‘Famine de l’âme’ by Anna J. Arredondo The Society November 28, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 23 Comments Famine de l'âme The soul, deprived of one essential thing, Cannot rely on dusty stores of hope; Seeking to mitigate starvation's sting, Finds worthless every erstwhile way to cope: Profound...
‘A Sonnet for the Citizens’ by Claude Clayton Smith The Society November 27, 2020 Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 3 Comments —for Li Hongzhi The unacknowledged legislators know the truth: the Buddha shows one thousand hands to foster heaven’s circulation, so the standing stance is seen throughout the lands and strengthens the...
A Covid Thanksgiving Poem and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 26, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 53 Comments Thanksgiving 1984 2020 Wear a mask until you eat and never touch your face. Muzzle up between each bite and when you’re saying grace. No more guests than four to eight at six full feet apart. To...
A Fable about Cancel Culture: ‘Vulture Culture’ by Christopher Lindsay The Society November 20, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 10 Comments . Vulture Culture Above the clouds, a vulture soars, the leader of a culture war. The bird of prey is wide awake, ready to punish grave mistakes. A rooster crows with all his might, and fast, the vulture drops...
‘The Violence in Philadelphia’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society November 19, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 7 Comments . The Violence in Philadelphia “Par le regne des maleureux chetis“ —Eustache Deschamps by Urbawel Cidese Say first what caused the violence in Philadelphia; a man named Walter Wallace, Junior, with a...
‘To Know the Mobs of Modern Days’ by Jared Pearman The Society November 18, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 9 Comments Originally Published by the SCP on November 24, 2019 dedicated to my wife, who was mobbed and defamed for political gains They've come before with pitchforks high, With torches beaming off their...
On the Main Stream Media’s Fake News, a Poem by Russel Winick The Society November 17, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 14 Comments Truthfulness I walked through our lovely suburban downtown, Which always is ranked as the best. But everywhere windows and doors had gone down, The triumph of peaceful protest. I heard a most...
Two Poems Critical of Communist Regimes, by Brian Yapko The Society November 12, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 15 Comments On a Turtle of Broken Jade The tiny turtle made of milky jade Was smuggled by Jun’s parents from afar Evoking memories that flame and fade--- Confucian virtue rescued from the war. The treasured...
Poetry on Voter Fraud Across the Nation The Society November 11, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 8 Comments On Voter Fraud after Li Hongzhi’s poem "On the General Election" by Evan Mantyk Is chivalry dead in the hearts of the people? I knew it was lacking but this is pure evil. The stars of the...
‘Poem for the Second Inauguration of President Donald J. Trump’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society November 7, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Readings 17 Comments originally published on November 2, 2020 on MacKenzie Lyric Poetry Where shall they hide now, the merchants of death, Who cloaked our eyes and robbed our throats of voice, Who muzzled minds and sought to...
A Poem on Voter Fraud: ‘God Knows!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 6, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 45 Comments “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” ---Albert Einstein The issue isn’t black or white. It isn’t left, it isn’t...
‘Yearning for Castles and Gargoyles’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Kemper The Society November 6, 2020 Art, Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 11 Comments Yearning for Castles and Gargoyles Among the towers never made of ivory, protruding lewdly over walls of mottled stone, misshapen forms, insatiably unsavory look down on us. Who takes such agony to...
‘The Ballad of Babi Yar’ by Theresa Rodriguez The Society November 5, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 16 Comments Over 100,00 people were killed at Babi Yar between September 29, 1941 and November 6, 1943. Oh, come and gather round to hear This story from afar, As I unfold the tragedy, The tale of Babi...
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...
‘A Fragmentary Introduction to the Geo-Political America of the Progressive Left’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society 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...
A Covid Halloween Poem: ‘Halloween, 2020’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society 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...
Chant Royal on Urban Disturbances by Margaret Coats after Eustache Deschamps (c.1346–1406) The Society 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 The Society 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...
‘Why Tens of Millions Support President Trump’ by Mark F. Stone The Society 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...
