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‘Apologia’: An Essay in Verse, by T.M. Moore

The Society
April 6, 2025
Education, Essays, Poetry
6 Comments
. Apologia "Bring…the books…" ---2 Timothy 4.13 John Calvin, writing on this verse, extolled the benefits that come from reading old and trusted writers. He agreed with Paul that there is wisdom to be...

How to Write Iambic Pentameter in 13 Minutes: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
November 27, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Education, Poetry
27 Comments
. https://youtu.be/ayfBdVJxeKk . . 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...

Great Expectations—Classical Poets Student Edition

The Society
November 16, 2024
Education, Essays, Poetry
6 Comments
. Great Expectation Classical Poets Student Edition The summary and introduction below is from a newly adapted (UK spellings Americanized and punctuation updated), illustrated, and annotated version of Great...

Tools for Writing Classical Poetry—Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
August 25, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Education, Essays, Poetry, Video
26 Comments
. https://youtu.be/o4TS45A7KEM . Tools for Writing Classical Poetry ---adapted from the video by Andrew Benson Brown Do you want to be forgotten forever? Do you want to be obscure in the annals of history,...

‘The Plagiarising Poet’: A Poem by Drilon Bajrami

The Society
June 24, 2024
Culture, Education, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Plagiarising Poet A young lad sat in class—geography— Bored and in a peaceful reverie. The school bell blared, the teach showed indignation, “The bell does not free you!” she yelled in...

‘Poetry in the Image of God’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
April 5, 2024
Beauty, Education, Poetry
12 Comments
. Poetry in the Image of God Conjure and weave a calligraphic spell Within the wells of mystic words and themes, And bring to life a voice with tales to tell Of life and death, of laughter, love, and...

The Ten Best Poems to Analyze

The Society
February 25, 2024
Best Poems, Education, Essays, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Ten Best Poems to Analyze by Adam Sedia The Roman poet Horace famously set forth the twofold purpose of poetry: to teach and to delight. The sheer aesthetic and imaginative language of poetry is often...

‘Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness’: An Alliterative Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 2, 2024
Alliterative, Beauty, Education, Poetry
22 Comments
. Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness …the wildrenesse of Wyrale; wonde ther bot lyte That auther God other gome with gode hert louied. (…the wilderness of Wirral; few wandered there Who loved with good...

10 Great Poems for Teaching in High School Classrooms

The Society
December 20, 2023
Best Poems, Education, Poetry
21 Comments
. 10 Great Poems for Teaching in High School Classrooms by James Sale . 1. Language with a Twist . I Saw a Peacock… I saw a Peacock with a fiery tail I saw a blazing comet drop down hail I saw a Cloud with...

Three Epiphanic Poems (and a Short Note) by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
October 14, 2023
Beauty, Education, Essays, Poetry
23 Comments
. Epiphany It stays in your memory like a pealing bell, A smallish thing, an unimportant fact— The mute suggestion of a random act. What do I speak of? Listen, I shall tell: A kindness from someone you...
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‘Limericks on Good English Prose’ by Joseph S. Salemi (with Note on Fictive Mimesis)

The Society
September 17, 2023
Education, Essays, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
23 Comments
. Cantankerous Limericks on Good English Prose I love a complexly wrought sentence With phrases and colons that went thence __To make concise points __With their well-dovetailed joints And gave one no cause...
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Thoughts on Education Outside the Box: Poems by Anna J. Arredondo

The Society
September 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry
22 Comments
. . Freedom high school algebra class; May 12, 1993 . A breeze blows in; it wisps my hair, And flutters papers in the air; It carries, with the scent of rose, A dream---and takes one as it goes. . Upon its...

