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A Poem on ‘Black Lives Matter’ and Others by C.B. Anderson

The Society
November 3, 2020
Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Ekphrastic, Poetry
20 Comments
  Context Is Everything When you attempt to cut some string A hammer doesn’t do a thing— Jackknives matter. When life has gotten back to normal, And dining out means dressing formal, Black...

‘The American Revolution: An Epic Poem,’ Chapter III, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
November 3, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
20 Comments
The American Revolution: An Epic Poem Chapter I Chapter II by Andrew Benson Brown   Chapter III: The New-World Mercury The historical source material for the below installment is Paul Revere’s...

An Over-18 Riddle: ‘Let’s Do It!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
November 2, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Riddles
36 Comments
Let's Do It! The surgeon does it in a snip within a stitch of time. The comic does it with a quip, the actor with a line. Morticians do it clad in black with grave and stiff demeanor. The lawyer on the...

‘A Fragmentary Introduction to the Geo-Political America of the Progressive Left’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie

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November 1, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
23 Comments
A Fragmentary Introduction to the Geo-Political America of the Progressive Left Exuding virtue-signaling savoir-faire, "The Vanguard of the Proletariat,” Like Lenin, Xi, Marat, or Robespierre, Assumes...

‘Maxwell Schollenberger’ by Theresa Rodriguez

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October 31, 2020
Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
  Twelve-year old Maxwell Schollenberger was found dead in a home in Annville, Pennsylvania, in May 2020, where he had been starved, imprisoned in a dark room, and beaten for years. A child was deprived...

‘The Beast of Bodmin Moor’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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October 31, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry
40 Comments
In British folklore, the Beast of Bodmin Moor is a phantom feral cat. Bodmin Moor (Cornwall, England) is a hub of horror, with regular sightings and reports of savagely slain livestock. I’ve sensed the...

A Covid Halloween Poem: ‘Halloween, 2020’ by Cynthia Erlandson

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October 31, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
21 Comments
Is this a werewolf’s trick, or witch’s treat? A devil’s joke? Humanity’s defeat? Who would have thought we’d live to see the day When people would freak out to see a face--- A friendly human...

An Office Romance and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo

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October 30, 2020
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
  Nothing Ventured an office romance "What more do you want?" he inquired without guile. ---Can it really be true that my feelings don't show?--- She marveled within, and, suppressing a...

‘Autumn Ecstasy’ and Other Autumn Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson

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October 29, 2020
Beauty, Poetry
32 Comments
  Autumn Ecstasy In ecstasy has autumn come With burning bush, chrysanthemum, And quaking aspens shaking fast While crackling oak leaves shiver past The pumpkined porches bright and brown, And...

‘Fire’ by Russel Winick

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October 28, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
  A family that I read about Lost everything acquired. Their house, collections, photographs, All vanished in a fire. Thank God no one was injured, But this fact can’t be erased--- Although...

‘Your Memory Starts to Slip’ by Jeff Eardley

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October 27, 2020
Humor, Poetry
35 Comments
  Now when you get to sixty-five, your memory starts to slip, But when you get to seventy, you have to get a grip. It’s best if you can write things down to put your mind at ease, To stop you...

‘1865 or 2021?’ by Leo Zoutewelle

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October 26, 2020
Culture, Poetry
44 Comments
  The constant growl of battles down the ways, The daily angst that never seems to stall, The hate of feelings hurt that always stays, The pain and shame of living in a thrall! Today the tense...

Chant Royal on Urban Disturbances by Margaret Coats after Eustache Deschamps (c.1346–1406)

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October 25, 2020
Chant Royal, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Translation
32 Comments
  Renowned but wayward Troy, vain Babylon, Harsh Nineveh, and languid Rome were felled; Long ago they exercised dominion, But since from their own lands have been expelled, Or kept small plots, where...

Essay: ‘Portrait of a Millennial Art Student’ by Sally Cook

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October 24, 2020
Art, Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Poetry
22 Comments
  You’ve grown up in the public school system, and it shows. You are sensitive to the world around you, and in touch with your “feelings”—a perfect little guilt-ridden example of a...

20 Riddles by Evan Mantyk

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October 23, 2020
Children's, Culture, Poetry, Riddles
44 Comments
Post your answers in the comments section below. I. A place that never is in its own place And where it is is where it’s made to be; Not that it’s made from scratch within that space Where traces of...

‘Why Tens of Millions Support President Trump’ by Mark F. Stone

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October 22, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
31 Comments
  On voting day, we hope the nation’s __red---a bright vermilion. Let’s count the reasons to choose Trump. __There are a half a zillion! Trump speaks his mind, with filters down. __He’s...

Four Poems on Writing, by C.B. Anderson

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October 22, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle
22 Comments
  Vocations Always there are things we should be doing; Others, though, are better left unfinished. Also, there are ends well worth pursuing; Likewise, goals that leave a wight...

‘Consumer Rights’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

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October 22, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise. Originally published by the SCP 9/26/18 Consumer Rights by Cal Wes Ubideer Accountability, transparency, and search control, consumer advocates are fighting Big-Tech's...

‘The Immigrant’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

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October 21, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
18 Comments
  The Immigrant As his ship now departs to cross over the sea, He looks back as he fondly remembers The dear family he leaves, the quaint house by the lea, And two eyes that once sparkled like...

‘From a Fly on the Bidens’ Wall’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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October 20, 2020
Humor, Poetry
21 Comments
  “Hunter, you’ve disgraced the name of 'Biden.' Your laptop’s in the hands of some porn cop! I’ve told you, as a Biden you’ll be spied on--- Get thee behind me, spawn of dumb Corn...

