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    ‘Disemboguement’ by Anna J. Arredondo

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‘Love and Loss: Poems for Viktoria Sokoli’ by Paul Freeman

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January 30, 2023
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. Love and Loss: Poems for Viktoria Sokoli . Love I I once loved a girl called Viktoria Sokoli With eyes of the colour of spinach and broccoli. Her...
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‘Comfort’ and Other Poetry of the Sea by Catherine Lee

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January 30, 2023
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. Comfort I gaze upon the endless sea against high cliffs, on golden sand— her everlasting majesty. Through ages rolling wild and grand, oblivious...

‘Media’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain

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January 29, 2023
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire
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. Media You told us lies, ignored our cries. __Your platforms you abused. You cancelled truth; you damaged youth, __And we are not amused. You took...
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StairWell Canto 8: ‘Covid-Priest’ by James Sale

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January 28, 2023
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20 Comments
. Canto 8: Covid-Priest from The English Cantos Volume 2: StairWell StairWell is the Poet’s Purgatory, and as in HellWard where we met with...

‘To an Eager Lover’ and Other Poetry by Adrian Fillon

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January 28, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
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. To an Eager Lover This isn’t an unreasonable demand: you have to learn my story with your hands. As a man, you naturally want to know a woman in...
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‘Practical Philosophy’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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January 27, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
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. Practical Philosophy The mind is meant to lead the body, And not the other way around. Permit no workmanship that’s shoddy, And build foundations...

‘Life on the Farm’ and Other Poetry by Aleta Kiefer

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January 27, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. Life on the Farm Daddy’s gone. Is he sleeping? For only the shell remains. I hear the cries of cicadas. I listen to their pain. Momma, why are...
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A Poem for India’s Republic Day: ‘The Land of Dreams’ by Satyananda Sarangi

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January 26, 2023
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15 Comments
. The Land of Dreams written on the eve of India's Republic Day of India which is celebrated on Jan. 26 every year Some distance far away, the...
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‘Look Up and See the Music’ by James A. Tweedie

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January 26, 2023
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12 Comments
. Look Up and See the Music Psalm 19:1 In winter, when the atmosphere is still And cold, and when the nighttime sky is clear, The stars and planets,...

‘The Poetaster’s Plight’ by Kenneth L. Horne

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January 26, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
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. The Poetaster’s Plight Some think the poet’s work is ease: "Sit back and write it’s such a breeze;" But those that know will surely say They...
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‘The Stonechat Listens At The Asylum Window’ by Charles Southerland

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January 25, 2023
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28 Comments
. The Stonechat Listens at the Asylum Window I fear I might mistranslate what you said And lose the very essence of your words. May I record you as...
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A Classical Guitar Rendition of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ for Burns Night, by Jeff Eardley

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January 25, 2023
Culture, Music, Poetry
17 Comments
. Burns Night is when Scotland's most important bard, Robert Burns (1759-1796), is celebrated, usually with the recitation of Burns' poems, the...
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A Sonnet for Burns Night, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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January 24, 2023
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42 Comments
. Note: Burns Night is when Scotland’s most important bard, Robert Burns (1759-1796), is celebrated, usually with the recitation of Burns’...
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A Poem on the Existence of God: ‘The Problem of Good’ by Jeffrey Essmann

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January 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Problem of Good a Petrarchan sonnet If there’s (the armchair philosopher maintains) A God (most likely writing in his blog), Then why’s the...

On Alma Tadema’s Coign of Vantage and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers

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January 24, 2023
Art, Beauty, Ekphrastic, Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
. . On Alma Tadema’s Coign of Vantage Flora peeks over the marble parapet, a dizzying perch above the azure Aegean. The Roman fleet is...
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Transgression, Fake and Genuine: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

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January 23, 2023
Essays, Poetry
35 Comments
. Transgression, Fake and Genuine       by Joseph S. Salemi When Henry Harland and Aubrey Beardsley brought forth their groundbreaking periodical...
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A Poem on the World Economic Forum’s Davos 2023, by Julian D. Woodruff

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January 23, 2023
Culture, Music, Poetry
20 Comments
. WEF, Davos, ‘23—A Modern Reply after “Endless Pleasure, Endless Love”* Endless hooey, endless snow, We’re exposed to here below. Ever on...

‘On a Terrible Orchestral-chorale Concert’ by Peter Venable

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January 23, 2023
Humor, Poetry
4 Comments
. On a Terrible Orchestral-chorale Concert Trapped here with vain musicians---what a fate! An echo chamber that I can't escape. Conductors lead,...
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‘Ever Flowing’ by Dusty Grein

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January 22, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
19 Comments
. Ever Flowing Upon the rushing river’s bank I stand, deep water, ever flowing as it goes. The turbulence of my life it reflects as if my mortal...

