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The Society of Classical Poets was founded in New York in July, 2012.

‘Brainwashed and Hopeless’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

The Society
July 16, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Satire
20 Comments
. Brainwashed and Hopeless My old friend is a doctor---very bright, But he just said to me the GOP, Opposed equality and human rights, Here’s how such nonsense likely came to be. Conservatives must not be...

A Poem on Cancer Drugs, by Phillip Whidden

The Society
July 16, 2024
Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Dementing Torture of Benign           Drugs against Malignancy His life came to its End.  Smell of the medicine Departs chillingly.                                    ---Dakotsu The...

‘Fire Lurks’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 15, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
30 Comments
. Fire Lurks I recognize, while watching ghastly nightEncircle statesmanship revoltingly,Bright bursts of a spangled pyrotechnic star.America! No star, a land’s lost light.Companions, look and say if you can...

A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part V: ‘Nose Blind,’ by Daniel Kemper

The Society
July 15, 2024
Essays, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Readings
22 Comments
. A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part V: Nose Blind by Daniel Kemper After a stressful day, because of issues with which you, dear reader need not concern yourself, I decided to swing by the Capital Gardens...

On the Attempted Assassination of Trump: ‘Trail of Hate’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 14, 2024
Culture, Poetry
54 Comments
. The Trail of Hate Amid the upbeat crowd a sudden blast Of noise arose like fireworks kissing skies. Fallacious musings struck then swiftly passed When crimson dripped before the saucer eyes Of those who saw...

‘Washington and the Cherry Tree’: Excerpt from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 14, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
25 Comments
. Washington and the Cherry Tree from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Young George chopped down his father’s cherry tree, Not knowing that a woman lived inside. While playing with his hatchet, too carefree Out...

‘Problem Child’: A Poem by Frank Rable

The Society
July 13, 2024
Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. Problem Child Barley and hops acquainted, meet, __And yeast completes the marriage. Soon happy news as something brews __With keg for baby carriage. Where he appears good cheer is found; __When gone, he's...
poem/French revolution/high school

‘Storming the Bastille’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 13, 2024
Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. Storming the Bastille from eyewitness accounts July the twelfth, the City of Light was filled With brigands bought by dimes and dismal speech; How cheap to buy a riot in this heat— Yet hard to rouse...

‘Anniversary Remembrance’: A Poem by Daniel Pugh

The Society
July 12, 2024
Humor, Poetry
5 Comments
. Anniversary Remembrance Sometimes I envy them the lives they lived, the death they died: They perished at the peak of lovers’ hopes and nuptial pride--- No growing old for that glad monarch or his happy...

‘Gunfight at the Oatcake Corral’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley

The Society
July 12, 2024
Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. Gunfight at the Oatcake Corral There’s an old English town known as Fargo, In the dark, rugged hills of the west. Where they say, there was many a gunfight, But this one was one of the best. Old Homity...

‘A Town’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook

The Society
July 11, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. A Town The difficulty of describing how This town was then, may only be because So little happened there, compared to now, Though what occurred (the bustle and the buzz) Filled every room in each small...

“I Worship My Mistress, for I Have Seen Her Beauty”: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
July 11, 2024
Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
. “I Worship My Mistress, for I Have Seen Her Beauty” ---Egyptian Coffin Texts, spell 484---a poem for Linda It may be said that I am weak,That what I did was not from strength;Only I persevered because...

A Poem on ‘Red Carpet’ Dresses by Cheryl Corey

The Society
July 11, 2024
Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Red Carpet There's nothing left to tease imagination When so-called starlets, vying for attention, Sashay the carpet practically nude; And you don't have to be a total prude To know when something...

‘The Expert Class’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
July 10, 2024
Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. The Expert Class “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see” ---Benjamin Franklin The experts with professorships are filled with such great certainty. They warn us that the point that...

‘My Patchwork Quilt’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
July 10, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
23 Comments
. My Patchwork Quilt Somewhere within my closet a patchwork quilt rests there; The patches cut by hands and with stitches sewn with care. The colorful creation once placed upon my bed, Provided warmth and...

‘Houses Made of Stone’: A Poem on Great Zimbabwe by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
July 9, 2024
Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Houses Made of Stone Masvingo, southern Africa’s the place; a backwater, land tired and over-farmed, where army ants cut underbrush and race trimmed morsels to their hills. The air becalmed and hot as...

‘Promises Made, Promises Kept… Give Me a Break!’ and Other Poetry by Mark Stellinga

The Society
July 9, 2024
Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. Promises Made, Promises Kept... Give Me a Break! We know, because they promise us their virtuous intent when allocating funds is always currency well spent That supersedes all arguments of basic common...

‘Becalmed’: A Poem by Peter Venable

The Society
July 8, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Becalmed When life is smooth—a gentle breeze On a porch swing—the garden lush. Retirement! Do as I please. Watch leaflets stir—two bluebirds fuss. Gardinia scent—I swing and swoon. My mind is still...

‘Street 3/4’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

The Society
July 8, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. Street 3/4 On both sides of this street, there are small stores Of groceries, canned food, medicine, and toys. Beside a Hindu shrine whose iron doors Are always fanned, an art school for teen boys Displays...

‘The Lord of His Castle’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
July 7, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
38 Comments
. The Lord of His Castle Setting: King Stephen’s siege of Newbury Castle, England during the English civil war known as “The Anarchy.” The year is 1152 A.D. Strategic though this castle is to me I would...

