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  • Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega, Translated by Martin Rizley

    The Society
    February 8, 2023
    Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
    3 Comments
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    Poetry Challenge: Equilateral Proverbs

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    February 7, 2023
    Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Poetry Contests
    24 Comments
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    February 7, 2023
    Humor, Poetry
    20 Comments
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    Humor, Poetry, Satire
    28 Comments
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    February 6, 2023
    Beauty, Poetry
    15 Comments
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    A Poem on Estrangement from Conservative Parents, by Brian Yapko

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    February 5, 2023
    Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
    23 Comments
  • ‘The City’ by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm, Translated by Dusty Grein

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    February 4, 2023
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    Poems on Politically Correct Churches and Language by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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    February 4, 2023
    Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle
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  • ‘Time Travel’: A Poem by Leland James

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    February 3, 2023
    Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry
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    ‘Castile’ by Miguel de Unamuno, Translated by Cheryl Corey

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    February 2, 2023
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‘The Villainy of Icicles’ by Brian Yapko

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February 7, 2023
Humor, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Villainy of Icicles That sword of Damocles! That glacial Iago! A prism forged of ice, sharp and aloof; An icicle out of Doctor...

‘Fear for the Future’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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February 6, 2023
Humor, Poetry, Satire
28 Comments
. Fear for the Future When I ponder the future I get so distraught For the Leftists control Most production of thought. . . To Better Protect...

‘Trust’ by R.M. Zimmerman

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February 6, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. Trust My life unfolds as time goes by. Some days I laugh. Some nights I cry. I yearn for peace, as all folks do. When stress prevails, my doubts...
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A Poem on Estrangement from Conservative Parents, by Brian Yapko

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February 5, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
23 Comments
. A House Divided Against Itself A rondeau redoublé inspired by Dennis Prager's piece here.  In troubled times this will take place: A war of...

‘The City’ by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm, Translated by Dusty Grein

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February 5, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
7 Comments
. The City, 1852 by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (1817-1888) translated by Dusty Grein Past the gray beach, beside the gray sea, lies a wondrous gray...

‘The Shadow of My Sorrow’ by Daniel Howard

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February 4, 2023
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Shadow of My Sorrow As soon as day has dawned and night is done, The shadow of my sorrow follows me, Outgrows the shape by which it came to...
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Poems on Politically Correct Churches and Language by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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February 4, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle
35 Comments
. Church Mice a sonnet corona  There is a tale that’s writ in German history. A church was passed each Sunday by a train. Its death-knell whistle...

‘Time Travel’: A Poem by Leland James

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February 3, 2023
Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry
18 Comments
. Time Travel I chance upon a sylvan glade, an Orphic place: moon threads, a lace of nightkin shadows. A trill of breeze awakes the guardian...

‘Carnivore Picks a Fight and Vegan Responds’: A Dialogue by Mary Gardner

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February 3, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
39 Comments
. Carnivore Picks a Fight and Vegan Responds . CARNIVORE O man vegetarian with lifestyle agrarian, You’ve fallen as prey to a scam! We advise you...
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‘Castile’ by Miguel de Unamuno, Translated by Cheryl Corey

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February 2, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
8 Comments
. Castile by Miguel de Unamuno (Spain, 1864-1936)translated by Cheryl A. Corey O Castile! You raise me up in the rugged palm of your hand;To the...

‘The Snuff Box’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

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February 2, 2023
Beauty, Children's, Culture, Poetry
30 Comments
. The Snuff Box from a true story told in My Mother by Fr. Bernard Vaughan (1847-1922) When I was just a little boy, My mother served us shepherd’s...
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The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition

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February 1, 2023
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The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of the 11th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Evan Mantyk Past First...
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Winners of 2022 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2023
High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
2 Comments
. First Place ($200 Prize) Christiana Thomas, homeschooled 12th grade student in Oregon. "Worth Disguised" . Second Place Laurel Aronian, 10th grade...
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‘Disemboguement’ by Anna J. Arredondo

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January 31, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
16 Comments
. Disemboguement You woke something deep within me, not at first sight, but the second: When distractions ceased to spin me, my eyes focused; your...
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‘So Close By’ by Warren Bonham

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January 31, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. So Close By At one point I was told that I Was purposely created by Some perfect being in the sky Who watches as I live and die. If that was true,...
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‘Love and Loss: Poems for Viktoria Sokoli’ by Paul Freeman

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January 30, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
13 Comments
. 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
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. 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
18 Comments
. 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
Covid-19, Culture, Epic, Poetry
30 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
16 Comments
. 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
29 Comments
. 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
10 Comments
. 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
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 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
Beauty, Music, Poetry
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
16 Comments
. 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
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
31 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
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
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

The Society
January 23, 2023
Essays, Poetry
39 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

The Society
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
18 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

The Society
January 21, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
22 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

The Society
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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