“John Adams in Heaven,” from Legends of Liberty by Andrew Benson Brown

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January 22, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry
17 Comments
. John Adams in Heaven John and Abigail Adams are being guided through heaven by John Milton. He takes them to a villa in the Elysian Fields, where...

‘Iambic Barktameter’ by Mark F. Stone

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January 21, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
30 Comments
. A Note on Iambic Barktameter I have an Australian Shepard named Sunny who loves poetry. I didn’t believe it at first, but she proved it to me....

‘Bats at Sunset’ and Other Poetry by Maxim D. Shrayer

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January 21, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
17 Comments
. Bats at Sunset The monster is rotund, vile, enormous, three-muzzled, and barking ---Vasily Trediakovsky, after Virgil The woods are lovely, dark,...
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Launch Event for Michael Pietrack’s Legacy: You Are Invited

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January 20, 2023
Children's, Poetry
7 Comments
. SCP Members and readers are invited by poet Michael Pietrack to his Virtual Launch Party on Saturday, January 21 at 12 Noon EST.  The...

‘The Calendar’ and Other Poetry by Jez Punter

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January 20, 2023
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. The Calendar You are the festive dregs of January,you liven February with Valentine’s.You are the March that gives spring sanctuary,you are the...

‘Moments from Dante’s Inferno’ by Paul Buchheit

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January 20, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry
14 Comments
. Moments from Dante’s Inferno Prepared to travel, if the gods allowed, I saw the woods were dreary, dark as death. I chose to heed a blessing...
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‘Banish the Thought’ by Susan J. Cappellari

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January 19, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Triolet
6 Comments
. Banish the Thought Who are you? Not me, I know You creep and crimp my edges fray, An apparition of Dickens’ play--- Who are you? Not me, I...

‘Swimming with Dreams and Memory’ and Other Poetry by Pippa Kay

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January 19, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
21 Comments
. Swimming with Dreams and Memory My childhood dreams and memories remain through adulthood and old age. My doll speaks. My toy car surfs that tidal...
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Poem on the Failed British Space Launch, by Jeff Eardley

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January 18, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Science
16 Comments
. “Newquay, we have a problem” January 9, 2023 We’ve gathered in thousands to witness the blast-off, We’re sipping Champagne with our eyes...

‘Greta’s Smorgasbord of Hate’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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January 18, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
61 Comments
. Greta's Smorgasbord of Hate I love the pretty trees, the trees love me! They make me dance and sing, they make me shout And sulk and give loud...

‘Gloucester in July’ by Patricia Rogers Crozier

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January 18, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. Gloucester in July A thousand silent saints and angels Hewn from vertex, plane, and angle Raised by blow of mason’s hammer Raised from stone to...
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‘Beatitude’ by Gregory Ross

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January 17, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
5 Comments
. Beatitude Be glad and smile, for they revile, The Truth they mock and put on trial, The Beauty they do not possess, The Good, they curse, and will...

‘El Pescado’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

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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...
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‘The Christmas Story’ and Other Poetry by Lauren V. Leon

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January 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. The Christmas Story An angel of the Lord, Came forth with joyful news, Of Him Who is adored, Messiah of the Jews. The angel hailed the one, A...

‘The Wind’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

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January 16, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Wind Listen, listen! Do you hear it?  It is on the march tonight--- The incessant winter wind that blows throughout the wood and glade. Like a...

‘Worth Disguised’ by Christiana Thomas

The Society
January 15, 2023
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
9 Comments
. Worth Disguised The hammer lifts, the anvil rings, The room with screaming noises brings __A torture, here inflicted. The bellows pump, the fire...

‘Cookies’ and Other Sweet Poetry by Norma Pain

The Society
January 15, 2023
Humor, Poetry
22 Comments
. Cookies I bought a bag of cookies for a snack, But they were way too sweet… I took them back. I tried each one to make sure this was true. I...
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‘Civilisations Forget the Taste of Their Own Tails’ by James Lucas

The Society
January 14, 2023
Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Civilisations Forget the Taste of Their Own Tails To see a friend possessed By the time’s ideological incantations, To see a world soon...

‘Bingo Ladies’ by Mary Gardner

The Society
January 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
35 Comments
. Bingo Ladies Gray-haired gals meet twice a week, Have their luncheon with the clique At the Wendy’s in Coppell. After they have talked a...
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Poems on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
January 13, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
27 Comments
. Out, out, brief candle! ---Macbeth I am black-dog blue and blinded by the glitzy gaze of stars. Lucent moons will never light __my skyless eye. I...
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‘This Side of Eternity’ by Anna J. Arredondo

The Society
January 13, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
21 Comments
. This Side of Eternity I. Imagination, you’re a two-edged sword, The universe your oyster, opened wide; Conceiving all the boon life might...
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