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Poems on Life During CCP Virus (COVID-19) Lockdown

The Society
April 25, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
31 Comments
  The Back-to-Work Protesters Limerick by Mark F. Stone Our minders with power and pensions can rob our hopes, while the Fourth Estate calls us a "mob." They would be less scornful and also more...

‘Earth Day 2020’ and Other CCP Virus (COVID-19) Poetry

The Society
April 21, 2020
Covid-19, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry, The Environment
12 Comments
Earth Day 2020 Poet's Note: April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual celebration on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for “environmental protection.”...

Poetry from the 2020 Coronavirus Quarantine

The Society
April 17, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle
44 Comments
Mayor Rules Chocolatier "Essential Business" by Mark F. Stone Our craving for chocolate is serious. Deny us and we will be furious. Withholding confections could alter elections for mayors in ways...

Life Under Quarantine: CCP Virus (COVID-19) Poetry

The Society
April 14, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
Costume Parties by Fiat? by Julian Woodruff ‘Round nearly vacant lots The cars grow fewer still. No traffic tied in knots, No malls in which to mill. The numbers in the market Are smaller day by...

A Poem by an Emergency Physician and Other CCP Virus (COVID-19) Poetry

The Society
April 11, 2020
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
  Dulcius Ex Asperis by Andrew Ross Invisible and terrible A virus stalks the land. It floats across the atmosphere And moves from man to man. A tickle in the throat perhaps, A muted sneeze to...

Translation of Pushkin on Cholera Quarantine and Poetry on the CCP Virus

The Society
April 9, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Translation
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  Time Is the Measure of Every Pleasure a coronavirus limerick by Mark F. Stone The State took a stand that we practice techniques to maintain our distance and clean till it squeaks. But can such...

Poetry on Dr. Ai Fen and the CCP Virus (Coronavirus)

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April 2, 2020
Covid-19, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
12 Comments
  The Last Words from Her Phone The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) has done everything within their power to expunge Dr. Ai Fen's interview off the Internet, and now she herself is gone, the last message...

Pestilence and Quarantine: Poetry on the CCP Virus (Coronavirus)

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March 31, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
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  Pestilence Killed Them by James Sale The Pestilence killed them So the Proverb said, And with that happy thought They laid down in their bed. The Pestilence killed them--- Who else could it...

The Dark and the Light: Poetry on the CCP Virus (Novel Coronavirus)

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March 29, 2020
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Limerick, Poetry
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As the Lights Go Out - the Last Limerick "The night cometh, when no man can work." John, 9:4 by Joe Tessitore I can tell there will be no escape From this hellishly chilling landscape Born of hatred...

Humorous Poetry for the CCP Virus (COVID-19) Quarantine

The Society
March 26, 2020
Clerihew, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
108 Comments
Note: The Society of Classical Poets refers to the COVID-19 coronavirus as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and...

Turning to Heaven During CCP Virus Epidemic: Three Poems

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March 24, 2020
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Poetry
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  Remember God “Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” —Alexandr Solzhenitsyn by Connie Phillips We must remember God in all we do, And keep Him always in our hearts and...

Three Poems on the Spread of the CCP Virus (COVID-19)

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March 17, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
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The Society of Classical Poets refers to the COVID-19 coronavirus as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a...

The Divine Significance of the Coronavirus: Three Poems on the Wuhan Flu

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March 12, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
93 Comments
  The Crown of Wuhan by Daniel Kemper "Hast thou forgot me then?" says she of dreams, "A Goddess arm'd Out of thy head I sprung... Come see the way your princess-queen redeems your works. Do I not...

Two Poems on the Coronavirus by Evan Mantyk and Damian Robin

The Society
February 27, 2020
Covid-19, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle
7 Comments
  From Some Nightmarish Vial a villanelle by Evan Mantyk Did it emerge from some nightmarish vial? Is it a weapon meant for killing us, Like marching microscopic rank and file? If so, it’d sweep...

A Poem on the Coronavirus Coverup: ‘The 50¢ Army’ by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
February 21, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
12 Comments
  The 50¢ Army by Lu "Reed ABCs" Wei The Chinese Communist regime, has recently dispatched some 1600 online trolls to stifle and to catch. The censors want to stop all sensitive...
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A Poem on Li Wenliang, Doctor Who Exposed the Coronavirus, by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
February 6, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
14 Comments
Li Wenliang (1985 - 2020) by Dr. Weslie Ubeca Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist, worked in Wuhan; and when he saw the new coronavirus coming on, attempted to alert the public to the dread disease; but he...
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  1. Yael on ‘Pope Leo XIV’s Green Mass’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantJuly 14, 2025

    An interesting and timely poem Susan. Under the fourth seal, the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse rides a "hippos chloros",…

  2. Margaret Coats on ‘Family Affair’ and Other Poems by Russel WinickJuly 14, 2025

    Russel, I can't criticize anyone who shows up to honor the dead. Especially when it was a long life, the…

  3. Margaret Coats on ‘Together’: A Poem by Margaret CoatsJuly 14, 2025

    Warren, thank you immensely for this comment that I've waited so long to answer. You've helped me hold a place…

  4. Margaret Coats on ‘The Flower’s Refrain’: A Poem by Ulysses ArlenJuly 14, 2025

    "The Flower's Refrain" presents a rich and exquisite poetic meditation. While it offers many commonplaces of nature, these are powerfully…

  5. Margaret Coats on ‘Optimism’: A Poem for the Graduating Class of 2025, by Benjamin Daniel LukeyJuly 14, 2025

    In one college commencement address this year, optimism was counted as an American virtue. When citizens anywhere have it, their…

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