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‘Together’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
June 21, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
25 Comments
. Together The windows of our dawning day_Let light in through the dew,But outdoors ambling in cool air,_I knew that I’d find you. Close comfort,...

‘Double Rondel for Pentecost’ by Margaret Coats

The Society
June 7, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Rondel
41 Comments
. Double Rondel for Pentecost Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! O fire that warms my soul, You burn within to turn my love heart-whole, And burst beyond as...

‘Wedding Night’ by Christine de Pisan, Translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 24, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
20 Comments
. Wedding Night by Christine de Pisan (1364--c. 1430)translated by Margaret Coats A sweet supremacy marks marriage;I prove it from experience.I have...

‘Supernova’: A Poem on Ben Shimoni and Other Poetry by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 10, 2025
Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. Supernova With no notice, the rockets destroyed festive peace,And a volley of bullets brought death and dismay.Ben ran straight to his car, telling...

A Poem on ‘Saint Elzéar Curing the Lepers’ by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 26, 2025
Art, Ekphrastic, Poetry
23 Comments
. Healing by Heart Dear André, let me see your face And cry out with you to lament The rot of flesh and foul disgrace You suffer, ulcered hands...

Sonnets for Shakespeare’s Birthday, by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 23, 2025
Poetry, Shakespeare
18 Comments
. The Comedy of Rosalind ---As You Like It I show more mirth than I am mistress of. This forest and my folly prompted change Of sex, and my disguise...

‘Holy Saturday’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 19, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
35 Comments
. Holy Saturday "Call the Sabbath a delight." —Isaiah 58:13 His weary, soulless body needed rest, Not only pierced and physically exhausted, But...

‘Divine Complaint’: A Poem by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 5, 2025
Poetry, Translation
32 Comments
. Divine Complaint Chant royal by Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406), translated and adapted by Margaret Coats In all the world there is one creature...

Disaster Sonnets by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 22, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
37 Comments
. How Many Homes? ---January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires Twelve thousand lost, from stricken memories more Schools, churches, meeting places, shops...

‘Nishijin Weaving’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 8, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. Nishijin Weaving In the tranquil heartThere is no scattering ofBlossoms once gathered. ―Satomura Jōha, master of linked verse The shining...

‘Enamoured’: A Love Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
February 22, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry
25 Comments
. Enamoured String me a strand of pure white pearls supernal, Warming my throat as quivering fingers do, Roughened but figuring tenderness...

‘On the Porch’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
February 8, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
30 Comments
. On the Porch The roof and eaves, low walls or none, slim railings, Contrive a sense of shelter customary. Worn floor between front steps and door...

‘Whoever Am I?’: Poetry by Prudentius, Translated from Latin by Margaret Coats

The Society
January 19, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
26 Comments
. Whoever Am I? Preface to His Poetry .by Prudentius (c. 4th century AD)translated by Margaret Coats If I see clear, through fifty yearsI’ve lived....

‘Caleb in Canaan’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
January 5, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. Caleb in Canaan  Green fields, walled towns, strong foes, but we are fit To overcome. Forward, I say. It’s ours. These forty days of foraging...

‘Stars Voluble’: A Christmas Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
December 25, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. Stars Voluble Profound and lightless silent night _Lay still with curtains closed. Into unspeaking dark the Word Descended from his regal...

A Poem for American Women with Five or More Children, by Margaret Coats

The Society
December 11, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. Motherly Motives ---of the 5% of American women with 5 or more children The greater good is motherhood. Let wealth be vast and health ideal, These...

A Poem for Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral’s Reopening, by Margaret Coats

The Society
December 7, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. Notre Dame Re-Opens To touch this holiness we have no right, Nor did we earn the privilege to restore Its grandeur. Bringing anguished hearts to...

‘Beryl Spring’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
November 13, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
28 Comments
. Beryl Spring ---Yellowstone National Park Towering torrents of steam and mist Rise next to the side of the road, Beckoning drivers to park and...
poem/rosenbaum/culture

‘Healthy Relics’: Three Sonnets by Margaret Coats

The Society
October 30, 2024
Culture, Poetry
34 Comments
. Elisha's Bones II Kings 4:32–37, 13:20–21 Elisha died, the prophet doubly strong In spirit, and his sepulcher was grand, For he had caused a...

‘Old Chestnut’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
October 16, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
Old Chestnut I’m the spirited girl with the chestnut hair, Common countenance pale, smile occasionally stressed, High forehead and wide, sculpted...

A Rosh Hashanah Poem on the Blowing of the Shofar, by Margaret Coats

The Society
October 2, 2024
Culture, Music, Poetry
24 Comments
. The Ram's Horn "A great horn shall be blown, and they that were lost shall come from the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts from the land...

‘Plowing’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
September 30, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
34 Comments
. Plowing Plain plowing cultivates delight Of partnership with animals: Two horses and a man unite To draw behind them crows and gulls Feeding on...

A Poem for Helen Vendler (1933-2024): ‘Valediction for a Critic’ by Margaret Coats

The Society
September 16, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
34 Comments
. Valediction for a Critic "She can second-guess the sixth sense of a poem." —Seamus Heaney "I thought—and still think—that all people would...

