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‘The Noble Train of Artillery’ from an Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 21, 2025
Epic, Poetry
15 Comments
. The Noble Train of Artillery ---from Legends of Liberty Volume 3 The cold, gray dawn illuminated flakes Of snow dusting an elevated hill Where a falling star had crashed, between two lakes: Fort Carillon,...

Book Review: Doorway: The English Cantos, Volume III by James Sale

The Society
April 26, 2025
Dante, Epic, Poetry, Reviews
10 Comments
. Book Reviewed: Doorway: The English Cantos, Volume III, by James Sale, 2025 by Cynthia Erlandson It’s been several years since I’ve read Dante’s Divine Comedy; yet as I read James Sale’s Doorway,...

John Neihardt’s Epic Western Poetry (Final Part): A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
April 24, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry
10 Comments
. https://youtu.be/9Qx03HgoXAQ . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He writes history articles for American Essence...

John Neihardt’s Epic Western Poetry (Part 2): A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
April 9, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry
8 Comments
. https://youtu.be/bC_JL8Ap8ow . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He writes history articles for American Essence...

John Neihardt’s Epic ‘Cycle of the West’: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
March 25, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Essays, Poetry
19 Comments
. https://youtu.be/lUU-G7-7nKE . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He writes history articles for American Essence...

From James Sale’s Epic Poem DoorWay: ‘Arriving in Aquarius’

The Society
March 16, 2025
Epic, Poetry
10 Comments
. Opening extract from Canto 9 DoorWay: Arriving in Aquarius The poet, wrenched from love’s bliss with Seraphina in Canto 8, is carried onward by the Butterfly to his final destination. His journey leads him...

‘A Creation Myth’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

The Society
December 30, 2024
Culture, Epic, Poetry
17 Comments
. A Creation Myth The curtain opens. A million violinsCrescendo. Trumpets blare. A single drumBeat booms. In perfect time, the cosmos spins.The Hero enters, sees what soon must come: A surging wave of life...

HellWard Canto 1: ‘Hospital’: Extract from the Epic Poem by James Sale

The Society
November 6, 2024
Epic, Poetry
15 Comments
. HellWard Canto 1: Hospital ---lines 1-92 It had to be---that long descent began: About me images, one century That started, stuttered, showed how poor is man In all things except his savagery. My...

‘Washington’s Armor’ from Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem

The Society
October 15, 2024
Epic, Poetry
8 Comments
. Washington’s Armor Under a watchful sky, a thick, long snake Was slithering: red regulars and blue Virginians groaned while dragging banners to stake In Fort Duquesne; brown wagons splashed its crew Of...

‘Henry Knox in His Bookstore’ from Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem

The Society
September 17, 2024
Epic, Poetry, Readings, Video
22 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNh_jWAzKU . Henry Knox in His Bookstore ---from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 The chiming of a doorway’s silver bells Announced the timing of a late arriving Patron to...

DoorWay Canto 7: ‘Flight to The Eyrie’ from James Sale’s Epic Poem

The Society
August 24, 2024
Epic, Poetry
14 Comments
. DoorWay Canto 7: Flight to The Eyrie In Canto 7, the narrating Pilgrim Poet deviates from the Zodiac, leaving Sagittarius, to visit the constellation of Aquila, the Eagle, which has nine stars, and here the...

‘Washington Assumes Command at Cambridge’: from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
August 11, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
. Washington Assumes Command at Cambridge from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Devoted Billy Lee, a stalking fox, Observed his master’s swaying ponytail. The ribbon coming loose, he stopped to fix It, leaning...

‘Washington Departs from Mount Vernon’: from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 28, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
20 Comments
. Washington Departs from Mount Vernon from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 “Wouldn’t you rather stay?” Watching her doveOf sixteen summers, Martha’s hazels, tearingAway from patriarchal pupils, doveBelow...

‘Washington and the Cherry Tree’: Excerpt from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 14, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
25 Comments
. Washington and the Cherry Tree from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Young George chopped down his father’s cherry tree, Not knowing that a woman lived inside. While playing with his hatchet, too carefree Out...

