‘A Wretch Like Me’: a Christmas poem by Joe Tessitore, set to music by Jack DesBois The Society December 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Video 10 Comments . https://youtu.be/fx3NidSVFKk . A Wretch Like Me by Joe Tessitore To miss the mark, to lose my way,To choose the dark, on Christmas Day.No star I...
‘Turn, Turn, Turn’ by Joe Tessitore The Society December 8, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Turn, Turn, Turn I, whose heart is closed and locked, Who turned away when your Son knocked And who, through sin, did turn my soul Into a twisted...
A Poem on Fauci and ‘Dead Puppies,’ by Joe Tessitore The Society October 29, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Dead Puppies On a break from the propaganda mill I found puppies I thought I could kill, So I shot them with zombie-rich juice--- I am Fauci, I...
‘Autumn’ by Joe Tessitore The Society October 18, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . Autumn You’ll notice, ‘round this time of year, That to the flowers they hold dear, The bees will cling the whole night through--- And if you...
‘What Did Paul Revere?’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society October 10, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . What Did Paul Revere? Listen, my children, and shed a tear, Because everything that he held dear Did vanish in the blink of an eye And banished,...
‘How Long Will It Last?’: A Haiku and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society October 3, 2021 Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 8 Comments . Haiku How long will it last? Butterflies are in decline. Monarch flutters past. . . Nevermore (and Somewhat Less) Beside a little country...
‘Prayer of the Guilty Poet’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society September 4, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Prayer of the Guilty Poet Before I put these words to ink, Be still, my pen, and let me think. Are they the balm to expiate, Or bomb indeed, to...
‘The Worst of Rhymes’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society August 13, 2021 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . The Worst of Rhymes No matter where we choose to sit, A fool, alone, would not admit, We’re living in a world of shit And I have more than done...
A Short Poem for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, by Joe Tessitore The Society August 5, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . I’m Andrew Cuomo---I get a pass. If you don’t like it, kiss my ass! I’m Andrew Cuomo---I don’t resign. I’m governor---this state is...
‘O Say Can It Be?’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society July 14, 2021 Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 7 Comments . O Say Can It Be? "How long you been suckin’ up oxygen, friend? For seventy years? Well now that’s gonna end! And moochin’ off Social Security...
‘The Hanging Tree’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society June 24, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . The Hanging Tree The story of these bones is clear--- More than one deer was butchered here, Hung from this limb then skinned and bled By him the...
‘Resist!’ by Joe Tessitore The Society June 1, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . The enemy has canceled me And yet, as far as I can see, I still exist, I am still here And so resist and have no fear. Theirs is a vile, historic...
A Limerick on Life and Other Poetry, by Joe Tessitore The Society May 26, 2021 Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Limerick, Poetry 19 Comments . Limerick I have lived my whole life about me And at last I can finally see That my choice only smothers, Life is all about others And the truth...
‘There Once Was a Very Big Lie’: A Limerick by Joe Tessitore The Society May 5, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Limerick, Poetry 43 Comments . There once was a very big lie, That our country refused to deny. While we did what they told us, To the Commies they sold us And we kissed all our...
On Wearing Masks: ‘For Shame’ by Joe Tessitore The Society April 29, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . written while walking out my front door You weren’t born with that thing on your face, So look in your mirror and see the disgrace Of a coward...
Short Pandemic Poems by Joe Tessitore The Society April 10, 2021 Covid-19, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry 27 Comments . The Plague They muzzle their breath, Sealed in rooms as if in tombs, Scared to death of death. . . A Tale from the City They’ve worn my...
‘For the Birds’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society April 1, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . For the Birds The cardinal in his bold, red cloak; His wife so subtle, so bespoke. In complimentary blues and grays, The raucous jays---they have...
‘The Ballerina Praying’ by Joe Tessitore The Society March 29, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . The candlelight was dim and spare And Claire was there, lost in prayer And slightly swaying to and fro (She dances for Him, this I know) And I do...
‘The Final Solution, Take Two’ by Joe Tessitore The Society March 10, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 27 Comments . I heard the harvested remains Of infants coursing through my veins Will save me from the Wuhan Flu--- I’m gonna get some, how ‘bout...
