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‘An Anti-Evolution Song’ by Evan Mantyk

The Society
August 15, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Science
14 Comments
. An Anti-Evolution Song inspired by the writings of Zhang Tianliang How probable is it, however you spin it, __That man has evolved out of nothing? Do I look like a schmuck who would think that dumb...

‘Images of Darwin, post-1859’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
August 15, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
6 Comments
. Images of Darwin, Post-1859 1859: The year the ponderously titled On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle For Life was published. A fat,...

A Poem for Salman Rushdie: ‘Mightier Than the Sword?’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
August 14, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. Mightier Than the Sword?   His Eighties searing splash of fiery ink Scorched the skin of those who won’t allow The flare of feisty words. His weren’t in sync With those of kowtow howls. He wouldn’t...

‘As Day Transitions to Night’ by Alexander Lazarus Wolff

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August 14, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. As Day Transitions to Night There is none of the daylight’s verve— __no ripples of the sun in the brook streaming ‘round the curve. __The day will come undone, splitting at the seams, for nothing will...

‘Lament of the Little White Horse’ by Paul Fort, Translated by Joshua C. Frank

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August 13, 2022
Beauty, Music, Poetry, Translation
11 Comments
. Lament of the Little White Horse by Paul Fort (1872-1960) Translated by Joshua C. Frank The little horse in the weather so dread, What courage he had inside! A little horse as white as white bread, All...

A Poem on Taxes: ‘Give and Take’ by Norma Pain

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August 12, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. Give and Take Mr. Taxman, you’re a peach, Fill your pockets we beseech. Having money is a curse, Please take freely from our purse. We may catch up some time later, Certainly your need is greater. Money...

‘My No-Show Foes’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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August 11, 2022
Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
. My No-Show Foes I whet my blade, anticipating mayhem. My enemies just whet their appetite On what they hope my manager will pay them For throwing down their knives without a fight. I hone my wits in...

‘Lullaby of New Mexico’ by Brian Yapko

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August 11, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
24 Comments
. Lullaby of New Mexico Duerme mijo---sleep my weary child As we drive south upon the interstate. My side-eye checks on you, my tired you. My calloused hand caresses your wheat hair. The radio sings dreams,...

‘Byrd in Flight’ and ‘Summer Sunday Baroque’ by Cynthia Erlandson

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August 10, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
23 Comments
. Byrd in Flight The surplice-vested, five-part choir, Like sparrows on a five-tiered wire, Gives flight to canticles of Byrd. The flocks of lightweight, living notes Ascend to where celestial thoughts Send...

‘Non Existent’ and Other Poetry by Gary Borck

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August 9, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Shakespeare
12 Comments
. . Non Existent One day my body disappeared, __nor could I touch or taste, but I could feel the flood of tears __that filled my missing face. My presence was by no-one known. __Not felt, nor seen, nor...

‘Awake’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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August 8, 2022
Culture, Poetry
36 Comments
. Awake  At night I quake and lie awake in bed. My racing mind likes pacing to and fro. My thoughts, they peck and caw just like a crow. I’m in the grip of woe from tip to...

‘Tapestry’ by Mary Gardner

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August 8, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry
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. Tapestry My grandfather Evangelos did trading with the Turks Of pipes and hookahs, hash, and cloths, and skillful carpet-works. A tapestry he gave his wife in Main in nineteen-ten, A secular non-Muslim...

Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891), Translated by Margaret Coats

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August 7, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondel, Translation, Triolet
20 Comments
. The Velocipede Half brain, and half a pair of wheels, Transcending anthropology, Calf poised on manufactured heels, Half brain, and half a pair of wheels, This novel animal reveals Darwinian zoology: Half...

‘Some Mornings’ by Jeffrey Essmann

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August 6, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
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. Some Mornings Some mornings it’s just tough to find that place, That slippery perspective where I view The world as not entirely unbraced From all that’s good and beautiful and true. I can’t quite find...

‘Byron Swims the Hellespont’ by Joseph S. Salemi

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August 6, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. Byron Swims the Hellespont On May 9, 1810, Lord Byron swam across the Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos to duplicate the legendary back-and-forth trips made by the mythical Leander on visits to his lover...

Five Love Sonnets by Daniel Joseph Howard

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August 5, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
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. Forsake Me Now Forsake me now, and say your last farewell While my misfortune’s in its full career, By circumstances forced to part from here, And in the furthest land from this to dwell; Forsake me as...

‘Fishing on the Fly’: Three Poems by James A. Tweedie

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August 4, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
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. Deschutes River Reverie The river, swift and shallow, roils its way Beneath the outstretched arms of old-growth pines, Past bank-side willows diamond-dewed with spray, And hillside ferns and thimbleberry...

‘Don’t Laugh at a Christian’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson

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August 3, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
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. Don't Laugh at a Christian God looked down on Noah And said "Construct an ark Bigger than a boat, More like a zoo or park." Friends said he was crazy Until the rain came down. That is when we learned The...

‘Transgender Madness: For All the Children Beyond Repair’ by Karen Darantière

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August 2, 2022
Culture, Poetry
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. Transgender Madness: For All the Children Being Harmed Beyond Repair inspired by When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T. Anderson . I. At age 5: the tomboy I cared not for the Barbie dolls in pink; I chased the...

‘Camena Interrupta’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable

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August 1, 2022
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
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. Camena Interrupta The measured words of poetryRise round the mystic sphere,Sift through the dirt or sing divineIn strains that soothe or sear. But now the stanzas halt and freeze:Eternity is stilled—The...

