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  • ‘Simply Chilling’: A Tetraptych of Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

    The Society
    July 9, 2025
    Culture, Poetry, Rondel, Triolet, Villanelle
    4 Comments
  • ‘After If’: A Poem After Kipling, by Josh Mitteldorf

    The Society
    July 9, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
    2 Comments
  • Eternal Rose, with Rows and Rows: Canto XXX of Dante’s Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns

    The Society
    July 8, 2025
    Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
    3 Comments
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    The Society
    July 8, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
    10 Comments
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    The Society
    July 7, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
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    The Society
    July 7, 2025
    Poetry, Translation
    14 Comments
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    Performing Arts, Poetry, Translation
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    Beauty, Poetry
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    Culture, Poetry
    11 Comments
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    July 5, 2025
    Beauty, Culture, Poetry
    2 Comments
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    July 5, 2025
    Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
    9 Comments
  • A Poem on the Ghost Town Bodie, by James A. Tweedie

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    July 4, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
    13 Comments

Eternal Rose, with Rows and Rows: Canto XXX of Dante’s Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns

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July 8, 2025
Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
3 Comments
. Eternal Rose, with Rows and Rows: Canto XXX of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Six thousand miles away, high...

‘On Never Giving Up’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga

The Society
July 8, 2025
Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. On Never Giving Up On reaching the point where it's tough to find answers to _“What-are-we-doing-this-for?” And the number of people that...

A Poem on the July 4th Texas Flash Floods, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 7, 2025
Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. There Are No Words ---on the July 4th Texas flash floods There are no words to quell a swell of grief That swallows hope and snatches at the...

Lyrics of Oliver Goldsmith, Translated into Latin by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
July 7, 2025
Poetry, Translation
14 Comments
. When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly… by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What...

Prologue in Heaven from ‘Faust’ by Goethe, Translated by Josh Olson

The Society
July 7, 2025
Performing Arts, Poetry, Translation
12 Comments
. From Faust: The Tragedy, Part I Prologue in Heaven by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) translated from German by Josh Olson . The Lord, the...

‘On Quantock Hills’: A Poem by Andy Moody

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July 6, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
2 Comments
. On Quantock Hills On Quantock Hills, as Skylarks sing aloft, A humble pilgrim walks on ways of old, In morning light, with air so still and...

‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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July 6, 2025
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Juggler ---with special kudos to George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg, Taylor Swift, Susan Sarandon, Tom Hanks, Mark Hamill, Robert DeNiro and a...

‘Optimism’: A Poem for the Graduating Class of 2025, by Benjamin Daniel Lukey

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July 5, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
2 Comments
. Optimism ---to the Class of 2025 The world is cold and hard and dark enough; We need not cloud it with our own despair. And it is furnished, too,...

‘Never Time to Spare’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan

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July 5, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
9 Comments
. Never Time to Spare ---a villanelle My daughter, I am watching you with love for I’ve been there, When dishes overflow the sink and books are...

A Poem on the Ghost Town Bodie, by James A. Tweedie

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July 4, 2025
Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Bodie The whistled whispers of a desert wind Drift through the dusty streets and haunted halls Where faded lives of those who loved and sinned Now...

‘Independence Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 4, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
33 Comments
. Independence Day, 2025 It’s so much more than red and white and blue And stars that spangle banners flying high. It’s something strong and...

A Poem After Chesterton’s ‘A Ballad of Theatricals’, by M.D. Skeen

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July 3, 2025
Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
. IRL —after G.K. Chesterton’s "A Ballad of Theatricals" (reprinted below) Though all the emails I receive—surprisingly politely...

‘The Playland’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

The Society
July 3, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. The Playland Once in a playland caked with fresh-born mud, I saw a league of book-freed children smile collectively like petals of a bud in varied...

SCP Symposium In-Person in September in Naperville, Illinois

The Society
July 2, 2025
From the Society, Poetry, Readings, Symposium
. Request for Expression of Interest SCP Poet Russel Winick has graciously agreed to host an in-person SCP Symposium at his large residence in...

‘Summer Family Cookout’: A Poem by Doug Stoiber

The Society
July 2, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. Summer Family Cookout Criss-cross, hamburger toss, _Flip that sizzlin’ patty! Pretty please, and top with cheese! _You’re the Great Grill...

‘Bayesian Hubris v. Mercy Seat 11A’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
July 1, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
19 Comments
. Bayesian Hubris v. Mercy Seat 11A “Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who miraculously walked away from the Ahmedabad disaster, in which more than 240...

‘Gorge’: A Poem on Fishing by Stephen M. Dickey

The Society
July 1, 2025
Poetry, Satire
10 Comments
. Gorge Millennia before the Bass Pro tours, Sonar fish finders and electric reels, Some unsung pioneer dreamed baits and lures, Felt in his blood...
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‘On the Existence of Two Genders’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
June 30, 2025
Culture, Poetry
33 Comments
. On the Existence of Two Genders Note: This poem is written in response to the trans-driven push to promulgate the idea that gender is either...

