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‘Surviving the Cultural Revolution’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
August 31, 2025
Blank Verse, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
17 Comments
. Surviving the Cultural Revolution Why should this tourist want to take my picture? I’m just a woman who is very old--- He photographs me as I sweep the streets And gather trash to justify my rice. What...

‘At Brown University, 14 August 2025’: A Poem by C. Walker

The Society
August 31, 2025
Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. At Brown University, 14 August 2025 It is a fitting name, at least, For every building that I see Is carved from this old color, like Some wise and sprawling, kindly tree. It’s island academia, Amidst a...

‘Spacewalk’: A Poem by Carey Jobe

The Society
August 30, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
19 Comments
. Spacewalk Around earth’s blue-white marble sphere the black is ancient, soundless, near; starry webs burn in dawnlike glare. A rhythm, the unending drone of the star-work being done beats in my brain. I...

‘Band of Brothers’ and Other Narrative Sonnets by James A. Tweedie

The Society
August 30, 2025
Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Band of Brothers A picture of two soldiers in their prime. A scribbled note in cursive on the back. “My Dearest Son, if ever comes a time When I am gone, whatever you may lack Or need, just phone this...

‘Coming Attractions (1994)’: A Poem by David Greenwood

The Society
August 29, 2025
Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
2 Comments
. Coming Attractions (1994) Black is white, white is black, two and two is three. Put your common sense away, all you need is me. I’m the soothing voice, the calming face on your TV. Let me settle all your...

‘Listen Britannia!’: A Poem by Jordan Smith

The Society
August 29, 2025
Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. Listen Britannia! Listen Britannia! All ye who would never be slaves. Hear the word of the Lord, He who rescues and saves, _For they who won't hark will dwell in the dark, __And will slump under rule of the...

The Best Haiku of 2025: Winners of the 2025 SCP Haiku Competition

The Society
August 28, 2025
Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests
15 Comments
. The Best Haiku of 2025 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku Competition Judged by J. Thomas Rimer and Margaret Coats (see their remarks below) See all...

‘A Reason for Hope’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
August 28, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. A Reason for Hope __The sky so bright, __The morning mist, __The inbound flight Back to the items on our list __Are all a part __Of one big scene __That makes the heart A diachronic smithereen __Which...

Two More Lyrics of Philodemus of Gadara, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
August 27, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
20 Comments
. Lyrics by Philodemus of Gadara (circa 1st century BC) translated from Greek by Joseph S. Salemi . V.13 Charito is past sixty, and yet still Her lustrous black hair falls in thick cascades; Still those...

‘A Rant’: A Poem by Reid McGrath

The Society
August 27, 2025
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. A Rant . I. Pay for a surrogate to birth you a kid. Feed it on formula falsely construed. Drop it in daycare for hours on end; shunt it to public-school where it’s imbued with half-truths of History and...

‘To a Most Tempting Pancake’: A Poem by Scharlie Meeuws

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August 26, 2025
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. To a Most Tempting Pancake “Quae mollis est, amanda est.” (What is soft, is to be loved) ---Libri Matutini (Book of Breakfasts) O golden disc, with cinnamon imbued, Thou float’st in butter, warm and...

‘Sally in Our Alley’: Poem by Henry Carey Honored on 300-year Anniversary

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August 26, 2025
Love Poems, Music, Poetry
2 Comments
. Sally in Our Alley ---written by Henry Carey (born Aug. 26) in 1725 Of all the girls that are so smart _There’s none like pretty Sally; She is the darling of my heart, _And she lives in our alley. There...

‘Ten Floors’: A Love Poem by Russel Winick

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August 25, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry
18 Comments
. Ten Floors I stepped into our building’s entranceway.It was aglow from bright sunshine that day.With friends she walked inside as I got there,So beautiful I had to stop and stare. Without a chance to...

‘On the 125th Anniversary of Nietzsche’s Death’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

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August 25, 2025
Poetry, Satire
25 Comments
. On the 125th Anniversary of Nietzsche's Death Mr. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche wrote books that were dense and preachy, as he soared above life’s trenches, with his fellow Übermensches. Supermen like him...

A Video Poetry Reading of ‘Extinction’ by Mary Jane Myers

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August 24, 2025
Poetry, Readings, Symposium, Video
1 Comment
. The poem "Extinction" by Mary Jane Myers read by the poet herself at the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28, 2025: . https://youtu.be/g1xxB022Cic Video created by Andrew Benson...

A Poetic Retelling of the Myth of Icarus and Daedalus, Martin Rizley

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August 24, 2025
Children's, Education, Poetry
7 Comments
. A Poetic Retelling of the Myth of Icarus and Daedalus ---from "The Bird Man in the Sky" So early at the break of day, when bright beams in the east And cloudless skies told Daedalus that there was not the...

‘When Prices Surge’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

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August 23, 2025
Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. When Prices Surge What happens to the prices when demand outstrips finite supply? Well, you’ll be darned to know that unlike all those years ago (when playing fields were level) for a show, to watch a band...

‘The Capital’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise

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August 23, 2025
Poetry, Satire
6 Comments
. The Capital The capital looks like the setting of a zombie flick. The city once had swagger; it was bright and rich and slick. At night the neon lights shone over hustlers on the streets, who’d sell you...

Inspiring Muse Poetry Challenge

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August 22, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry, Poetry Challenge
69 Comments
. This poetry challenge comes from poet Roy E. Peterson: Provide a poem about your inspiring Muse. If you name a Muse, put it in a poet's note at the bottom of your poem. If it is someone living, you need not...