‘On Professionally Hesitant Poets’ and Other Poetry Exercises by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
September 3, 2023
Beauty, Education, Poetry, Satire
17 Comments
. On Professionally Hesitant Poets O, for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! —Shakespeare, Henry V Old Vergil guided Dante to the place Where uncommitted, opportunist...
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The 2023 SCP International High School Poetry Competition

The Society
September 1, 2023
Education, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
2 Comments
. But the great Master said, “I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift to each, To charm, to strengthen, and to teach.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Singers” First...
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Appreciating Shakespeare Video & Intro to Hollow Crown’s Richard II Production

The Society
August 19, 2023
Education, Essays, Poetry, Shakespeare, Video
8 Comments
. . . . . Appreciating Shakespeare by Evan Mantyk Why do people think Shakespeare is so great? Why do they keep returning to his plays 400 years later? And for other classical literature, even thousands...
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Two Cinquains by Tiree MacGregor

The Society
April 21, 2023
Beauty, Blank Verse, Education, Poetry
6 Comments
. A Novice Speaks to a Guardian Tell me, Oh honoured one, The secret of the Way, Of how to live, to reach the place Of light! . The Guardian’s Reply Kid, train And work hard; doubt The self; gain all you...
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‘Acceptance’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
April 13, 2023
Culture, Education, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
24 Comments
. Acceptance Relationships are courses in which You should not enroll, If changing other people is your Pre-existing goal. . . When One Overrides Twenty-Six It started in first grade as I recall. Our son...
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Three Poems for National Poetry Month, by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
April 2, 2023
Beauty, Children's, Culture, Education, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Mystery of Poetry The mystery of poetry __is found between the lines. The poet sends the signals while __the sentence shows the signs. Alliterative artifices __alert the adept minds. The power of each...
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‘Jägermeister’ and Other Poetry by Gregory Ross

The Society
March 29, 2023
Culture, Education, Love Poems, Poetry, Rondeau
6 Comments
f Jägermeister "Like arrows in the hands of a warrior __are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man __whose quiver is full of them." ---Psalm 127 My quiver’s full, as David said, With children...
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Don Quixote Text with PDF: Adapted for Students

The Society
March 24, 2023
Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry
3 Comments
. The following is an excerpt of Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes, encompassing most of Chapters 1 through 8, including Don Quixote getting his start, acquiring his squire Sancho Panza, and going on the...
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‘Dialogue on a First Grade Science Textbook’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

The Society
March 23, 2023
Culture, Education, Poetry, Science
10 Comments
. Dialogue on a First Grade Science Textbook Many spiritual traditions throughout history have perceived all things, animate and inanimate, as living. "Usually religions teach people to believe spiritually so...

‘How to Write Contemporary Poetry’ and ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 21, 2023
Culture, Education, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare
35 Comments
. How to Write Contemporary Poetry a pantoum in free verse composition keep letters lower case. dump classical tradition then cite the marketplace. keep letters lower case make use of ampersands then cite the...
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‘Learnin’ Letters’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain

The Society
March 20, 2023
Education, Humor, Poetry
28 Comments
. Learnin’ Letters I wanna learn me letters Ma, I wanna learn ta read. If I can learn me letters Ma, We’ll ‘ave the things we need. An’ when I grows ta be a man, I’ll be a proper gent, Discussin’...

Henny and Sal: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
November 14, 2022
Education, Essays, Poetry
12 Comments
. Henny and Sal by Joseph S. Salemi My father, Salvatore J. Salemi, was a noncommissioned officer in G-2 (Military Intelligence) during the Second World War. Although he was 29 years old in 1942, he was...

‘Writing a Poem’ by Sally Cook

The Society
November 13, 2022
Beauty, Education, Poetry
15 Comments
. Writing a Poem Our planet moves, and so do we, By forces that we cannot see. Rhyme, meter always seem to track The rhythm of the planet. Lack Of sense or sensibility Inhibits our ability To see. In every...

‘Poetry 101 Lecture’ by Mary Gardner

The Society
November 4, 2022
Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. Poetry 101 Lecture Today we shall discuss why poems have a poor repute (Though if one dislikes poetry, apology is moot). Let’s take four types of poems with their strong points and their...