‘A Hunt Along the Cahaba’ by Gregory Ross

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October 20, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
11 Comments
  after Chesterton's "Lepanto" Note: Cahaba Run is a river in Alabama Dogs dash in black and tan through clouds of briar and bush, All sprinting, unrelenting, such no city man could hush. They cast a...

‘Tewkesbury Mason’s Mark’ by James A. Tweedie

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October 19, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
Ego Feci Hoc A man, I was, of flesh and blood and bone, Nine-hundred years ago, I lived and died; A Norman mason skilled at cutting stone, An honored trade in which I took great pride. Eleven-Hundred...

‘Breathe Free or Die’ by Joe Tessitore

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October 18, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
57 Comments
  There are smiles that we will never see. There are kisses that will never be. There are songs that we will never hear For this thing that stretches, ear to ear, Will be with us till our dying...

‘The Reindeer’ and Other Poems by Brian Yapko

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October 17, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
  The Reindeer The reindeer winter-cries in vain for his lost mate His cry turns brittle frosty-mist, ascends the clouds. His hooves make run, his antlers gouge the whited shrouds That veil the...

A Poem on Merriam-Webster Dictionary Changing the Definition of Sexual Preference, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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October 16, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
52 Comments
Newspeak During a hearing held on October 13, Senator Hirono informed Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett that the term “sexual preference” is now offensive even though Hirono herself and the...

On the PBS TV Series ‘Bob Ross, the Joy of Painting,’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Eardley

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October 16, 2020
Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
  On the PBS TV Series 'Bob Ross, the Joy of Painting' I float, as happy as the clouds, Upon a sea of liquid white. Whilst cherishing this time allowed, This interval of pure delight. He speaks...

‘A New York Post Post’ by Bruce Dale Wise

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October 15, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
17 Comments
  “Censorship is to art, as lynching is to justice.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Caud Sewer Bile Joe’s never spoken to his son about Burisma—No! The New York Post was not supposed to show...

‘Retired K-9’ and Other Poetry by Allen Lee Ireland

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October 15, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
Retired K-9 When I was young, you kept me in a cage. But as I got a little calmer, older, Sometimes you’d let me ride in the front seat Shotgun, with my paw upon your shoulder. It wasn’t just for...

‘Sonnet CXLIII’ by Jake Murel

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October 14, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
3 Comments
What if I do compare you to a rose Or summer’s day or beauty like the night, Or drone of how I’d sit and drink a coke With you instead of viewing every sight This world can give?—the seven wonders...

‘The Tweeter Strikes Back’: A Poem on Donald Trump by Christopher Lindsay

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October 13, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. The Tweeter Strikes Back At midnight, Don was not asleep, and so, he rose to eat and tweet. He ate McD’s; he felt relaxed. He walked around, and then he spat. On Fox, he watched a Democrat who launched a...

A Review of Juvenalia by Reid McGrath

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October 12, 2020
Essays, Poetry, Reviews
12 Comments
Juvenalia by Reid McGrath, Kelsay Books, 2019 by James Sale Regular readers of The Society of Classical Poets’ pages will be familiar with the name of Reid McGrath; he has been extensively published...
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On the Chinese Communist Party Censoring Pence, Not Harris, and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

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October 11, 2020
Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
4 Comments
  No Signal, Please Stand By by Lu “Reed ABCs” Wei Perhaps the most intriguing thing about the past debate between vice-presidential candidates was its strange fate, that when Vice President...

An Ode to Anti-French Revolution Hero ‘Charlotte Corday,’ by Jeremy Gadd

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October 11, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
6 Comments
  Brave, brave, Charlotte Corday, took upon herself to slay that man of revolutionary violence, Jean-Paul Marat. On July thirteenth in ninety-three, the convent girl from near the sea, stabbed...

A Poem on Kangaroos: ‘With Spring in Their Step’ by David Watt

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October 10, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
  When springtime has come to the high mountain ranges The melting of snow bares the landscape to changes; And creatures awaken from seasonal slumber In valleys below, where snows never...

‘While Sitting by Her’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

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October 9, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
27 Comments
  While Sitting by Her While sitting by her sometimes I would eye Her dextrous fingers plying to and fro While unbeknown to her, as she would sew And crochet, knit and stitch and satisfy Her urge to...

Ekphrastic Contest: Write a Poem on This Photograph

The Society
October 8, 2020
Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry Contests, The Environment
148 Comments
See the winners here. Above is a recent photograph of Chateau Boswell, a winery, vineyard, and tasting room located in California. It has suffered terribly because of the recent “Glass Fire” in Napa...

‘Eternal Apocalypse’: A Poem on Climate Change and Others by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 8, 2020
Covid-19, Humor, Poetry, The Environment
24 Comments
  Eternal Apocalypse I’ve managed to escape a coming ice age; A mammoth hasn’t tossed me to my death. I’ve dodged the planet’s ozone-waning end-stage; Our green and pleasant land’s still...

‘News of the Revolution’ by Daniel Kemper

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October 7, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
4 Comments
  News of the Revolution Revolt or riot? Both? Or civil war? No matter what, who hasn't realized the revolution's being televised. The camera always wants a little more: the street churns; a...

‘The Harvest of an Ancient Past’ by Daniel Kemper

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October 7, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
  The harvest of an ancient past can waft to mind as we enjoy a measured taste of last year's blend. The darlings who were chased down vineyard lanes, who drew us to come after her with earthy...

‘The City-Bird’ by Michael Curtis

The Society
October 6, 2020
Humor, Poetry
4 Comments
  a parody of Tennyson's "The Eagle" Upon the bronze haired statue head Enringed in evening’s smoggy spread She beak-pecks on a littered bread. There, on the gritty concrete lies A pop of corn...
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