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Rhyming Drugstore Advertisements,1885

The Society
January 4, 2021
Culture, Found Poem, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
Selected by Beverly Stock ---From Liver Pills to stuff that kills, and makes it smooth to die, The last is not their mission, though, and yet within their power, But if you’re sick--go to them quick, or...

Poem Found on Our Lady of Guadalupe Painting, Translated by Margaret Coats

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December 9, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Found Poem, Poetry, Translation
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The Painting of the Virgin God, seeing in America a child Embracing Faith with jubilation meet, Took up His paints, and on a flowered sheet By His own hand a portrait deftly styled, For He intended...

Verses from the Irish Peace Park

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October 2, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Found Poem, Poetry
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In the first World War, taking and holding the high ground was everything. The battle of Messines Ridge, in Belgium, took place June 7-17 1917. It took 81 years until the Irish Peace Park was unveiled there to...

English Tomb Poetry, With an Introduction by James A. Tweedie

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August 4, 2020
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by James A. Tweedie On my most recent visit to England in 2017, I paused to record a number of prominent grave monuments that included poetic tributes to the deceased. Here are the four I found most...

‘Carmen Cygni, a Retourne’ by Mike Bryant

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March 22, 2020
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  Carmen Cygni, a Retourne She holds the sickle and the scythe, Dark clothed and hooded, glimpse of white. A dancer languorous but lithe, She stands between the day and night. Dark clothed and...

‘Believe It True’ (A Found Poem circa World War I)

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July 23, 2019
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Believe It True That you have made my world a wondrous garden Fair with your lips, and glad with your eyes of blue That you have wakened life’s song of gladness Believe it true, dear, believe it...

Poetry Found: ‘The Battery Horse’ by E.R. Henry

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November 16, 2018
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Presented by Monty Phillips Given that the recent days have been rightfully occupied by the remembering of the humans who never made it home from World War 1, I thought I might highlight a less represented...




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