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:...
‘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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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...
‘A Christmas Carol,’ after Charles Dickens, by Talbot Hook The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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...
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...
Metrical Clerihew Poetry Challenge The Society 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...