‘A Happy 80th Birthday Wish’ by Evan Mantyk

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August 1, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings
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. . A Happy 80th Birthday Wish for the Poet's Father I wish for you the golden years Odysseus had Retired from life’s long strife, a sort of Trojan War: The births and deaths were bloody fights, some...

‘To Winter’ and Other Poetry by James Sale

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July 31, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
25 Comments
. . To Winter for John Keats Where are the songs of spring? Now moving west All of us are into winter finally: Threadbare, lackluster, shorn-sheer, and with a limp Stepping down to die flatly, not...

‘Dog Tired, Cat on Top’ by Damian Robin

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July 30, 2022
Children's, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. Dog Tired, Cat on Top The cat sat on the mat, Been there, seen that. The cat sat on the chair, Seen that, been there. The cat sat on the dog, Well, that’s odd. The dog snored on the floor, Tell us...

‘The Photograph’ and Other Poetry by Chantal LaFortune

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July 29, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry
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. The Photograph The snowflakes tumble down like frozen tears, Which fall from every eye this winter day; They heard the call and answered without fear, Their country to defend without delay. A couple stands...

‘Cordelia’s Choice’ by Brian Yapko

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July 28, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Shakespeare
18 Comments
. Cordelia's Choice Ye gods, what should I do with such ill news? My father, once the king, is now insane And stripped of dignity. What must I choose To set things right? Yet, pray, why should I fain Raise up...

‘Online Research’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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July 27, 2022
Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. Online Research For how long grilling planks should soak __I checked the time online. A website that I noticed first __Called 15 minutes fine. But one more page I saw advised __To do it for an hour, So I...

‘Elegy for the Child Never Conceived’ by Joshua C. Frank

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July 26, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
20 Comments
. Elegy for the Child Never Conceived His would-be parents had but days; The procreative ship sat docked, And with the passengers’ delays, That ship is gone, forever locked, But if, instead, he’d been...

‘Forked: A Palindrome Poem’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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July 25, 2022
Humor, Poetry, Readings
38 Comments
. . Forked   a palindrome poem I’m a toxic-tongued witch with some bitching to weave. No trite tittle-tattle will make me believe My lips drip with syrup and never with sin--- That’s ludicrous...

‘Ballade of Pride’ by E.M. Schorb

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July 25, 2022
Culture, Poetry
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. Ballade of Pride They’re a proud people. —The Frugal Gourmet Of every group whose food he shows, this Doctor of Diet, this Frugal Gourmet, this chef whose goodness simply glows and who doesn’t know...

‘Aftertaste’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo

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July 24, 2022
Acrostic, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
35 Comments
. Aftertaste Love at first sip was so cloyingly sweet, When I’d have gladly laid all at his feet, Sworn by the heavens his eminent worth, Followed him unto the ends of the earth. Tragic, how quickly he...

‘After Observing the Working Methods of a Very Important Artist’ by Shaun C. Duncan

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July 23, 2022
Art, Culture, Poetry
33 Comments
. After Observing the Working Methods of a Very Important Artist The aging fool stands deep in dirty water, Cradling the carcass of a native fowl To his bare chest like a tired, suckling daughter. He wears...

‘Creativity, Originality, and Eccentricity’: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

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July 22, 2022
Essays, Poetry, Shakespeare
38 Comments
. Creativity, Originality, and Eccentricity by Joseph S. Salemi I don’t know why it should be so, but I have a propensity to attract the attention of eccentric persons. Three times, at three separate...

‘The Spoonerisms Man, or The Moonerisms Span’ by Jeff Eardley

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July 22, 2022
Children's, Humor, Poetry
34 Comments
. The Spoonerisms Man, or The Moonerisms Span His name was Mr. Spooner and he owned a service station. He kept our vehicles on the road, a noble occupation. So handy with the oily rag, the torque wrench and...

‘Three Literary Smiles’: Poems by James A. Tweedie

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July 21, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
. Three Literary Smiles . Hemingway’s Oopsy “Up in my room the rain was coming down Heavily outside on the balcony.” I didn’t know if I should smile or frown At such a dissonant cacophony. It’s...

‘On the Anniversary of My Father’s Death’ by Jeffrey Essmann

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July 21, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. On the Anniversary of My Father's Death These rainy mornings have a subtle saltTo them that even in the city canBring back the pier, its rugged paint-chipped spanStill wet with early rain, where by...

Two Poems on China Nowadays, by Cheryl Corey

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July 20, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
4 Comments
. I’m Not Too Keen On China Nowadays I’m not too keen on China nowadays: The moves they’ve made against Taiwan of late; The way they treat their citizens, negate Their freedoms, torture, torment,...

A Poem on Nostradamus’s July 1999 Prediction, by Daniel Magdalen

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July 20, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
4 Comments
. A Prophecy the East Fulfilled The year 1999, seventh month, From the sky will come a great King of Terror: To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols, Before and after Mars to reign by good...

Two Courtroom Sonnets by Carl Kinsky

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July 19, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Self Defense When he pulled out his knife I thought I had No choice so I pulled out my gun and shot Him twice, then ran the streets for miles, too glad That he lay there dead and that I did not. I got...

‘To Serve and Protect’ by Julian Woodruff

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July 18, 2022
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. To Serve and Protect Of all the events that fill the history of quiet, little–known Uvalde town, there cannot be a greater tragedy than that which gave it sudden world–renown. The dreadful act, so...

‘Apology’ by Myrlin A. Hermes

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July 18, 2022
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Apology I’m sorry if you feel like you were hurt. Not everyone in life is going to be As nice to you as you think you deserved. And he sometimes got physical with me, Too---I'm no victim. So he was...
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