On Gov. Cuomo: ‘Governor Mussolini’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society February 28, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry 32 Comments . Governor Mussolini Fifteen thousand souls,Killed by the stroke of his pen,For whom no bell tolls. . . Covid Chronicles I saw a naked face...
‘A Lenten Prayer’ by Joe Tessitore The Society February 24, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Of all Creation, who am I Who sins against Thee, Lord Most High? Of all that crawl, of those who creep, No one has ever sunk so deep. Of those...
A Poem on the Death of Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021), by Joe Tessitore The Society February 18, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Rush He was larger than life And it cut like a knife When his wife let us know That he died. From this kind of grief There can be no relief. Such...
‘Ashless Wednesday’ by Joe Tessitore The Society February 17, 2021 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . The Great Reset has rocked the world--- What untold evil has unfurled! Unshakable foundations crumble. Through the rubble, nations stumble. Who...
‘Chairman Xho’ (Pronounced ‘Joe’) by Joe Tessitore The Society February 6, 2021 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . They’ll be coming for you soon, Chairman Xho. It’s an old, familiar tune that we all know. You’ve been howlin’ at the moon And they’ll...
‘Christmas Present’ by Joe Tessitore The Society December 29, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry 39 Comments . Long the shadow that it casts, Christmas present, o’er our pasts. In its darkness made to bask, Mumbling carols through a mask. Oh, the...
‘A Wretch Like Me’ by Joe Tessitore The Society December 25, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . To miss the mark, to lose my way,to choose the dark, on Christmas Day. No star I see, no Virgin Birth.No joy for me, no peace on earth. But for a...
‘A Verse for the Morning After’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society November 4, 2020 Culture, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments A Verse for the Morning After As thieves and pirates count our votes And set us at each other’s throats And fiddle while our cities...
‘Breathe Free or Die’ by Joe Tessitore The Society October 18, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 57 Comments There are smiles that we will never see. There are kisses that will never be. There are songs that we will never hear For this thing...
A Poem on the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020), by Joe Tessitore The Society September 22, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments Supreme Farewell As every king and peasant must, A justice stands before the Just. We bid farewell to Sister Ruth, Who trembles now before the...
‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 2020’ by Joe Tessitore The Society September 4, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 27 Comments I am a cardboard cutout. I sit here in the stands. I do not think. I do not blink. I do not clap my hands. You are a cardboard...
‘A Ditty’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society August 14, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 18 Comments A Ditty What happened to the human race? It vanished, friend, without a trace. And what, pray tell, of humankind? You may well seek, but...
Poetry on the Death of America, by Joe Tessitore The Society July 23, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 17 Comments No Epitaph The lies lie heavy on his chest, Striped red, striped white, now tattered vest And soon to draw his final breath--- Who’ll...
‘At the Cemetery’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society May 25, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 28 Comments At the Cemetery “Drowned together while playing with a sled on the ice of the Saw Mill Pond at Kensico. Dec. 5, 1871.”...
‘Threadbare—a Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society March 6, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 7 Comments My Coat---a Haiku God pays no heed to disguises He can see through--- I've worn myself out. The Old Poet's Tree I'm bent with...
A Bernie Sanders Poem: ‘B.S., 2020’ by Joe Tessitore The Society March 4, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments Who is this finger-waving man--- this millionaire, this communist? Let’s think about him while we can, this grandpa with the Marxist...
‘Surveillance, Twenty Twenty’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society January 6, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments Surveillance, Twenty Twenty I never thought I'd live to see my TV looking back at me! One Nation, Divisible How long have I...
‘Sara’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society December 18, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments Sara's Prayer* Take me beyond all thought and word, where only beauty can be heard. Then silently, before Your throne, I'll dance, Dear Lord, for...
‘Irrelevant’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society October 2, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments Irrelevant If the room is the tomb then the elephant is irrelevant. Haiku From my heart was shown how very much I loved...
Haiku and Limericks by Joe Tessitore The Society August 22, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 4 Comments Haiku When a newborn cries, locked in a room by itself, does it make a sound? Fog enshrouds the night. Woven in the heavy...
‘A Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society July 29, 2019 Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments A Haiku My mirror shatters and what most clearly matters remains to be seen. You and Me Some sins do not offend Our Lord - in fact...