Verse on Verse: Four Poems by James A. Tweedie

The Society
October 6, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Education, High School Submissions, Poetry
16 Comments
. Serious Poetry Serious poetry, somber and grim; Dashing, descriptive, with narrative flair. Formal and versified; Rhythmic and dignified; Romance and rhetoric; ribald and prim. Taking you places while curled...
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The 2022 SCP International High School Poetry Competition

The Society
September 1, 2022
Education, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
. “Yet, do thy worst old Time; despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.” —William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX First Prize: $200. Publication in the Society's website and The Society of...

How to Write Haiku: What Makes a Good Haiku?

The Society
June 29, 2022
Education, Essays, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
47 Comments
. How to Write Haiku What Makes a Good Haiku? by Margaret Coats The required 5-7-5 syllable form alone does not make a haiku. A good haiku ⦁ presents an observation of nature, or of human activities in...

University Program to Remove Sonnets as Part of ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’

The Society
May 17, 2022
Education, Poetry, Shakespeare
25 Comments
. According to The Telegraph, the University of Salford is planning to remove sonnets from its Creative Writing program.  The reason? They are "products of white western culture" and the University of Salford...

The Canterbury Tales General Prologue: Translation of Lines 1-18

The Society
May 7, 2022
Beauty, Chaucer, Culture, Education, Poetry, Translation
16 Comments
. The Canterbury Tales---General Prologue, Lines 1-18 by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Translated by Evan Mantyk When April’s sweetest showers downward shoot, The drought of March is pierced right to the...

‘Crank Out a Few, Please’: Observations on Poetic Composition by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
May 3, 2022
Education, Essays, Poetry
22 Comments
. Crank Out a Few, Please by Joseph S. Salemi Many years ago, when I was in graduate school, I attended a seminar on Vergil’s Eclogues. These are the lovely bucolic verses that Vergil modeled on the earlier...

The Merchant of Venice Student Edition—PDF and Complete Text

The Society
April 13, 2022
Education, Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare
12 Comments
. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Classical Poets Student Edition Adapted by Evan Mantyk to retain the meaning of each line within the original poetic form, including blank and sometimes rhyming...

Poetic Pitfalls: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
January 5, 2022
Education, Essays, Poetry
18 Comments
. There are a number of ways to go wrong in poetry. Unfortunately, the Poetry Establishment is only willing to admit the existence of a select few of them. The others are either kept under wraps, or disguised...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Free PDF

The Society
November 6, 2021
Alliterative, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry
7 Comments
Following the introduction below is a translated version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in PDF made free for download for teachers, students, and interested readers by the Society of Classical Poets. It...

‘SAT Tips’: A Poem for Students by Evan Mantyk

The Society
September 30, 2021
Culture, Education, Poetry
16 Comments
. SAT Tips Leave nothing blank, your chances are __As good as one in four; So when the end is not too far __Fill in! to raise your score. Jot notes down on the booklet page __or circle a key word. This helps...

‘In Praise of the Poet’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
September 24, 2021
Beauty, Education, Poetry
17 Comments
. __Of Helen, Menelaus, war, Achilles, Paris and his treachery, __Of Agamemnon, Troy, and more, I wrote the Iliad and Odyssey. __Of Saracens and Charlemagne, Of Roland and his tragic, fateful day, __Of...

Two Literary Poems by James A. Tweedie

The Society
September 10, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. A Summary of Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and Notes This play, no doubt to Sophocles’ surprise, When first performed took only Second Prize. Summary King Oedipus of Thebes, both good and wise— Or...

What’s Writing Classical Poetry All About?

The Society
June 4, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry, Readings
11 Comments
Originally published in The Epoch Times by James Sale Very recently, I hosted a live online poetry event for New York’s Society of Classical Poets (SCP). I introduced six American poets, of whom two were...

Comments on the Decline of American Universities

The Society
June 2, 2021
Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry
4 Comments
American historian Victor Davis Hanson and Canadian professor Jordan Peterson recently commented on the decline of American universities. Though they did not specifically mention poetry, the mainstream poetry...
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