‘Uncle Joe and the Virtual Convention’ by Jeff Kemper The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society August 13, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 5 Comments 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 people...
Three Poems of the Nuclear Age by Peter Austin The Society 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 The Society July 28, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 7 Comments 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 The Society July 25, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 40 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 overthrow...
Poetry on the Death of America, by Joe Tessitore The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society July 15, 2020 Covid-19, 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...
Documentary on Pandemic Features The Iliad and SCP Member The Society July 12, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Homer, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Video 6 Comments ...
‘Armageddon’ and Other Poetry on Recent Riots The Society 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 The Society 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, 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, Covid-19, 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 Covid-19, 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 cries, Read the...
‘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...
An Analysis of ‘The Gods of the Copybook Headings’ by Rudyard Kipling The Society June 9, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Poetry 12 Comments The Gods of the Copybook Headings by Rudyard Kipling AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place. Peering through...
Poetry on Riots Across America and Communist Takeover in Hong Kong The Society June 7, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Limerick, Poetry 2 Comments A Riot Limerick by Joe Tessitore The Most Evil has cast the first brick And his antics make decent folk sick. Though he rant and he rail His best efforts all fail--- He’s in fact the Most Impotent...
A Poem on the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom, and Other Related Poetry The Society June 3, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 6 Comments The Director General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom by Sarban Bhattacharya His accent’s weird, his hair is pretty grey, He is too calm to get into a fray. His moustache bears the villainy of the...
‘Elegy on a Strauss Waltz’ by Adam Sedia The Society June 3, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 15 Comments The room fills with a charming melody— A choir of violins in soaring flight With basses, cellos pulsing—one, two, three— Drum-snaps, flute-trills, horn-calls, rich and bright— A dance of...
Poems on Twitter’s Attacks on President Trump The Society May 29, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 10 Comments Fake Checks by Esca Webuilder As Twitterites do fact-checks, which are really only fake, confusing truths with their opinions is their main mistake. But censoring the voices that they do not want...
William Butler Yeats and the Occult: An Essay by Adam Sedia The Society May 19, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Poetry 29 Comments Clarity and Obscurity Part III Read Part I: The Essences of Classicism and Modernism Compared Read Part II: "Concrete" Poetry and the Fall of Metaphor by Adam Sedia Modernism produces obscure poetry...
Poetry Challenge: ‘My country used to be… ‘ The Society May 14, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 51 Comments New York poet Joe Tessitore challenges poets to begin a poem with these words: My country used to be... Post your poem in the comments section below. (Poems should be...
Friends of Falun Gong 2020 Poetry Contest Winners Announced The Society May 13, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings, Video 2 Comments FIRST PLACE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F96xN0VV7JU The Virus and the Cure by Rob Crisell One hundred years of tyranny, One hundred years of pain and lies. If communists of China win, The...
Poetry on the CCP Virus (Covid-19), Including Peter Austin Sonnets The Society May 4, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 5 Comments Dear Governor, by C.B. Anderson Reopen every workplace, pretty please; Your "cure" has proven worse than the disease. Your lockdown's brought the people to their knees, And now they live in fear...
On Oxford University’s Classics Department Proposing to Drop Homer and Virgil, by Ted Hayes The Society May 4, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Homer, Poetry 10 Comments Oxford "University"? Its preference now: diversity. The Homers, Ovids, Virgils--- Now peanuts for the squirrels! This "school" now gives instruction In Western Civ destruction The classics?...
A Sonnet on President Donald J. Trump, by Evan Mantyk The Society April 30, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 18 Comments Donald J. Trump They laugh at him and sneer as if his lack Of faith in modernism’s unholy gods Can justify each Philistine attack And drown out facts with which they are at odds. Yet from...
A ‘Mock Praise Hymn’ for Zimbabwean Leader Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), by Sheri-Ann O’Shea The Society April 27, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments "Winner: Humanitarian Award" Mugabe’s universally adored. He made his people multi-millionaires--- Zim dollars are the answer to their prayers. Champion of the poor, the sick, the old; A veritable...
‘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.”...