‘Therapy’: A Poem by Mary Jane Myers

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June 30, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
22 Comments
. Therapy ---After "Help! I Can’t Stop Speaking in Iambic!" by Cynthia Erlandson Help! I can’t stop writing psychobabble!No matter what I pen, it...

‘Every Square Inch’: A Poem by Frank Rable

The Society
June 29, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. Every Square Inch Her every square inch, her breath, and her voice, In all this and more my soul can rejoice. The beat from her heart, the wink...

Two Poems on Cardinals, by T.M. Moore

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June 29, 2025
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
12 Comments
. Cardinals The cardinal is my favorite bird.They mate for life, or so I’ve heard.You hear them sing antiphonally—it’s like a game they play,...

Report on Results of the SCP Survey of Poets

The Society
June 28, 2025
From the Society, Poetry
13 Comments
. Report on Results of the SCP Survey of Poets by Roy E. Peterson and Evan Mantyk The survey had 60 respondents, about 1/3rd of them were SCP...

SCP Poetry Competition Winners’ Symposium—You’re Invited! (Updated with Link)

The Society
June 28, 2025
From the Society, Poetry, Readings, Symposium
3 Comments
. The SCP Poetry Competition Winners’ Symposium Join the Symposium...

‘Rolling the Dice’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

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June 28, 2025
Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. Rolling the Dice “Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist.”...
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‘A Whale Is a Whale’: A Poem After Ogden Nash, by Jonathan Bear

The Society
June 27, 2025
Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
. A Whale is a Whale ---after Ogden Nash While laughing aloud at Ogden's smart rhymes, I was struck by a way to interpret his lines. Though Nash's...

‘Hope’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

The Society
June 27, 2025
Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Hope ---in homage to Langston Hughes Hold steadfastly to hopeFor if hope should subsideLife’s a slippery slopeWhere dreams only...

‘Dad and I’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson

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June 26, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Dad and I Our sessions last an hour or two at most, for we get through them just as fast as can be managed, trying not to stir the ghost of hurts...

‘Rodrigo’s Lament’: A Poem by Damon Rose

The Society
June 26, 2025
Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Rodrigo’s Lament The legendary knight El Cid duels with his fiancé’s father. His rasping knavish voice profanes my good name. It grates my...

‘New York, New York’: A Poem on the NYC Mayor Race, by Brian Yapko

The Society
June 25, 2025
Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. New York, New York “Give up Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island too…” (with apologies to Rodgers & Hart) How many songs about New York...

‘A Sonnet for My One True Love’ and Other Poetry by Aaron Nydegger

The Society
June 25, 2025
Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
. A Sonnet for My One True Love Forever let the night go on and on, My body to your softness gently pressed, Nor let the touch of shameful, blushing...

‘Gruesome’: A Poem on the LA Riots of 2025, by Adam Wasem

The Society
June 24, 2025
Poetry, Satire
17 Comments
. Gruesome Grinning Gavin smooths his tie, Makes sure he’s framed against blue sky. He pats his hair—one’s out of place; He frowns to note...

A Poem on John Duns Scotus, by Mary Jane Myers

The Society
June 24, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Doctor Subtilis ---Blessed John Duns Scotus (1265--1308) A proud and canny Scot from Duns am I, an infant when Franciscans reached our coast. These...

‘Another Species’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook

The Society
June 23, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Another Species Each time you felt some shame you could confess The sins you had committed, but instead You whispered a revision, something less In...

‘Six’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier

The Society
June 23, 2025
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
10 Comments
. Six Bitter were the crimson seeds, Beautiful they were to me, Sparkling like ruby beads, In his palm of ivory. Dark they were to look upon, Rivers...

‘Archaic Torso of Apollo’ by Rilke and ‘Reconciliation’ by Goethe, Translated by Josh Olson

The Society
June 22, 2025
Ekphrastic, Music, Poetry, Translation
10 Comments
. Archaic Torso of Apollo by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) translated from German by Josh Olson We cannot know that enigmatic head in which his eyes...

‘The Prayer Blanket’: A Poem Based on the Real Experience of Tim Cassar

The Society
June 22, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Prayer Blanket ---as related to me by my friend Tim Cassar, who recently survived a brain cancer operation by Brian Yapko The paramedics came....

The Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku Competition

The Society
June 21, 2025
Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests
149 Comments
. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate (SCP Membership not required). Among members of the Society of Classical Poets,...

‘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,...

‘I Would Say Yes’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan

The Society
June 20, 2025
Humor, Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry, Villanelle
15 Comments
. I Would Say Yes ---a villanelle for Larry on our 36th Anniversary We were young and rather stupid then, But still I see that we were meant to be. I...

‘The Comings and Goings of Heaven and Earth’: A Poem by David L. Williams

The Society
June 20, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
. The Comings and Goings of Heaven and Earth Clouds’ movement in the sky, the sight of birds, phenomena that draw an upward glance, may sometimes...
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