‘I Need My Coffee’: A Villanelle by Gigi Ryan 

The Society
July 6, 2024
Humor, Poetry, Villanelle
24 Comments
. I Need My Coffee  I need my coffee; don’t get in the way Of that which wakes me up and makes me tick. Addicted? Yes. I’ll quit another day. I’ve work to do; on task I need to stay. My morning  cup...

‘A Console Table’: A Villanelle by Julia Griffin

The Society
July 6, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle
12 Comments
. A Console Table after a Google entry A console table in the entryway __Provides a focus for a guest Inside your home: a welcome, you might say. A strong impression’s vital to convey, __And for this...

‘A Hurricane by Any Other Name…’: A Poem on Hurricane Beryl, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 5, 2024
Culture, Poetry
34 Comments
. A Hurricane by Any Other Name... The lights went out in Mexico today. A fury hit Cancun with no remorse. With death upon her breath, she makes her way To Lone Star shores. She's on a fiendish course. The...

‘Dandelion Dreams’: A Poem by Martin Rizley

The Society
July 5, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
21 Comments
. Dandelion Dreams ---to Melody, on the occasion of her fifth birthday I see her, through the window, picking flowers. Adrift upon a sea of green, she towers Above the honeybees that hover over The rippling...

‘The Convert’: A Poem by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz

The Society
July 5, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. The Convert “Uh, Professor, I don’t get it, Why do people choose to read that? Does it just not fit my taste?” She said, “If you really let it, This will sway you. You’ll concede that This has...

‘It Goes Without Saying’: A July 4th Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
July 4, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. It Goes Without Saying "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and...

‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
July 4, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
38 Comments
. . Battle Hymn of the Republic The Lord doth come; the grapes of wrath are crushed! Behold His fiery sword of Victory. He heartens those whose voices have been hushed To loudly shout our rage: “We shall be...

‘American Dream Where Did You Go?’: A July 4th Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
July 4, 2024
Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. American Dream Where Did You Go? American dream, where did you go? Visions grand that I loved so? Land of opportunity Heading toward disunity. Politics that once were regal Neuter the American eagle. Merit...

‘Endless Dreaming’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
July 3, 2024
Ekphrastic, Poetry, Villanelle
20 Comments
. Endless Dreaming a villanelle I lunge ahead in bed and start to scream. The nightmare’s end is far; I’m still inside A dream within a dream within a dream. I fall out my front door at heights...

‘Fed Up’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
July 2, 2024
Poetry, Satire
20 Comments
. Fed Up It’s not just fogies and the aging nanniesThat look askance at all the mixed-up trannies.The everyday American has had itWith flagrant bald hypocrisy so bad itReminds them of the old Obama years,But...

‘Militant Books’ and Other Poetry by Skye Campbell

The Society
July 2, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle
6 Comments
. . Militant Books Marshaled ranks of silent books Formed on shelves as in brigade, Fill the wooden dusty nooks Waiting for their next parade. Untamed spirits hide inside, Lurking out of watcher’s...

‘The Rise of Washington’: Excerpt from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 1, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Rise of Washington from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 IT’S TIME! Let’s give our story’s star some space. He’s famous through the land, you know his role: “A fire in his eyes, a light in his...

‘Becoming a Poet Laureate’: A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part IV, by Daniel Kemper

The Society
July 1, 2024
Essays, Poetry, Readings
17 Comments
. A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part IV: Becoming a Poet Laureate by Daniel Kemper Inflationary times. The invisible hands of markets or of governments have synchronized in some secular mysterium to...
poem/graham/culture

‘Ba’al’: A Poem on Abortion by Michael Vanyukov

The Society
June 30, 2024
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Ba’al "And they built the high places of Ba'al to burn their children with fire as burnt offerings to Ba'al, which I did not command, neither did I speak nor did it enter My mind." — Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah)...

‘Three Views of Venus’: A Poem from Houghton Hall, by Margaret Coats

The Society
June 30, 2024
Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry
20 Comments
. Three Views of Venus "When you’ve got a goddess, make good use of her. —local guide, Green Velvet Bedchamber at Houghton Hall, Norfolk “Ah, Mars, my dear, lay down that spear, and wage Love in the...

‘Elder Abuse’: A Poem Written Upon Watching the Presidential Debate, by Brian Yapko

The Society
June 29, 2024
Culture, Poetry
44 Comments
. Elder Abuse What’s left to us to say? There’ll be no more debates. We know the truth now. Biden is not there--- The president of the United States: A man lost in a blank and vacant stare. They hid this...

‘Soulmate’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

The Society
June 29, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
.  Soulmate Your spouse ideally is your best friend,Providing love and laughter end to end,Supporting and enhancing all day through,But still at times your soulmate must be you. . . Ultimate Question Some...

‘To the Full Moon’: A Poem by Adam Sedia

The Society
June 29, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. To the Full Moon Heavenly voyager, you course Across the skies’ infinity--- The calm, serene celestial sea, Which yields before your silent force--- Traversing the shoreless expanse Of unplumbed...

Three Epigrams by Stephen M. Dickey

The Society
June 28, 2024
Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire
5 Comments
.. 1. Generative artificial intelligence As for-profit tech makes some obverse sense: It markets to itself, its own monopoly Secured on genuine stupidity. . 2. The chattering class, of which society is...

‘The Pink of Gentle Hermione and White of John Paul II’: A Poem by Phillip Whidden

The Society
June 28, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. The Pink of Gentle Hermione and White of John Paul II The lodger pauses, as he leaves, to gaze At blossoms in the border at the front— The blooms of roses, saintlike pink—appraise Them as a Monday man...
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