‘Gull’: A Poem by Jim Hurford

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August 21, 2025
Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. Gull Pacing the parapet hungrily eyeing papers and plastic cups in the dust, her kin overhead, wheeling, crying, watching their chance to steal a crust. Floating down from the gable roof, landing nearby...

‘Shackled’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan

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August 21, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle
12 Comments
. Shackled I crave a morning hit when I rise up, A trifle touch to take the edge away To spur me on to get my coffee cup. Don’t talk while I eat breakfast. Go away. I want a bitty bit of my sweet drug. I do...

‘Farewell Colbert’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

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August 20, 2025
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Farewell Colbert Late-night TV, when it started, didn’t have a path yet charted, but had teams of wise advisors who knew they’d need advertisers. Advertisers wanted viewers, who demanded...

‘There Was a Time I Tried to Love the Sun’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier

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August 19, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry
18 Comments
. There Was a Time I Tried to Love the Sun There was a time I tried to love the Sun. I saw his golden splendor in the sky At Lammastide, when harvest had begun, Aflame above the windswept fields of rye. I...

A Video Poetry Reading of ‘The Settlers’ by Martin Rizley

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August 19, 2025
Poetry, Readings, Symposium, Video
4 Comments
. The poem "The Settlers" by Martin Rizley read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28, 2025: . https://youtu.be/BfSIHKl0aOk Video created by Andrew Benson...

‘Umbra’ and Other Cloud Poetry by Adam Sedia

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August 18, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. Umbra The blazing height of summer’s day Now darkens to weird quasi-night--- Translucent dusk, half-cloaking gray, Half-veiling darkness pierced by sight. What shapeless cloud was blown astray That dares...

‘News of a Coup’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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August 17, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Satire
30 Comments
. News of a Coup The news of a coup hits the headlines. No ears prick to listen or hear. The proof plucked from yesterday’s grapevines Has dried with the last dusty tear Of natives once proud of their...

‘To the Ancient Mariner’ and Other Poems by Brian Yapko

The Society
August 17, 2025
Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. To the Ancient Mariner “O Wedding-Guest! This soul hath beenAlone on a wide wide sea;So lonely ‘twas, that God himselfScarce seeméd there to be.” ---Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient...

‘Pointless Poems’ by James A. Tweedie

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August 16, 2025
Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. Pointless Poems Why do women shave their legs, It seems unnecessary. The question lingers, pleads and begs, What’s wrong with being hairy? “Water, water, everywhere “And all the boards did...

‘Inklings’: A Poem by P.C. Venable

The Society
August 16, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Inklings Shut off that damn brainwashing, numbing screen!Tonight I did. I reached, opened that book.From sentences, the mind gleans what it means.What happens when we painstakingly look? We visualize and...

‘Advice to a Young Man in Love’: A Poem by Morrison Handley-Schachler

The Society
August 15, 2025
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
24 Comments
. Advice to a Young Man in Love If her name is Sally, then _Tattoo it on your arm With Lovehearts terminally, and _It won’t do any harm, Because, when Sally breaks your heart, _There’s Sallys up and...

‘Uxorious?’: A Poem by Christopher Fried

The Society
August 14, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. Uxorious? He tried to guard composure as he pressed the new denarius to his chapped lips and unbecoming tears for noblemen slipped privately to stain his cheeks and bed. “Faustina, death entombs a...

‘Modes of Divination’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
August 14, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
. Modes of Divination The future’s course, in all of its essentials, Is augured from a steaming heap of entrails. The tea leaves, buoyed by meniscus, Will show you where the greatest risk is. For aging...

‘Attention Deficit Disorder’: A Poem by Reid McGrath

The Society
August 13, 2025
Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. Attention Deficit Disorder I once had a friend like Midas.All he touched would turn to gold;but after he would touch itthe thing would soon get old. He’d focus for a while.He’d train and run and race.His...

‘Mnemonic Device for Military Pro-Signs A-Z’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
August 12, 2025
Children's, Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. Mnemonic Device for Military Pro-Signs A-Z Pro-signs are an alphabetical coding system used by the military for radio transmissions or for the naming of various units, to insure complete clarity of...

‘Mary’: A Sequel to the Poem ‘Martha’ by Scharlie Meeuws

The Society
August 12, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Mary ---a sequel to “Martha," prompted by James A. Tweedie The night grew still, the lamps gave off a hush,And Martha’s footsteps faded down the hall.The coals were low, the herbs gave one last flush...

‘Sidewalk Sincerity’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

The Society
August 11, 2025
Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. Sidewalk Sincerity “Hi---how are you?” he said to me, A friendly thing to say, I answered just as cordially, But he had walked away. . . Evolution I love to have close relatives and numerous good...

‘Falun Dafa Parade’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai

The Society
August 10, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Falun Dafa Parade The heartbeat of a marching band lies in the beating drums, The power of a sleeping beast that shakes the ground with thrums. An energy that fills the air and lifts you from your core, The...

‘On Having a Little Girl’: A Poem by Jacob Schultz

The Society
August 10, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
19 Comments
. On Having a Little Girl She looks at me with hazel eyes And freckles on her sun-kissed cheeks. These moments, gentle, still, and blest Are ever-anchored in my chest. I tell fair tales to her in bed— Of...

‘Snapshots of Oxford—July 20, 2025’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
August 9, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. Snapshots of Oxford---July 20, 2025 The drowsy wasps that kept me on my toes; The groups of foreign students herded by; The constant stop and look, the selfie pose; The intermittent rain, then hot and...

‘Autism Sonnet’: A Poem by Theresa Werba

The Society
August 9, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Science
22 Comments
. Autism Sonnet The lights are much too light and sounds too loud; And thoughts are only thought in black and white; Try to tolerate a middling crowd And talk so small, so pointless, so polite. To hyper-focus...
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