‘Consumer Rights’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society 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...
‘A Hunt Along the Cahaba’ by Gregory Ross The Society 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...
‘Breathe Free or Die’ by Joe Tessitore The Society 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...
A Poem on Merriam-Webster Dictionary Changing the Definition of Sexual Preference, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society 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...
‘A New York Post Post’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society 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...
On the Chinese Communist Party Censoring Pence, Not Harris, and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society 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 The Society 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...
‘News of the Revolution’ by Daniel Kemper The Society 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...
On the Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Stealth Warfare’ by Damian Robin The Society October 1, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 15 Comments Stealth Warfare in the voice of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Admire. Our virus circulates. __Our muddy money’s hand washed. Our fingers whisk jobs from your plates. __Our clenched fists...
A Poem on Toxic Masculinity: ‘Our Worthy Sons’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 28, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 61 Comments Our Worthy Sons dedicated to Samuel Our worthy sons should never be ashamed Of who they are and who they’re meant to be. For far too long men’s gender has been blamed In wars that weaponize...
‘At the Supper Table of a Progressive’ and Other Poetry by Alexander King Ream The Society September 21, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments At the Supper Table of a Progressive They understood riots and death and what's more, "Adore them all really," and down to the core, So dropping my napkin to grant them the same, I upset their...
‘Feeding Time’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society September 19, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments Feeding Time Chickens feed on chicken feed. Birds on birdseed, yes-indeed! Cattle feed on cattle feed, Twitters feed on Twitter feed. People feed on many things, Avocados, onion rings, Water...
‘The Church is Locked on Easter Day’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Thomas Cepican The Society September 18, 2020 Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau 7 Comments The Church is Locked on Easter Day a rondeau The Church is locked on Easter Day Despite the stone being rolled away. The Christ awakes to greet the poor But they cannot get through the door To go...
‘Logos, Rising’ by Michael Witcoff The Society September 15, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 4 Comments When Logos lived within the heart of man, Then beauty bloomed and flowered forth at will--- And every house was built upon a plan; Order’s essence, captured and distilled. Then Lucifer, in...
Three Summer Senryu by Matt O’Hays The Society September 14, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments July 4, 2020 A monument falls Rioters have no remorse What happened this fourth? Summer 2020 Sunny days are here! The beach is ideal and near. It’s Fall...
A Poem on the Real Definition of Fascism: ‘Misdirection’ by Russel Winick The Society September 11, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 28 Comments Misdirection Some dictionaries and encyclopedias still define “fascism” as a far-right system of rule. They need to look again. The Party of self-righteousness, Imbued with far-left...
‘To a Prisoner of Conscience’ by Martin Rizley The Society September 7, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 8 Comments In Response to an Article on the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China I read the other day about the pain That you endure in some nightmarish place, Removed from sight, where sadists made...
A Poem on Nancy Pelosi’s Maskless Salon Trip, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 6, 2020 Covid-19, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 30 Comments A Cut Above Why shouldn’t Nancy break a lockdown rule To bless us with her chestnut-tress finesse? As Speaker of the House she’d look a ghoul If cameras focused on an un-coiffed...
‘Vote Joe’ by Wortley Clutterbuck The Society September 6, 2020 Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry, Readings 3 Comments There’s lots of riots in the street or so I’ve heard from someone’s tweet; they’re pulling out all of the stops, those young people who fight the cops; I see the photos in...
‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 2020’ by Joe Tessitore The Society September 4, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 27 Comments I am a cardboard cutout. I sit here in the stands. I do not think. I do not blink. I do not clap my hands. You are a cardboard cutout. You sit there next to me. You do not cheer. You have...
A Poem on Judgment Day and Other Poetry by Leo Zoutewelle The Society August 20, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 16 Comments Ab Initio Mundi* *ever since the beginning of the world At first the darkness reigned o’er all that was, Until a little point of light emerged. That grew and grew regardless, as it surged Ahead...