‘The Vision of George Washington’: A Poem by Monika Cooper The Society July 21, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . The Vision of George Washington based on the story by Wesley Bradshaw, published in 1880 . I. Message Disclosed What you have heard of Washington...
‘Rising with the Sap’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society May 28, 2024 Blank Verse, Dante, Poetry 18 Comments . Rising with the Sap You would not call them blocks, those obscure streets Where people live. Their driftings trace the hem Of Manchester. I drove...
‘To Find a Waterfall’: A Poem by Monika Cooper The Society January 21, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . To Find a Waterfall The wild forest is a spiritual place. Disbelief does not last there. Halfway through My span of life, my sunrise-to-set...
‘Lee in the Furnace’: A Poem on Robert E. Lee by Monika Cooper The Society December 3, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . Lee in the Furnace "He who thinks of Lee Must think of Washington. . ." ---Herman Melville So Oleh, Chief, my other grandfather, Mine on the...
‘Prayerwise’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society November 19, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Prayerwise for Gloria (1934-2013) Tough, keen, opinionated, shrewd:Collected junk, shared what she foundWith those who shared her roof and...
‘Apocalypse Women’: A Poem by Monika Cooper The Society October 28, 2023 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Apocalypse Women The Christians gather at the baby’s grave. There are no tall stones in the children’s field. Red scarves veil women’s heads...
Two Trump Haiku, by Monika Cooper The Society October 14, 2023 Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 10 Comments . Trump in Asia the carp glows in dark waters, remembering the time that Trump fed him . . White House Advent Melania walks in her orchard of glass...
‘Not Forgetting 9.11 in 2023’: A Poem by Monika Cooper The Society September 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Not Forgetting 9.11 in 2023 New York, the City that I've only seen In flashes, glimpses, footage, faraway, New York I've read about, you filter...
‘Something Higher’ and Other Poems by Monika Cooper The Society August 18, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 22 Comments . Something Higher the brown scapular of Elijah Departures and arrivals. Passengers. The life of one old man describes an arc: A sudden collapse from...
‘La Campana’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society June 30, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . La Campana Ring, grandfather! And ring for liberty. The bell spoke once and, speaking, croaked and cracked. Our gazes bathed its iron in gold...
Monika Cooper Wins Sacred Poetry Contest, SCP Readers Invited to June 6 Reading-Celebration The Society June 5, 2023 Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings 23 Comments . Congratulations to SCP Poet Monika Cooper who took First Place in the 2023 Annual Sacred Poetry Contest held by Catholic Literary Arts. See...
‘La Corona’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society May 19, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . La Corona A childhood scene recalled by Trump of his mother, Mary MacLeod Trump, in The Art of the Deal, with a parallel to English-Scottish...
‘La Luna’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society April 26, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . La Luna The poet compares the moon to Eve, our fallen but redeemed mother, and the sun to Mary, daughter of Eve and Mother of us all; she...
‘La Muerte’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society March 31, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . La Muerte In those days, no king ruled in Ithaca. A pack moved in with communist ideals: An orgy funded by another’s store. Wine flowed like...
‘El Melon’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society March 9, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . El Melon There is a maze or map on melon skin Even the blind could read and seek to solve. A little girl watches the housewives, deft, Touching the...
‘La Sirena’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society February 19, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . La Sirena At some point they ceased to be beautiful. Even their voices. Bare breasts, bare arms, screams Savage as acid swamped the...
‘El Pescado’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society January 17, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . El Pescado They gloat: the age of Pisces, it is over. They chant to call Aquarius’ forces in. In the deep labyrinths we sought the sign, The...
A Poem Commemorating January 6th and Ashli Babbitt, by Monika Cooper The Society January 6, 2023 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . La Bandera “ never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders” —Benjamin Franklin It was the feast of the Epiphany. The mall...
A Poem for Donald Trump: ‘Nessun Dorma’ by Monika Cooper The Society December 6, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Music, Poetry 4 Comments . Nessun Dorma after the Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni The aria "Nessun Dorma" was played for Donald and Melania Trump's...
The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2024 Best Poems, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 28 Comments . The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of the 12th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Evan Mantyk, Sally...
The 10 Best Poems of Emily Dickinson The Society January 12, 2024 Best Poems, Essays, Poetry 34 Comments . The 10 Best Poems of Emily Dickinson by Monika Cooper Being presented with an Emily Dickinson poem is like getting a telegram from a strange...
Poetry Book Review: Making Music by Sally Cook The Society September 1, 2023 Art, Poetry, Reviews 16 Comments . Reviewed Book: Making Music by Sally Cook, White Violet Press, 2012 by Monika Cooper Making Music by Sally Cook is a book that comes with a...
Book Review: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde, Translated by Karl Maurer The Society May 20, 2023 Poetry, Reviews, Translation 6 Comments . Reviewed Book: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde (Translated by Karl Maurer) Cooper and Posey, 2023 by Monika Cooper In 2022, a small and brand-new press...
Winners of Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition Announced The Society May 13, 2023 Human Rights in China, Pantoum, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Villanelle 14 Comments . FIRST PLACE . Tooth and Claw a pantoum by Susan Jarvis Bryant Observe the tooth and claw of savage deed. Beware the ferric breath of looming...
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...
Members The Society February 21, 2017 X Members of the Society (MSCP) 2025Aboona, Sohaib, MichiganAdrian, David J., MichiganAnderson, C.B., MassachusettsAshurst, Alan, GermanyBaker,...
