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‘Dialogue on a First Grade Science Textbook’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

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March 23, 2023
Culture, Education, Poetry, Science
10 Comments
. Dialogue on a First Grade Science Textbook Many spiritual traditions throughout history have perceived all things, animate and inanimate, as...
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‘The Emerald Queen’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

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February 21, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. The Emerald Queen A Legend from the Future . Part I. Have you heard the old tale of the Emerald Queen? ‘Twas a long time ago when folks would...

Two Different Views on New Year’s Resolutions: Poems by David Whippman and Evan Mantyk

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December 31, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
16 Comments
. New Year’s Resolution a villanelle by David Whippman And what have you resolved for the new year? I guarantee your vows will be in vain. Oh, I...

‘In a Soviet Gulag’ and Other Humorous Poems by Evan Mantyk

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December 13, 2022
Humor, Poetry, Satire
16 Comments
. In a Soviet Gulag from an oft repeated joke There was a break in the relentless cold And then the guard stepped out for quite a while. Such changes...

‘The Return of Trump’ by Evan Mantyk

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November 15, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
31 Comments
. The Return of Trump No matter how you try to stop Don Trump He always will come back. He’ll lie in wait then jump In tiger-like attack. You put...

A Poem on the Movie Eternal Spring, by Evan Mantyk

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October 24, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle
15 Comments
. His Pen a villanelle written upon watching the movie Eternal Spring His pen flies back and forth, a righteous flurry That recreates the scenes of...

‘An Anti-Evolution Song’ by Evan Mantyk

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August 15, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science
31 Comments
. An Anti-Evolution Song Evolution Is False. God Is True. inspired by the writings of Zhang Tianliang How probable is it, however you spin it, __That...

‘A Happy 80th Birthday Wish’ by Evan Mantyk

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August 1, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings
20 Comments
. . A Happy 80th Birthday Wish for the Poet's Father I wish for you the golden years Odysseus had Retired from life’s long strife, a sort of...

‘On Rupert Sheldrake’s Morphic Fields’ by Evan Mantyk

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June 27, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Science
21 Comments
. On Rupert Sheldrake’s Morphic Fields Are we just rats within a maze? Perhaps. But then perhaps there’s more to rats than what We know. Take for...

‘Road Trip’: A Villanelle by Evan Mantyk

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February 12, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle
26 Comments
. Road Trip I ride the countryside for you my friend. The white and yellow lines can’t separate The dots I will connect at this trip’s end. With...

‘The Heroes of Beijing’: A Sonnet for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, by Evan Mantyk

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January 21, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Heroes of Beijing on the Jan. 21 movie premiere of Unsilenced, just days before the Beijing Winter Olympics As great as it may be to send those...

‘A Song of Thanksgiving’ by Evan Mantyk

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November 25, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. A Song of Thanksgiving The pilgrims long ago faced strong __Attacks on their beliefs, And found a land they could command __Where faith would find...

Four Sonnets on Traditional Dance, by Evan Mantyk

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November 18, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. I. The Blacksmith God Forges Scenes on Achilles’ Shield after Homer’s Iliad Book 18 The hammer strikes! And glowing sparks fly out As Earth...

‘SAT Tips’: A Poem for Students by Evan Mantyk

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September 30, 2021
Culture, Education, Poetry
16 Comments
. SAT Tips Leave nothing blank, your chances are __As good as one in four; So when the end is not too far __Fill in! to raise your score. Jot notes...

‘Birds in Flight’: A Pair of Poems by David Whippman and Evan Mantyk

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July 12, 2021
Beauty, Poetry
34 Comments
. Birds in Flight by David Whippman “Free as a bird,” that's what we always say, "It's time to spread my wings and fly away, I have to find...

A Poem for Derek Chauvin, by Evan Mantyk

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May 10, 2021
Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. An Angel Speaks to the Imprisoned Derek Chauvin “Although it has been difficult,__I know you’ll make it through.Of course you never were at...

Sonnets on Themistocles, Sen. McCarthy, and Wenyi Wang, by Evan Mantyk

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April 25, 2021
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
28 Comments
. Themistocles Athens, Greece, 483 B.C. “Barbarians loom upon the coast—dark clouds. Athenians see them, but don’t think they’d pour Their...

‘The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Must Fall’ by Evan Mantyk

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January 28, 2021
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
21 Comments
. A Word of Advice to Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, John Roberts, and Many Others . __The CCP must fall. __The CCP must fall. Behind them all, Like...

‘Prince Hamlet Speaks About Election Fraud’ by Evan Mantyk

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December 14, 2020
Culture, Poetry, Shakespeare
33 Comments
. . Prince Hamlet Speaks About Election Fraud Prince Hamlet speaks about election fraud:"O villainy! Ho! Let the door be locked.Treachery! Seek it...