‘The Rise of Washington’: Excerpt from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
July 1, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Rise of Washington from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 IT’S TIME! Let’s give our story’s star some space. He’s famous through the land, you know his role: “A fire in his eyes, a light in his...

‘King George III Declares War’ from Vol. 2 of Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem

The Society
May 19, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
17 Comments
. King George III Declares War from Legends of Liberty, Volume 2 Note: The British have won a pyrrhic victory at Bunker Hill. King George, who has been showing some erratic personality quirks since being...

DoorWay Canto 5: ‘Waters of the Crab’ from James Sale’s Epic Poem

The Society
March 12, 2024
Epic, Poetry, Terza Rima
19 Comments
. DoorWay Canto 5: Waters of the Crab From Canto 4 in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull, the poet has been led by Michael, the Seraph, to the sign of Cancer, the Crab, a water sign and ruled by the Moon....

Legends of Liberty — Prologue Read by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
March 8, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry, Readings
21 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGLFPOccCAI https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NwnsyJD044?feature=share . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His epic-in-progress,...

Bunker Hill in Poetry: The Death of Joseph Warren, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
January 14, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry
14 Comments
. Bunker Hill: The Death of Joseph Warren from Legends of Liberty, Volume 2 Dramatis Personae Joseph Warren – Physician, spymaster, and major general of the colonial militia William Howe – Commander of...

‘Nero Redivivus’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan

The Society
January 1, 2024
Culture, Epic, Poetry
20 Comments
. Nero Redivivus Others suppose that he was not killed, but withdrawn instead so that he might be supposed killed and that he is still alive and in concealment in the vigour of age he had reached at the time...
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Classical Poets Live: Torquato Tasso, ‘King of Poets’

The Society
November 16, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry, Readings
16 Comments
Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 8: Torquato Tasso, "King of Poets" If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the...

Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin, by James Sale

The Society
October 28, 2023
Beauty, Epic, Poetry
24 Comments
. Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin DoorWay is the Poet’s journey through Heaven. Having left the constellation of Libra in Canto 2, he now enters the Constellation of Virgo where he...

‘The Reincarnations of Donald J. Trump’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

The Society
October 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry
26 Comments
. The Reincarnations of Donald J. Trump after Andrew Benson Brown’s Legends of Liberty  . I. 218 B.C. Above the mellow grass, cliff faces soar Like walls to house a huge primeval god. The pass into the...
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The Battle of Bunker Hill in Epic Poetry, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
October 18, 2023
Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Bunker Hill an excerpt from the forthcoming Legends of Liberty, Vol. 2 . The Eve of Battle The midnight moon. The month of June. A neck Of land. A hill of sand. A group of shadows With...
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 Virgil Departs, Beatrice Arrives: Canto XXX of Purgatory, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
August 18, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
9 Comments
. . Virgil Departs, Beatrice Arrives: Canto XXX of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . Now when the primal Heaven’s Septentrion—____seven lights of the Holy...
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CPL: Reading of FoFG Poetry Competition Winner, Interview with James Sale, and More

The Society
May 30, 2023
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Human Rights in China, Interviews, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings, Video
13 Comments
. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 3: Embrace the Epic, Not the Opaque If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the production. . Podcast on Spotify:...
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Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
May 24, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
6 Comments
. Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Just as a bird that stands watch to ensure __the safety of her brood, beside the...
poem/benson brown/epic

‘The Devil Comes to Buckingham’ from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
May 12, 2023
Epic, Poetry, Satire
14 Comments
. The Devil Comes to Buckingham from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2 One day as Britons cheered their sovereign’s sight, The devil crawled into his servant’s brain. He entered through the ear as a termite And...
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DoorWay Canto 2 Extract from James Sales’ Epic Poem

The Society
May 6, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
16 Comments
. DoorWay Canto 2, Extract The Poet has gone through the ‘DoorWay’ and entered heaven. Here in the second Canto and in the constellation of Libra he meets his dead grandfather (who was a Libran: 30/7) and...
poem/alighieri/paradise

Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
April 24, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
6 Comments
. Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And now my eyes were fastened once again __upon my lady’s face, and all the while __Beatrice __my...
poem/alighieri/beatrice

Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
March 15, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
7 Comments
. Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “You, on the other side of the sacred river,” __Lethe __she called to me, and sharply to the point,...
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Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
February 15, 2023
Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
13 Comments
. Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And so from that first circle I went down __into the second, where there is less space __and...
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StairWell Canto 8: ‘Covid-Priest’ by James Sale

The Society
January 28, 2023
Covid-19, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
30 Comments
. Canto 8: Covid-Priest from The English Cantos Volume 2: StairWell StairWell is the Poet’s Purgatory, and as in HellWard where we met with contemporary challenges such as Brexit, so here in StairWell the...

“John Adams in Heaven,” from Legends of Liberty by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
January 22, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry
18 Comments
. John Adams in Heaven John and Abigail Adams are being guided through heaven by John Milton. He takes them to a villa in the Elysian Fields, where they meet a famous Roman who shows them a vision of their...

‘Moments from Dante’s Inferno’ by Paul Buchheit

The Society
January 20, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
15 Comments
. Moments from Dante’s Inferno Prepared to travel, if the gods allowed, I saw the woods were dreary, dark as death. I chose to heed a blessing there endowed, before emerging spirits took a breath. And that...

Legends of Liberty, Volume 2: ‘Lightning Ben’ by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
December 1, 2022
Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
31 Comments
. Lightning Ben an excerpt from Legends of Liberty, Volume 2 Sing, muse! Bestow your gifts on—blah blah blah. I opened my first book with that. You get The point. Obliging poets need to draw The paths of...

StairWell Canto 10 Extract 2 by James Sale

The Society
September 19, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
44 Comments
. StairWell Canto 10 extract 2 Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell. Now in the 10th Canto of StairWell, we meet another 4 poets stuck in Purgatory. This extract takes us to...

Athena Emboldens Telemachus: Book 1 of The Odyssey Complete Text, Translated by Mike Solot

The Society
September 15, 2022
Culture, Epic, Homer, Poetry, Translation
6 Comments
. The Odyssey Translator's Note: The Odyssey, Book 1, which exemplifies an essential feature of Homer's art as a storyteller, the way he composes the books of his epics as wholes, each with its own beginning,...

StairWell Canto 10 Extract by James Sale

The Society
September 5, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
55 Comments
. StairWell Canto 10 extract Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell. Now in the 10th Canto of StairWell, we meet another 4 poets stuck in Purgatory. This extract takes us to...

Persia, Ferdowsi, and the Shahnameh: An Essay by Adam Sedia

The Society
August 17, 2022
Culture, Epic, Essays, Poetry, Rubaiyat
3 Comments
. POEMS THAT BUILT A NATION PART II. Persia, Ferdowsi, and the Shahnameh by Adam Sedia A previous essay highlighted how the Finnish national epic poem, the Kalevala, spurred the development of Finnish culture...
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  1. C.B. Anderson on ‘A Taste of Northern New England’ and Other Poems by C.B. AndersonMay 28, 2025

    If snakes tasted as good as lobster, I would welcome more into our country. But ....

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    Saad is a right smart guy, though I think the whole psychobiology thing is a bit overblown. When it comes…

  3. C.B. Anderson on ‘A Taste of Northern New England’ and Other Poems by C.B. AndersonMay 28, 2025

    My understanding of elephantiasis is that its victims sometimes need to carry their infected scrotum around in a wheelbarrow in…

  4. Cheryl A Corey on ‘Forsythia Fading’: A Poem by Cynthia ErlandsonMay 28, 2025

    Cynthia, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is one of my favorite poems, but I have to point out that it was…

  5. Cynthia L Erlandson on ‘Forsythia Fading’: A Poem by Cynthia ErlandsonMay 28, 2025

    Thank you so much, Brian! Blossoms, and their brief lives, move me deeply. (Especially yellow ones. :) ) I'm grateful…

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