villanelle for Potentially Contentious Thanksgiving Gatherings’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 23, 2023 Poetry, Rondeau, Satire, Villanelle 30 Comments . A 2023 Survival Villanelle for Potentially Contentious Thanksgiving Gatherings Keep dinner chatter chirrupy and perky. Don’t prod the pachyderm...
‘London, 11-11-2023’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 11, 2023 Culture, Poetry 45 Comments . London, 11-11-2023 As wreaths of poppies roar in rebel red Commemorating all our noiseless dead, The streets of London buzz with blatant...
‘Word Witch’ and Other Halloween Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 31, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 19 Comments . Word Witch She’ll tease and tempt with mystic words, __This foxy sorceress. Her syntax soars like sun-bound birds--- __This wizard...
‘Words of Wisdom’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 17, 2023 Poetry, Satire 22 Comments . Words of Wisdom “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.” ---Socrates She knows the what. She knows the why. __She knows the...
A Poem on Alexa’s 2020 Election Fraud Analysis, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 8, 2023 Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire 69 Comments . Not Alexa's President a pantoum on the news story here “The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence.” —Stephen Hawking Alexa says...
Two Autumn Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 3, 2023 Humor, Poetry 28 Comments . Season of Gall and Sticky Listlessness Autumn is upon us here in Texas. Her shy arrival’s destined to perplex us. Just like the...
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...
‘Victimhood & Narcissism’: Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 30, 2023 Poetry, Satire 48 Comments . Victimhood & Narcissism . I. The Joy of Grief “To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life” ---Alan Coren I bleat and beef with...
‘Dirge of the Dimwits’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 10, 2023 Poetry, Satire 39 Comments . Dirge of the Dimwits “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ---Martin Luther...
A Poem on the New Round of ‘Covidiocy,’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 31, 2023 Covid-19, Poetry, Satire 35 Comments . Covidiocy a rondeau It’s coming back! The tyrants tack From tongues that twist and hearts that lack An honest song. It’s on the news--- Cruel...
‘The Magic Casket’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 27, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 32 Comments . The Magic Casket 'Twas in the local funeral home __The miracle occurred, As ticking clock hands kissed at noon __And restless spirits...
Poems on ‘Modern Times’ and Transgenderism by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 24, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 36 Comments . Modern Times . I. The Cutting-Edge Misogynist He slams the bland and damned old-fashioned type--- Those tiresome dinosaurs born with a womb--- The...
Poems on Texas’s Hot Summer of 2023 by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 9, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 38 Comments . Two Summer Villanelles . l. Lone Star Sear The burn and boil is grim for some. I’m red of neck and flushed of cheek. I’m roasting under...
‘The Blame Game’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 4, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondel 38 Comments . The Blame Game a kyrielle They rile. They gall. They know it all. These irksome jerks in folly’s thrall Are perilously cretinous. __It’s...
A Poem on Cocaine in the White House: ‘Crackpot Clown’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 26, 2023 Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 39 Comments . Crackpot Clown a villanelle “Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung” ---P. T. Barnum The blue moons wax and steely spirits...
‘The Misologist’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry 65 Comments . The Misologist “There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.” ---Socrates He reads the notion on the page. __It...
‘Independence Day?’: A Fourth of July Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 4, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 43 Comments . Independence Day? a rondeau Some dared. Some died. With pluck and pride And guts and grit the brave defied Despotic rule. They stripped the foe Of...