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‘Canyon’: A Poem by Brian Palmer

The Society
April 2, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
. Canyon I’m traveling on a road down which I’m cast, a road that I am fitted for, no doubt, since I can see in arid skies white buffaloes, and humpbacks breaching from basaltic dirt. And too I can...

Two Poems on Happiness, by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
April 1, 2025
Beauty, Children's, Poetry
17 Comments
. Happy Like Winnie the Pooh If I could be happy like Winnie the Pooh, Just thinking of good things in all that I do. I’d just want some honey—a big honey pot— I’d pay all my money, give all that...

A Poem for April Fools’ Day, 2025: ‘Spot the Fool!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
April 1, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Satire
25 Comments
. Spot the Fool! ---for April Fools’ Day, 2025 . I.  Today’s the day to fox and fool. Today’s the day to flick some fuel On laughter with a cuckoo joke, A wicked lark, a wacko poke So sick Old Nick will...

2025 Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition

The Society
March 31, 2025
Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests
. The Contest Know nothing or next to nothing about Falun Gong? Perfect! This poetry competition is for you! The Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition was founded to give people an opportunity to learn...
poem/wise/culture

On the Release of JFK Assassination Files: ‘Worth the Wait?’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
March 31, 2025
Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. Worth the Wait? At last! The long-awaited, much belated Recreated digital creations Of ten thousands JFK-related CIA et alia citations. Allegations of assassinations, Congos, Argentinas, (Panamas?) Delete...

‘Ink’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
March 31, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Satire
23 Comments
. Ink A lot of people nowadays adorn The spotless skin they had when they were born. While many think it’s smart to gild a lily, Dissenters deem this practice downright silly. As beauty’s in the vision...

‘The Polish Martyrs’: A Poem by Michael Curtis

The Society
March 30, 2025
Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. The Polish Martyrs Forever faithful to his flock, Good Father Rapacz would not flee. Steadfast he heard the soldiers knock. Devout, the priest was made to bleed. “For God I’ll suffer every loss, For I...

‘The Restoration’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 30, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau
39 Comments
. The Restoration ---for SJB Words sometimes fail. How best explainThat life can seem eternal rain?That though friends care they cannot seeOr grasp this wilderness of pain? Is this in truth how life must...

‘Be Careful What Ya’ Wish For’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga

The Society
March 29, 2025
Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Be Careful What Ya’ Wish For Well, all o’ ya’ knows when ol’ Paddy McFarland’s _been drinkin’ ‘e’ll spin up a tale Oooozin’ with bits what is ‘ard to believe— _fer dem who ain’t...

A Poem Written Upon Watching Public Cremations in Nepal, by James A. Tweedie

The Society
March 29, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Burning the Pieta Thoughts After Viewing Public Cremations at the Pashupatinath Temple Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal ---for Alok With tears wash fallen feet which once had stood To face a fated life with...

‘Dim & Blinding Lights’: A Poem by Dan Davis

The Society
March 28, 2025
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Dim & Blinding Lights The lights that shine from streets and cities block out all the stars at night. The dim lights of our partial science block out everything that's wise. These lights don't triumph by...

‘Blood Moon Eclipse (14 March 2025)’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
March 28, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Science
8 Comments
. Blood Moon Eclipse (14 March 2025) The Moon’s blood red this morning as it floats within Earth’s shadow, bathing it in light refracted round our atmosphere, which coats the lunar dust in rust—a...

Society of Classical Poets High School Artwork Gallery—Spring 2025

The Society
March 27, 2025
Art, High School Submissions, Poetry
11 Comments
. In line with its mission to preserve humankind’s artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best of artwork submitted recently by high school students. This artwork uses a...

‘What the Wind May Do’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

The Society
March 27, 2025
Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. What the Wind May Do The wind’s come out to exercise today. It tests itself: how long can it exhale? With steady breath it makes the trees obey: they bend while waiting for the rush to fail. It tires of...

‘Bohème’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook

The Society
March 26, 2025
Beauty, Performing Arts, Poetry
9 Comments
. Bohème Opera in a bare and frigid room As winter winds were sweeping, like a broom, Raised an enthusiasm, understood As contrast to the landscape. Every plume Of horizontal snow blew toward the...

‘The Lilliputians Confront Elon Musk’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham

The Society
March 25, 2025
Poetry, Satire
22 Comments
. The Lilliputians Confront Elon Musk One giant has thoughts that are new and transcendent,It’s clearly a sign that he’s too independent.He claims that he’s bringing electrificationof cars, and...

John Neihardt’s Epic ‘Cycle of the West’: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

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March 25, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Essays, Poetry
19 Comments
. https://youtu.be/lUU-G7-7nKE . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He writes history articles for American Essence...

‘Learning Curves’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 24, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science
70 Comments
. Learning Curves In classrooms smeared with monkey poop__Where questions meet deceit,She heard she came from soupy gloop---__A slab of soulless meat.Her teachers preached from thrones of bones---__They...

‘Boomerang’ and Other Poetry by James Bontrager

The Society
March 24, 2025
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Boomerang In the chronicles of hist’ry There we see a vast array Of malicious, scheming tricksters Who themselves became the prey, Thus, confirming what the Psalmist In his wisdom once had said Of the...

‘The Unknown God’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper

The Society
March 23, 2025
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Unknown God ---Paul’s Address at the Areopagus (Acts 17:22-31) My dear Athenians, this I surveilled While passing by: you’re quite religious men! I scanned what you are worshiping, and then I stopped...

