Poetry by Wayne Lee of Santa Fe, New Mexico The Society November 8, 2012 Poetry Seed Pot Seed corn, broodmare, hen: Half the earth is green, half brown. Man must plan for planting in spring to live off the land, must harvest the rain to nurture his young, must save...
Excerpts from The Art of Travel, by Brad Whitehurst The Society November 8, 2012 Poetry Postcard Gallery Thumbing through glossies gleaned from countless trips – Old Master paintings, drawings, and prints reduced to four-by-six impressions – we’re induced to walk through pictures....
Lord Byron’s Romantic Ode to the Ocean The Society November 7, 2012 Beauty, Education, Poetry, The Environment Below is an excerpt of the last ten stanzas of Lord Byron's ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage,’ published originally in the 1810s. It may be read as an ode to the ocean, or perhaps an environmental...
Poetry by Robert Walton of King City, California The Society November 6, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment Dawn Drums They march again to war, Sniffling, shuffling, voices muffled, Through dawn's uncertain door Youth and man, rich and poor, Through campfires' smothered smokes They march again to...
Poetry by Neal Whitman of Pacific Grove, California The Society November 5, 2012 Poetry 3 Comments Villanelle Vows All that is in this delightful garden grows, Should happy be, and have immortal bliss. Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene, st. 41 Have immortal bliss. Bride and Groom:...
Poetry by Robert Covelli of Santa Fe, New Mexico The Society November 2, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment Street Idyll Calm is she who sits in white Because the source of her delight, Wherein the street relucts to sound Its violence, is so profound. Her subtle philosophic sense Of something new and near...
Poetry by Don Shook of Fort Worth, Texas The Society November 1, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment Poetry For The Common Man No wonder poetry won’t sell, Since authors write it for themselves; And most of it would fare as well On dark and dusty warehouse shelves. Such work is crammed with...
Poetry by Leland James of Bellaire, Michigan The Society October 31, 2012 Poetry 5 Comments Into The Mist This shadow life passing away, mute requiem of falling snow, a prayer to end the mortal day; then to a far sweet place I go: to beating wings of startled heart, not mansions grand or...
Living Master: Jeremy Lipking The Society October 30, 2012 Art 3 Comments By Michael Zakian In a remarkably short period of time, Jeremy Lipking has emerged as one of the country’s premier realist artists. His talent, which rivals that of the late 19th century painterly...
Dance Ballerina Dance The Society October 29, 2012 Poetry 2 Comments By A. Michaelle Yarbrough The music of the crescendo plays so sweet As she moves across the floor so gracefully To a soothing gentle blossoming beat Her motion paints pictures of love lost...
Rothko Painting Defaced: Of Course It Was The Society October 27, 2012 From the Society NEW YORK—Earlier this month, a man walked into the Tate Modern, in London. He walked up to a painting by modern artist Mark Rothko. The painting “Black on Maroon” consists, more or less, of two lines and...
Zhen Shan Ren Exhibition Opens in England (Video) The Society October 26, 2012 Art https://vimeo.com/51403347 Above is a video of the opening of The Art of Zhen Shan Ren Exhibition at The Poly in Falmouth. The Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truth, Compassion, Tolerance) International...
The Contemporary Artist The Society October 26, 2012 Poetry By Damian Robin In view, he made a start. Filling up his cart, He flogged his horse apart And made a mess-age: "art." With few horse hairs of doubt He fanned his ego out, Used skills of nearly...
‘Bells’ by Edgar Allan Poe (First Stanza) The Society October 25, 2012 Poetry HEAR the sledges with the bells -- Silver bells ! What a world of merriment their melody foretells ! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night ! While the stars that oversprinkle All the...
A Half Finished Verse on the Mountain of Sacrifice The Society October 24, 2012 Poetry By Xuanzang (Translated by Lan Hua) After unstinting effort Of the human frame To reach this mountain shelter Where a few words Suddenly discovered Exceed the poetic realm In a holy...
Poetry from Kentucky: Dear Blue Hill’s Stars The Society October 23, 2012 Poetry By Billy Cosby Tonight, whoever watered your fresh sky set the nozzle wide and the evening’s cheeks wear a dark blush with glimmering shoe-flies needling clouds away I hope for weeks because yours are...
On Investing and Collecting Fine Art The Society October 22, 2012 Poetry (Epoch Times) - Torkom Demirjian is the president and founder of Ariadne Galleries on the Upper East Side. He has been a dealer of ancient art since 1972. Demirjian is known in his field for his sense of...
Hirst’s 9,000 Dead Butterflies: A Modern Art Abomination The Society October 19, 2012 Poetry NEW YORK—News broke this week that Damien Hirst killed 9,000 butterflies to create his latest piece of warped modern art at the Tate Modern in London. Animal rights advocate PETA bashed the work saying:...
Poetry from Kentucky: The Good Earth is Frozen Over, Dogs The Society October 18, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment By Billy Cosby The Good Earth is frozen over, dogs, but you two are scalding kilns with glassy stares that beam out in stripes, striking Earth’s white cup: a mug glossy now with silver, icy cares. Um,...
