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Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’: Adapted by Talbot Hook, Read by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
December 22, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Culture, Poetry, Readings
4 Comments
. A Christmas Carol Complete text here:...
poem/hook/translation

‘Quiet Night Thoughts’ by Li Bai, Translated by Talbot Hook, and Other Poetry

The Society
October 20, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai (701-762), translated by Talbot Hook My bed looks over bright moonlight. I muse: could it in fact be frost? I lift...

‘Autumn Summons’: A Poem by Talbot Hook

The Society
October 1, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
28 Comments
. Autumn Summons The wind carries the leaves, And leaves the colors bear; The field prepares the sheaves That hold the sun ensnared. The leaves the...

‘Toward Yehuling, 1211’ by Talbot Hook

The Society
December 15, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. Toward Yehuling, 1211 Unfolding steppes emerge as flattened plains Of long grasses of gold and April-green, While crystal streams, like bold and...

‘A Woodstock for China’ by Talbot Hook

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October 1, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. A Woodstock for China You sit within a public Chinese bus, And out the window: buildings, concrete, dust, Which all are perfect—life is simply...

‘Anew’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook

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July 3, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Anew Whisk me away to the mountainside. __Spirit me far to the glen. For I long to find that secret place __Where I can begin again. All of us...

Poems by Li Qingzhao, Wang Wei, and Du Mu, Translated by Talbot Hook

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January 24, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
13 Comments
. Mourning the Dead by Li Qingzhao, Southern Song (1084-1155) | from Chinese by Talbot Hook Above in the heavens the star-river flows; Down on the...
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‘A Christmas Carol,’ after Charles Dickens, by Talbot Hook

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December 24, 2021
Beauty, Children's, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. . Dramatis Personae: Ebenezer Scrooge: An infamous miser Bob Cratchit: Scrooge’s assistant Mrs. Cratchit: Bob’s wife Tiny Tim: Disabled child...

‘Journey’s End’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook

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December 19, 2021
Beauty, Children's, Poetry, Villanelle
2 Comments
. Journey’s End To Adventuresome Children at Bedtime Mountain, forest, stone, and stream all glisten under sun, While golden morn and midnoon beam...

‘At the Temple of Yue Fei’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook

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August 24, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. At the Temple of Yue Fei Behind, a lake unstirring sleeps; Ahead, grey fog and budding leaves. A jade-green pool commands the heart, Beneath the...

Two Poems on Drinking and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook

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July 23, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. O Happy Glass Another soul inside a glass deep red— I think on Provenance, effect and cause: Do you begin in wind? In sun, or rain? Inside a seed...

‘Ode on ​Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Ganymede and the Eagle’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook

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December 31, 2020
Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry
36 Comments
. . Ode on ​Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Ganymede and the Eagle Bending down in offering, a Boy extends a shallow bowl; Craning neck of eagle dips,...

‘Castles in Our Heads’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook

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September 23, 2020
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
  Castles in Our Heads The old Italians once long held The mind as ordered hall; And in their arm-chair coffers swelled A wealth beyond...

The Best Haiku of 2024: Winners of the 2024 SCP Haiku Competition

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September 29, 2024
Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests
14 Comments
. The Best Haiku of 2024 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2024 Haiku Competition Judged by J. Thomas Rimer and Margaret...

10 Funny and Nostalgic Christmas Poems

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December 17, 2023
Beauty, Best Poems, Culture, Humor, Poetry
2 Comments
. Are you looking for a good poem to read at your Christmas party or gathering? Is it a more serious or light-hearted event? Christmas poems come in...
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The Society of Classical Poets Journal XI Published

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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...
poetry/contest/inspiration

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...

Metrical Clerihew Poetry Challenge

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October 9, 2022
Clerihew, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests, Satire
79 Comments
. The clerihew is a relatively new poetry form introduced by Edmund Clerihew Bentley in 1905. It is usually a single quatrain of light verse rhyming...

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...

Winners of the 2022 SCP Poetry Translation Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2022
Poetry, Poetry Contests, Translation
4 Comments
. Judges Margaret Coats Evan Mantyk . First Place ($100) Talbot Hook, Connecticut "Mourning the Dead" by Li Qingzhao; "Bamboo-Grove Pavilion" by...

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...

The Best Poems of 2020

The Society
February 1, 2021
Best Poems, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests
28 Comments
The Best Poems of 2020: Winners of the 9th Annual International SCP Poetry Competition JudgesJoseph S. SalemiJames SaleEvan Mantyk Past First Place...

Winners of the ‘Napa Valley Winery’ Ekphrastic Poetry Contest

The Society
November 15, 2020
Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry, Poetry Contests
13 Comments
Thank you to everyone who participated! This was a great effort for a meaningful purpose: the recent burning down of the Chateau Boswell winery in...
  1. Brian Yapko on ‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian YapkoJuly 7, 2025

    Mark, I don't mind you "piggy-backing" in the least. I very much enjoyed your own trenchant poem on the subject…

  2. Brian Yapko on ‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian YapkoJuly 7, 2025

    Joe, thank you for the kind words on the poems and thank you even more for telling it like it…

  3. Brian Yapko on ‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian YapkoJuly 7, 2025

    Thank you very much indeed, Mark! Always happy to provide "literary artillery!' My concern for current social and political issues…

  4. Brian Yapko on ‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian YapkoJuly 7, 2025

    Thank you, Russel. As for concept, I was watching the news and they were discussing the women of The View…

  5. Brian Yapko on ‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian YapkoJuly 7, 2025

    Thank you very much, Roy! Scintillating is, for me, about as good as it gets! Thank you for noticing the…

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