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On the Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Stealth Warfare’ by Damian Robin

The Society
October 1, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
14 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
1 Comment
  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

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September 19, 2020
Coronavirus, 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, Coronavirus, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
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

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September 15, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
3 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

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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

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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

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September 6, 2020
Coronavirus, 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

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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

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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

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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...

‘Uncle Joe and the Virtual Convention’ by Jeff Kemper

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August 17, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
  When the wokest of folk virtually convoke In a year of elections and riots and fear, Uncle Joe from the basement the Nanny will stoke. He’ll invoke Ms. Kamala as newscasts evoke, “She’s a...

‘A Ditty’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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August 14, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
18 Comments
  A Ditty What happened to the human race? It vanished, friend, without a trace. And what, pray tell, of humankind? You may well seek, but will not find. And finally, humanity? It slipped into...

‘Hong Kong’s Freedom Fighters’ by Douglas J. Lanzo

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August 13, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
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  dedicated to all those braving injustice in Hong Kong with nobility of spirit Muffled voices, anguished cries, Trampled freedom, published lies, Flouted treaties, threatened fates, Outlawed...

‘Defy the Mask’ by David Watt

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August 11, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
9 Comments
  Due to a recent government edict, approximately 5 million Australians must wear masks whenever they leave the house. We wear a mask because we’re told That COVID has us in its hold, And if outside...

‘The Prisoners in Manacles’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

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August 9, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
All poems by Bruce Dale Wise The Prisoners in Manacles by Lu “Reed ABCs” Wei The prisoners in manacles in western China were just on a day out, stated the Chinese ambassador. The picture shows the...

Three Poems of the Nuclear Age by Peter Austin

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July 30, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, The Environment
6 Comments
  Tomoko When the Enola Gay dropped ‘Little Boy’, Tomoko---just a little girl herself--- Was robbed of any hope of earthly joy And sentenced to a life upon the shelf, Until, that is, she and...

Amid U.S. Riots, A Reflection on Robespierre’s July 28 Execution, by Rob Crisell

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July 28, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
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  A Proposal---July 28, 2020 Upon this date in 1794, The French Revolution concluded in gore, As Robespierre’s head hit the blood-stained floor Of Paris’s Place de la Concorde, Leaving poor...

A Poem on BLM Riots: ‘The Enemy Within’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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July 25, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
35 Comments
  "One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship." ---George Orwell We are the fearsome force for good who’ll...

Poetry on the Death of America, by Joe Tessitore

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July 23, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
17 Comments
  No Epitaph The lies lie heavy on his chest, Striped red, striped white, now tattered vest And soon to draw his final breath--- Who’ll mourn this Son of Freedom’s death? I look around,...

On the Resignation of Bari Weiss from The New York Times, and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Kemper

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July 21, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
  With Sorrow Do I Leave It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times. ---Bari Weiss, opinion writer, 13 July 2020 With sorrow do I leave The New York...

‘Hidden in a Flyer’ by Daniel Magdalen, and Other Poetry on the Persecution of Falun Gong

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July 20, 2020
Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings
12 Comments
on the 21st anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's launching the persecution of the peaceful practice of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999   Hidden in a Flyer by Daniel Magdalen Slowing down my clockwork...

Poems on Riots and the State of the World: July, 2020

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July 18, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
8 Comments
  I Make My Way by Joe Tessitore These times, indeed, have tried my soul. With lightening speed, I’ve lost control Of all that mattered in the past--- It drifts, now scattered, in a...

A Poem on Black Lives Matter Riots and Other Poetry, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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July 15, 2020
Coronavirus, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
  Lockdown Leisure with apologies to W.H. Davies In lockdown life, should I but dare To take more time to stand and stare?--- More time to stand six feet away And gaze upon our world...
COVID 19 historical perspective

Documentary on Pandemic Features The Iliad and SCP Member

The Society
July 12, 2020
Coronavirus, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Video
6 Comments
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‘Armageddon’ and Other Poetry on Recent Riots

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July 8, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
4 Comments
  Armageddon a tennos on the current socio-political situation by C.B. Anderson Some of my former friends are now definitively leftist; The most intelligent among them are the very deftest At...

To the Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana in Defense of Father Rothrock, and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia

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July 6, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
12 Comments
  Caiaphas To the Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana in defense of Father Rothrock High Priest of Israel’s nameless God __You were, and though came to possess That charge upon the gentiles’...

A Poem on the State of the World, by Rod Walford

The Society
July 4, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
14 Comments
Fallen Leaves You can't stop leaves from falling in the autumn of their lives, And you can't stop bees returning to the safety of their hives, And you cannot stop deception as it flows from your T.V., Or...

A Poem for July 4th 2020, by T.M. Moore

The Society
July 3, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Holidays, Music, Poetry
13 Comments
  All Gone Listening to William Billings' "Chester" I cannot help but weep to sing these words, and by them, lodge my soul with those who sang them many years ago. From their hearts rang both faith...

An Appeal to Pastors During the COVID-19 Pandemic, by T.M. Moore

The Society
June 28, 2020
Beauty, Coronavirus, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
8 Comments
  Back to Normal An Appeal to Pastors I hear it in my conversations and in webinars and on the web: "How long before we’re back to normal? We can’t stand much more of this. It seems so very...

Poetry on Riots, Aunt Jemima, and Common Sense

The Society
June 26, 2020
Coronavirus, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
22 Comments
  I’ll Have My Say… by Susan Jarvis Bryant Don’t spit your ire upon my name. Don’t tell me that my view’s insane--- to sink down on one knee in shame. I won’t claim blame. I won’t...

Poetry on Black Lives Matter Protests and Riots Worldwide

The Society
June 23, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Terrorism
13 Comments
It Matters Not On Sunday, June 21st, three men were stabbed to death while sitting in Forbury Park in Reading, England. by Susan Jarvis Bryant On Sunday in a leafy English park, A knife slashed in the...

Poetry on the Tearing Down of Christopher Columbus and Other Statues

The Society
June 20, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
18 Comments
  Juneteenth---the Day After by Joe Tessitore Witness the collapse And see the dust clouds rise. Hear the sound of taps And feel the shroud of lies. Hear the harpies laugh And as the willow...

‘A Reminder to Our Young People’ and Other Poetry by Philip Keefe

The Society
June 17, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
4 Comments
  A Reminder to Our Young People To say life has no hardship's to deceive, But trials and tribulations help us grow. Commensurate with giving we receive, Reward reflects the effort that we...

‘On Antifa, Coming to the Country’ and Other George Floyd Riots Related Poetry

The Society
June 14, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
20 Comments
  On Antifa, Coming to the Country A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. ---Amendment II by...

New Zealand, Dutch, and Indian Poets Wish President Trump a Happy Birthday with Poems

The Society
June 13, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
18 Comments
The Society of Classical Poets, a New York-based 501(c)(3) non-profit with Members across the nation and around the world, wishes a happy birthday to the President of the United States of America, Donald J....

A Poem for George Floyd Protestors, by Rob Crisell

The Society
June 11, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
3 Comments
  Georges Danton's Ghost Counsels the Protestors “Yes, America is burning. But that’s how forests grow.” –Maura Healey, Massachusetts Attorney General (June 2, 2020) Georges Danton’s ghost...

Poems on George Floyd Riots and Looting

The Society
June 10, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
If I Owned a Macy's by Nancy Weber If I owned a Macy’s or other such stores… I'd tear down the plywood and unlock the doors. It used to be mine, but things change. Now it’s yours--- Men’s...
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