A Poem for Labor Day and Others by Christine de Pisan, Translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
September 2, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
25 Comments
. For All Who Labor by Christine de Pisan (1364-c. 1430) Lady, fair branch where God’s grace blooms,Our labors, Saint Bernard assumes,Are benefited...

‘August Foraging’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
August 26, 2024
Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. August Foraging “It’s hot, it’s dry. No fun outdoors; No fungi, flowers, foliage, fruit For us to eat where Nature stores Wild food. The...

‘Sicilian Samurai’: A Poem on Giovanni Battista Sidotti, by Margaret Coats

The Society
August 10, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
36 Comments
. Sicilian Samurai circa 1700 He made a startling, militant request To journey to Japan—strange land long closed To foreign influence. The Pope’s...

‘Festal Flourish’: Translation of a Poem by Tibullus, by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 27, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
24 Comments
. Festal Flourish ---on a country festival, by Roman poet Tibullus (55-19 BC), translated by Margaret Coats All here may help to cleanse these fruits...

‘Fire Lurks’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 15, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
30 Comments
. Fire Lurks I recognize, while watching ghastly nightEncircle statesmanship revoltingly,Bright bursts of a spangled pyrotechnic star.America! No...
poem/French revolution/high school

‘Storming the Bastille’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 13, 2024
Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. Storming the Bastille from eyewitness accounts July the twelfth, the City of Light was filled With brigands bought by dimes and dismal speech; How...

‘Three Views of Venus’: A Poem from Houghton Hall, by Margaret Coats

The Society
June 30, 2024
Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry
20 Comments
. Three Views of Venus "When you’ve got a goddess, make good use of her. —local guide, Green Velvet Bedchamber at Houghton Hall, Norfolk “Ah,...

Poetry from and about Xu Zhimo, by Margaret Coats

The Society
June 13, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
30 Comments
. Meeting Xu Zhimo by Margaret Coats Three Chinese girls behind me in the line Escape King’s College Chapel evensong; They show a phone, ask where,...

On the Meeting of Poets James A. Tweedie, Jeff Eardley, Peter Hartley, and Margaret Coats in the UK: Poems and Other Writings

The Society
June 8, 2024
Culture, Essays, Poetry
19 Comments
. In Spring 2024, UK poets Jeff Eardley and Peter Hartley crossed paths with American poets James A. Tweedie and Margaret coats in...

‘Out Walking’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 30, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
33 Comments
. Out Walking I hear the heath alive to free A heart from hearthside reverie, _And with my rambling feet __Start out in stealth, Intent on...

‘Herman the Cripple’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 16, 2024
Culture, Music, Poetry
44 Comments
. Herman the Cripple A body helpless in deformity Was mine, though loving parents carried me Full seven years in sick infirmity, Then placed me in...

May Songs from Miracle Plays, Translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 1, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Translation
19 Comments
. May Songs . I. Where does loyalty take its rest? Where is charity’s portraiture, Except in you, sweet virgin pure? Where has virginity...

‘A Shakespeare Garden Stroll’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 23, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Shakespeare
22 Comments
. A Shakespeare Garden Stroll Of all the blooms, I like the lily best. Might you prefer a deep vermilion rose? Well, each to earth some special good...

‘Snowy Egret’ and ‘Dusky Seaside Sparrow’: Two Bird Poems by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 17, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
39 Comments
. Snowy Egret Here where sunlight sparkle rinses Cypresses whose balding branches Shoulder epiphytic orchids (Cowhorn, spider, ghost, or...

Nazi Death Songs: Poems on Rudolf Hess and Rudolf Höss by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 3, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
34 Comments
. Rudolf Hess Deputy Führer found strangled at Spandau Prison, August 17, 1987 Odd winter whirlwinds occupy my brain With telepathic messages I...

‘Queen Esther’s Lot’: A Poem for Purim, by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 22, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. Queen Esther's Lot for the Jewish holiday of Purim (“Lots”) Oh, to be taken from home’s holy ways, Delivered to a king uncircumcized, And...

‘Serenade’ and ‘Serenity’: Poems by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 15, 2024
Beauty, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry
30 Comments
. Serenade Down dash the splashlets of rain to the ground; Streams from the eaves full and fluent resound. Guests gaily chatter, and clatter their...
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  1. Joseph S. Salemi on ‘Independence Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantJuly 4, 2025

    "Souls ache to slip a granite-fisted grip"... What a great description of the essential American character! We don't take orders…

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    James -- What "was" before "is" now no more, as well you here convey, and what they "are" compared to…

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    James, you beautifully captured the essence and melancholy feel of a ghost town. The ones I remember were in Arizona.…

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    There's something about Kent -- it produces great writers like Thomas Wyatt, Henry Wotton, John Whitworth, James Sale, and Susan…

  5. Brian Yapko on ‘Independence Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantJuly 4, 2025

    Susan, this is a magnificently patriotic (and deceptively simple) poem to mark an Independence Day which makes many of us…

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