Kadir Nelson’s Skilled Paintings Tell African-American Story The Society October 17, 2012 Art By Christine Lin NEW YORK—Painter and children’s book illustrator Kadir Nelson has long created images of the African-American experience. But his first self-authored children’s book (he has...
On a Wind-brushed Night The Society October 15, 2012 Poetry By Damian Robin On a night-lit street, an empty pizza box Staggers against a wall like thrown-off knickers. Its flat and grey insides have darker shapes of grey, Tagged serrated cheese, and snagged...
Innocence’s Beauty: ‘Le rouge-gorge’ by Marina Dieul The Society October 11, 2012 Art Marina Dieul will have a show and sale at the Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ Nov. 8-11. Dieul was born in France. She showed great interest in painting and drawing from an early age, and her family...
A Basketball Poem: Free Time The Society October 10, 2012 Poetry By Catherine Tufariello Their shrieks careening dizzily between Delight and outrage, the students in the yard Are playing hard, Though they have little room and nothing green In their asphalt pen. ...
Photos Track Medieval Icelandic Sagas The Society October 8, 2012 Art NEW YORK—The English-speaking world has the tales of King Arthur. The Arab world has “One Thousand and One Nights.” The Scandinavian people of Iceland have the “Íslendingasögur,” or “The Sagas of...
Superior Aesthetics: Save Big Bird Without Subsidies The Society October 5, 2012 Poetry By Evan Mantyk Gov. Mitt Romney was absolutely correct when he declared that government subsidies to PBS should be cut. But he wasn’t right because he was paying lip service to some small-government...
I’m Sorry The Society October 5, 2012 Poetry By Aubrey Henderson The sweet silence evades me these long days, When I can close my eyes and hear God speak, Without words, He dissipates the dark haze, Occupying my being with the grand mystique. I...
Flash Point for New Renaissance The Society October 4, 2012 Art By Evan Mantyk NEW YORK—A new vigor for classical arts, like another Renaissance, was in the air at the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, in Manhattan, where the lifelike sculptures of Sabin...
Summer Houses in Winter The Society October 3, 2012 Poetry By Michael T. Young Ice is the past tense of water, is verb condensed to noun, pure speed contracted to a stasis of glitter, a brief foam frozen in marble beads, the memories that can’t recede. It...
Coming of Falun Holy King The Society October 2, 2012 Art "Coming of Falun Holy King" Oil on Canvas (42 x 156 inches) 2007, Kunlun Zhang, Xiaoping Chen. From the pinnacle of the cosmos descends the Holy Falun (“Law Wheel”) King. His radiant presence brims here...
The Goddess of Night The Society October 1, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment By Dan Skorbach The tired eyes have earned their time for resting The mind won't think and feet will move no more, And when the smallest pillow seems a blessing That's when the night is almost at your...
Why Poetry Should be Metered The Society October 1, 2012 Essays, Featured, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Forms 5 Comments Poetry should be metered, because metered poetry is, quite simply, better than free verse. This is for the same reason that realist art trumps impressionist art and that Baroque music trumps rock and roll...
Why Realist Art Matters The Society September 28, 2012 Art, Essays 1 Comment By Kara Lysandra Ross I was in Epcot Center in Disney World last year, and in the Innovations Center they had a computerized survey, which had already been taken by thousands of people. The survey...
Tang Poetry: The Gan Yu The Society September 27, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment By Chen Z'iang (Translated by Lan Hua) The orchids birthed Through spring And summer both Such luxuriant growth How can leaf Be so green Hidden and alone In the forest remote The vermillion...
Refreshing Realism: Shaun Downey The Society September 26, 2012 Art "Shaun Downey strives to breathe fresh life into realist painting by combining classical ideals within the context of his own life and surroundings. His paintings have elements of decades past, but are firmly...
An Abandoned Garden The Society September 25, 2012 Poetry By Robert Crawford By August I noticed the lack of care, And now in September I feel the despair; The rusting tools, the vanished rows, Reveal an all too brief affair. The hopeful beginning has come...
The Red Dragon Slayer The Society September 23, 2012 Art, Poetry In the picture above, a Chinese citizen writes the words "Tui Dang" (literally "Quit Party") signifying his resignation from the Chinese Communist Party. Since the publishing of the “Nine Commentaries on the...
At Night in the Mountain Temple The Society September 21, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment By Li Bai (Translated by Lan Hua) In the rickety tower A hundred feet high My hands could pluck The stars from the sky I dare not speak More than a whisper For fear of disturbing The Immortals...
Journey The Society September 20, 2012 Poetry 2 Comments By Dan Skorbach If I could talk to trees and meet with mighty lions, If I could ride the winds and gain the moon’s advice, I’d ask how they command the forces of the wild, And how they see the...
Meredith Bergmann: Beauty and Irony in Sculpture The Society September 19, 2012 Art By Christine Lin NEW YORK—Walking along an avenue or through a city park, one is likely to encounter sculptures. They are permanent or temporary, historical or avant-garde. They are so ubiquitous that...
New Works of Classic Byzantine Iconography The Society September 14, 2012 Art By Tim Gebhart In a little studio in Madison, Wis., Drazen Dupor carries on a tradition that flourished in the sixth century—the art of Byzantine iconography. The techniques of Byzantine iconography...