Stop the Steal: A Play on the 2020 Election (Excerpt) by Evan Mantyk

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December 6, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
20 Comments
. Act I Scene I NARRATOR Imagine now the scene: the angry engine, Its beeping brain, its smooth and metal muscles That barely seem to strain beneath...

20 Riddles by Evan Mantyk

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October 23, 2020
Children's, Culture, Poetry, Riddles
44 Comments
Post your answers in the comments section below. I. A place that never is in its own place And where it is is where it’s made to be; Not that...

A Sonnet on President Donald J. Trump, by Evan Mantyk

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April 30, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
18 Comments
  Donald J. Trump They laugh at him and sneer as if his lack Of faith in modernism’s unholy gods Can justify each Philistine attack And...

Two Poems on the Coronavirus by Evan Mantyk and Damian Robin

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February 27, 2020
Covid-19, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle
6 Comments
  From Some Nightmarish Vial a villanelle by Evan Mantyk Did it emerge from some nightmarish vial? Is it a weapon meant for killing...

A Poem on Violinist Fiona Zheng and Other Poetry, by Evan Mantyk

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October 1, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Music, Poetry, Shakespeare
12 Comments
. Sonnet VI. Fiona Zheng Violinist Fiona Zheng and her father spent part of their lives fleeing communist authorities in China after her mother and...

A Sonnet on Cleve Backster and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

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July 19, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
17 Comments
Sonnet IV. Cleve Backster whose work on plant perception gained wide exposure in the 1973 publication The Secret Life of Plants. While people...

Selected Poems from ‘Journey to the East’ by Evan Mantyk

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May 13, 2019
Beauty, Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Short Stories
10 Comments
A Journey to the East by Evan Mantyk is a historical and poetical fairytale adventure styled after Journey to the West, by Ming Dynasty writer Wu...

‘Sonnet II: Liu Xitong’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

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January 19, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Sonnet II: Liu Xitong Liu Xitong (pronounced Leo She-tong) recently spoke on Capitol Hill about the persecution he faced in communist China for...

‘The Threads’ by Evan Mantyk

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December 3, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
on the state of poetry today I see the threads have all aligned __In a patchwork tapestry That seemed at first all but resigned __To the death of...

‘A Wedding Sonnet’ by Evan Mantyk

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September 12, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
. Written: March 27, 2022 A Wedding Sonnet To those true cultivators of Zhen Shen Ren,* There is no common form we cannot take: The vows of love...

‘The Ghost of Phil Ochs’ by David Paul Behrens and ‘A Response’ by Evan Mantyk

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August 19, 2018
Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0BeEHXjXIM   The Ghost of Phil Ochs by David Paul Behrens When you see homeless people on the...

‘The Beast Once Foretold’ by Evan Mantyk

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June 23, 2018
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
19 Comments
Written upon reading the book How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World. The beast once foretold for the end of days Crouched in a Karl Marx...

‘Sonnet I: Liu Haixiao’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

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March 14, 2018
Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
24 Comments
Sonnet I: Liu Haixiao Mr. Liu Haixiao (pronounced Leo High-shaow) is serving a 16-year prison sentence in Jilin Province, China, where he was...

‘On President Trump’s First Year in Office’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

The Society
January 19, 2018
Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry, Riddles
16 Comments
  On President Trump’s First Year in Office An earlier version of this poem was published with an explication in The Epoch Times. In Donald...

‘A Shen Yun Holiday Sonnet’ by Evan Mantyk

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December 10, 2017
Beauty, Children's, Performing Arts, Poetry
9 Comments
When Santa’s sleigh took to the sky, He saw a wonder by him fly: A Chinese Fairy dance on clouds And point to where there gathered...

‘The Teacher to His Students’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

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September 30, 2017
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
17 Comments
The Teacher to His Students The ghost… the ghost of Hamlet’s father, came To walk the castle walls one moonless night. This father, once the...

‘The Tea Garden: A Crown of Sonnets’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

The Society
August 6, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
On Visiting the Tea Garden in Middletown, New York I. A harried daddy with two kids in tow, Maneuvering through city streets and cars, I look...

‘Visiting the Ruins of Tintagel Castle’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

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April 16, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. Visiting the Ruins of Tintagel Castle I wander through a forest deep __in Cornish countryside And think I see some elves asleep __And giants run...

Evan Mantyk, President of the Society

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January 23, 2017
. Evan Mantyk is President of the Society of Classical Poets, as well as chief editor of the Society's Journal and the Society's website.  He...

‘A Hero’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

The Society
August 21, 2016
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
18 Comments
  A Hero These are the weathered shoes worn by the Jew, So cracked from all the miles walked since he fled. These are the slave’s strong...

‘A Chinese Epic, Chapter II’ by Evan Mantyk

The Society
July 18, 2016
Epic, Human Rights in China, Poetry
1 Comment
Chapter II: Visions and Dreams (For Chapter I click here.) THE band and locals, totaling fourteen, Retired to rest before the looming day. Some...
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