‘Reflections of an Aging Moon’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society September 27, 2020 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments Reflections of an Aging Moon Great brassy stalks of varicolored horns Blow notes to keep the bees awake at noon. Immersed in gaudy zinnia’s...
Poems on Famous Composers by Sally Cook The Society June 19, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry 9 Comments Johann Sebastian Bach Truly loved music, yet Managed to wed twice And father a gang. The kids took their tonics, Eschewed bad...
New Sally Cook Art Exhibit Can Be Visited Virtually The Society April 13, 2020 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments The painter and poet Sally Cook has a new exhibition at UB Art Galleries. Because of the current coronavirus pandemic, UB Art Galleries has...
‘Mama’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society January 21, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Environment 19 Comments Mama My mama took two drinks a year; A shot glass down the gullet— Yet hated bars and abhorred beer. Would execute a pullet— An ax, a...
‘To The Poet Leo Yankevich’ by Sally Cook The Society November 29, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments Perhaps the color of your world was dun, And you sank in your couch when work was done, To calculate injustice, add the sum, Saw all was...
Six Poems Concerning Poetry, by Sally Cook The Society August 31, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments Learning Experience The world is filled with rules For making things; and schools Where ziggurats of thought, Erected there, are...
‘I Want To Believe’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society May 21, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments I Want To Believe I want to believe a scarlet sky Promises sunshine. Don’t know why They say red skies mean turbulence— To me it...
‘Star Needles’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society February 5, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments Star Needles A star is just a bauble stuck on what We view as sky. Lest it let winter in, We join sky fabric back together. When It makes a...
Three Poems on Her Father, by Sally Cook The Society July 5, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments Heritage I like to say I’d an Egyptian father If that is too obscure for you, I’d rather Explain it just by citing preservation. They...
‘And What Of Art’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society July 16, 2017 Art, Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 14 Comments And What Of Art? It used to be that there was a division Between the arts, and each had segments, too. A poem was just a poem, required...
‘Poem for a Birthday’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society June 28, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments Poem for a Birthday Say that the year is round, and on its top March lighted candles in concentric rows. They drip their wax, which hardens on the...
‘A Spirit of Creativity’: Interview with Sally Cook The Society May 8, 2017 Essays, Interviews, Poetry 4 Comments By Evan Mantyk A veritable Renaissance woman, Sally Cook is both an accomplished poet who's regularly published in National Review and an...
‘Blue Star’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society April 12, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments Blue Star Mama painted calm and clouded landscapes Before she wed, blue-green and grassy shapes, But these went by the board just after...
Whitworth Over Whitman: A Poem by Sally Cook The Society February 6, 2017 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 41 Comments What a Wit is Worth For John Whitworth, poet Oh, Whitman was a rhymer who enjoyed to play the part Of complicating everything. It's...
The Society of Classical Poets Releases Journal VIII The Society June 12, 2020 From the Society, Poetry 5 Comments The Society of Classical Poets website receives millions of views every year. Visitors read engaging, beautiful, topical verse that...
The Best Poems of 2019 The Society February 1, 2020 From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 11 Comments The Best Poems of 2019: Winners of 8th Annual International SCP Poetry Competition Thank you to everyone who participated! It was an epic year with...
‘Carol’ by Stanisław Grochowiak, Translated by Leo Yankevich The Society December 22, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Holidays, Poetry, Translation 2 Comments Carol They come slowly—loiter, you might say, Some with olive oil splashed on their bums, Others with enormous crooked thumbs, All full of...
‘Sonnet For All Who Follow Me’ by Leo Yankevich The Society October 30, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments Leo Yankevich passed away in December 2018. This poem was submitted by Sally Cook. Crows and leaves beyond the windowpane, a cup of...
Essay: ‘A Breeze Came Out of the North…’ The Society September 29, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 6 Comments A breeze came out of the North one day, and cried, "September's begun!" A breeze came out of the North one day, declared, "The Summer is...
Three Poems for Mother’s Day The Society May 12, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Bunny by Sally Cook Indebted to a simple spark of life, You missed your chance at Europe’s wondrous door. A conscientious mother and a...
Remembering John Whitworth (1945–April 22, 2019) The Society April 30, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 5 Comments Read the poetry of the recently departed John Whitworth at Trinacria or The Poetry Archive. by Sally Cook Any ordinary poet composing a landscape...
Announcing the 2019 Poetry Competition Winners The Society February 1, 2019 For Educators, From the Society, News of Note, Poetry, Poetry Contests 13 Comments Thank you to everyone who participated! We have had more quality submissions this year than in any past year and it has been a privilege to read and...
7 Poems for Christmas 2018 The Society December 25, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 31 Comments Sancta Dei Genetrix by Joseph Charles MacKenzie Pure Mother of divine Simplicity, Being-in-Himself now slumbers in thy creche, For, thou hast...
Funny Food Poetry Contest Winners Announced The Society June 12, 2017 From the Society, Humor, News of Note, Poetry, Poetry Contests 1 Comment Thank you to everyone who participated in the Funny Food Poetry Contest, including Judges Michael Curtis, Lorna Davis, William Ruleman, James Sale,...
‘The American Revolution: An Epic Poem,’ Chapter II, by Andrew Benson Brown The Society July 4, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments The American Revolution: An Epic Poem Chapter I by Andrew Benson Brown Chapter II: Thomas Jefferson in Hell On July Fourth of Eighteen...
‘Bees Are Spectacular’ and Other Poetry by Leo Zoutewelle The Society January 2, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments Bees Are Spectacular When people talk of “bees” it well could mean Two things: the sum of separate insects or A colony—some workers and a...
Journal VII Released The Society May 24, 2019 From the Society, News of Note, Poetry 3 Comments We are pleased to announce the publication of The Society of Classical Poets’ Journal VII. The new journal is larger and more impressive than any...
Society of Classical Poets Journal Vol. 6 Released The Society April 1, 2018 From the Society, News of Note, Poetry 13 Comments The Society of Classical Poets is reviving poetry with rhyme and meter and the response has been widespread and tremendous. Since the...
Remaking Education From the Poetry Up The Society March 15, 2017 Deconstructing Communism, Essays, For Educators, Poetry 7 Comments By Evan Mantyk Last year, the College Board released a significantly redesigned Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The SAT is used by millions of...