‘Ode to The New York Times’ by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 23, 2025
Poetry, Satire
43 Comments
. Ode to The New York Times O, soulless source of leftist propaganda Known still throughout the world as “The Gray Lady”--- You promulgate destructive memoranda From sources Soros-like---depraved and...

Disaster Sonnets by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 22, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
37 Comments
. How Many Homes? ---January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires Twelve thousand lost, from stricken memories more Schools, churches, meeting places, shops and homes Of residents and others moved away, Bereaved of...

‘Winter Song’ and Other Poetry by Diego Calle

The Society
March 21, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Triolet
6 Comments
. Winter Song Hymen, Venus, Graces three, _save me lest I wither like some sap-sucked blasted tree; Hymen, Venus, Graces three, come and set my soul-song free: _come, come here, come hither. Hymen, Venus,...

‘Another Old Myth’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable

The Society
March 21, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. Another Old Myth The Ancient One warned Noah's doom was near. Since men possessed with greed kept spilling blood, That cataclysmic rain would soon appear. So Noah built an ark before the flood. No matter now...

‘Vernal Equinox’ and Other Poems by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz

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March 20, 2025
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
8 Comments
. Vernal Equinox Germans call this season “frühling.” Spaniards name it “primavera.” Welshmen say the term is “gwanwyn.” Shetland trawlers go with “voar,” so Let’s resolve this with a...

‘Equinox Blues’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

The Society
March 20, 2025
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
. Equinox Blues Welcome to spring! The last snow may be past,_and bright blue frames the parting clouds.The sun rides longer in the sky, at last,_than lost to night’s slow–ebbing shrouds. The weather’s...

Take a Tour of Poet Gigi Ryan’s ‘Backyard’

The Society
March 19, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. My Backyard  . The Campfire Elisha loves to build a fire; His dog is near, she loves to watch For birds that she will try to catch. They each pursue their own desire--- One by her leaps, one with a...

‘The Tundra Swan’: A Madrigal by Daniel Howard

The Society
March 19, 2025
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Tundra Swan Its full and light and interfolding feathers __Number ten thousand plus, No wonder that the tundra swan out-weathers __With less than little fuss __The brisk Antarctic breeze, Yet half of...

‘I Failed’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

The Society
March 18, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. I Failed I failed so dramatically most early days I failed horribly in most critical ways I failed to use schooling at each different age I failed in the waste of my talents each stage I failed with some...

‘Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 18, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine With each step up the old Castillo wall I pray The hurricane will detour east past Grand Bahama. If windborne flooding comes, it can’t be held at bay--- St....

A Poem and Song for St. Patrick’s Day: ‘The Session’ by Jeff Eardley

The Society
March 17, 2025
Beauty, Music, Poetry
8 Comments
. Guitar music for "Sheebag Sheemore" performed by Jeff Eardley. . The Session Monday at the Shamrock Inn, So, the session does begin, Rosin up the fiddle’s bow, Get in tune and off we go. Pipes and...

‘St. Patrick’s Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 17, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. St. Patrick’s Day, 2025 While swathed in swirls of green, some raise a glass Of dark elixir topped with sheeny cream. Some twirl through Derry streets and Kerry grass In dreams ablaze with leprechauns that...

‘Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
March 17, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious English literature tends to be wordy. Many tricks are exceedingly dirty. On a bright sunny day the whole sky appears bluish. All the teachers that pray in...

From James Sale’s Epic Poem DoorWay: ‘Arriving in Aquarius’

The Society
March 16, 2025
Epic, Poetry
10 Comments
. Opening extract from Canto 9 DoorWay: Arriving in Aquarius The poet, wrenched from love’s bliss with Seraphina in Canto 8, is carried onward by the Butterfly to his final destination. His journey leads him...

‘A Summer Evening’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

The Society
March 15, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. A Summer Evening The sky begins to cloak its face, Removing every streak of red. Above, two weary flyers trace The way back to their bough-held bed. A boy, awash with joy, returns Soil-vested from a...

‘Beyond All Words’: A Love Poem by James A. Tweedie

The Society
March 15, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
. Beyond All Words Can words alone, in skill-scribed shape or form— Inspired by muse or writ with feathered plume— Express the stark-dark depth of death-dread storm? Or fell despair of bleak-black hopeless...
poem/freeman/culture

‘Eternally Grounded’: A Poem by Frank Rable

The Society
March 14, 2025
Poetry, Satire
14 Comments
. Eternally Grounded There’s up and down, forward and back, Of opposites we have no lack. We have the dark and we have light, And we have left as well as right. We’ll choose to fight or run away, Keep...

‘Mussolini’s Minions’: A Poem by Mary Jane Myers

The Society
March 14, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Mussolini's Minions ---Segesta, 2012 Entranced, we wander round the temple site.The hot Sicilian sun beats down. I’m frayed,now seek the parking lot's uncertain shade.My brother John’s nearby, though not...

‘A Fisherman’s Life’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero

The Society
March 13, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. A Fisherman’s Life The fronds of the palm trees sway in the breeze. A lone tiny boat is bounced by the seas. The sunset is orange, reflection is brown. The sailboat is cruising, searching for ground. Its...

‘Cherry Tree’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai

The Society
March 12, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Cherry Tree One summer day not long ago a man planted a tree, With tender love and patience he invested energy. He poured his hope and faith into the little budding leaves, For by this time next year he...
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