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Society of Classical Poets High School Artwork Gallery—Spring 2025

The Society
March 27, 2025
Art, High School Submissions, Poetry
11 Comments
. In line with its mission to preserve humankind’s artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best of artwork submitted recently by high school students. This artwork uses a...

Winners of 2024 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2025
High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
2 Comments
. First Place ($200 Prize) "The Shepherd God" Jane Schulert, 11th grade student at Redeemer Classical School in Indiana . Second Place "To Speak Unique" Caroline Chen, 14-year-old in Irvine, California . The...

Society of Classical Poets High School Artwork Gallery—Winter 2025

The Society
January 27, 2025
Art, High School Submissions
2 Comments
. In line with its mission to preserve humankind's artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best of artwork submitted recently by high school students. This artwork uses a...

‘The Shepherd God’: A Poem by Jane Schulert

The Society
January 4, 2025
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Shepherd God On Autumn eves when solipsistic stars__Peer down on bloody, towering oaksWhose gnarled, twisted branches create bars__Encaging man in Fortune’s spokes,When groaning wind rustles through...

‘To Speak Unique’: A Poem by Caroline Chen

The Society
October 1, 2024
Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
4 Comments
. To Speak Unique From youth we have been urged to stay unique. For boxed-in meetings, we must always be The ones outside the box, must always speak On obscure points. The price of novelty? Discussing common...

‘The Last Petal’: A Poem by Alani Timmons

The Society
September 19, 2024
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
10 Comments
. The Last Petal In a garden old and wise, Where blooms and seasons intertwine, A rose stood tall against the skies, Its petals bright, its heart divine. But time, unseen, began to stir, A single petal loosed...

The 2024 SCP International High School Poetry Competition

The Society
August 31, 2024
High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
. “Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.” —John Milton, “On Shakespeare” First Prize: $200. Publication in the Society's website and The Society of Classical...
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Winners of 2023 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2024
High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
4 Comments
. First Place ($200 Prize) "A Star" John Freeborn, Logos Online School, 12th grade student in Concordia, Kansas. . Second Place "Child's Laughter" Jane Schulert, 10th grade student at Redeemer Classical...

‘A Star’: A Poem by John Freeborn

The Society
January 24, 2024
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
12 Comments
. A Star O silent sphere of silver-soft-spun light,Thou crystal pearl strung on an airy veilSuffusing bright celestial delightIn snowy glory o'er thy starry trail:The bridal necklace of the night inflameWith...

‘Child’s Laughter’: A Poem by Jane Schulert

The Society
November 2, 2023
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
13 Comments
. Child's Laughter It bubbles forth from deep inside his soul; Joy twinkles brightly through his youthful eyes, For any pain he knows, his laugh defies: This shattered world has briefly been made whole. It...
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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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A Petrarchan Sonnet for a Spring Day, by Jane M. Schulert

The Society
June 14, 2023
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
13 Comments
. Sonnet When sitting on a swing my cheeks were chilled, I gazed and saw the dawn, a new spring day. I knew those colors soon would fade away, But for a moment, time had slowed and stilled. The sky was...
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Winners of 2022 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2023
High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
2 Comments
. First Place ($200 Prize) Christiana Thomas, homeschooled 12th grade student in Oregon. "Worth Disguised" . Second Place Laurel Aronian, 10th grade student at St. Luke’s School in Connecticut. "The...

‘Worth Disguised’ by Christiana Thomas

The Society
January 15, 2023
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
13 Comments
. Worth Disguised The hammer lifts, the anvil rings, The room with screaming noises brings __A torture, here inflicted. The bellows pump, the fire smokes, A prodding chisel pries and pokes. __This trial seems...
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‘For the French Revolution’ by Claire He

The Society
January 12, 2023
Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
5 Comments
. For the French Revolution Oh, this shall tell the tale of France’s past: the revolution brought in ‘eighty nine, when Frenchmen took a stand and rose, amassed, against the king from ocean to the...

‘The Fluctuations of Modernity and Antiquity’ by Laurel Aronian

The Society
January 11, 2023
Beauty, High School Submissions, Pantoum, Poetry
9 Comments
. The Fluctuations of Modernity and Antiquity a pantoum __Something is ahead, A solemn note on open sky, __It rises from the dead, A whizzing plane of time gone by. A solemn note on open sky, Reminds me of...

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...

‘Requiem for Eurydice’ by Mary Virginia Vietor

The Society
August 29, 2022
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
10 Comments
. Requiem for Eurydice The sunlight dims before my eyes, __My fingertips lose yours, And as my whispered farewell flies, __The last crescendo soars. Then one breath hovers, trembles, dies— __The audience all...

Winners of the 100 Days of Dante Poetry Contest

The Society
April 18, 2022
Acrostic, Dante, Epic, From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Terza Rima
7 Comments
Judges Angela Alaimo O’Donnell James Sale . OVERALL WINNER . Papa’s Commedia by Nicholas Walz That was hellish—the hulking chopper plunging Through the top: the battered fuselage yawed, Dipped, and...

Winners of 2022 High School Poetry Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2022
From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
1 Comment
. First Place ($200 Prize) Alex Rubstein, 12th grade, homeschooled, Canton Aargau, Switzerland "Civis Romanus Sum" . Second Place Ellie Strano, 9th grade student homeschooled in Lexington,...

‘Starbucks Villanelle’ by Matt Hsu

The Society
January 31, 2022
High School Submissions, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle
9 Comments
. Starbucks Villanelle Will someone call an order for Elaine? I have a bunch of stuff I need to do. The wait today is driving me insane. This one dude wants a pinch of sugar cane. I can’t believe he’s...

‘Civis Romanus Sum’ by Alex Rubstein

The Society
January 14, 2022
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
8 Comments
. Civis Romanus Sum (I am a Roman citizen) As Paul stood bound and for the whip outstretched, He said to the centurion beside, “‘Tis lawful here for you to flog a wretch, A Roman citizen and not yet...

‘The View from Space’ by Ellie Strano

The Society
January 11, 2022
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
12 Comments
. The View from Space My helmet gone, I float among the stars As weightless as my lungs deprived of air Asphyxiating slowly, I am far From all I love and anyone who cares. The stars are dead already: cold and...

‘Poppy’ and Other Poetry by A.S. Chuba

The Society
December 27, 2021
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Pantoum, Poetry
7 Comments
. Poppy A vase of poppies on the table there, Twelve years have past, all white is now her hair. A shadow running up the path she sees, Her son has come! Her end to miseries. Twelve years have past all white...

‘Sonnet 1 (In Theory, Real)’ by Hannah Yee

The Society
December 27, 2021
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
10 Comments
. Sonnet 1 (In Theory, Real) Are dreams confined to stars or stars to dreams? Both full of mysteries and seldom clear, Restrained, yet free to dance in vivid streams Of consciousness, of life and fire and...

‘History’s Tide’ by Clara Huang

The Society
October 18, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, High School Submissions, Poetry
5 Comments
. after the Epoch Times series' How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling the World History’s tide brought us forth to this day, A dark, sullen mist hanging low on display, The Communist Specter’s tail...

2022 High School Poetry Competition

The Society
September 1, 2021
From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
2 Comments
“Select, all ye who write, a subject fit, A subject not too mighty for your wit! Before you lay your shoulders to the wheel, Weigh well their strength, and all their weakness feel!” —Horace (65-8...

‘Grain’ and Other Poetry by Stephen Ramsek

The Society
March 23, 2021
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
25 Comments
. Grain If the future were a famine And tomorrow were a blight, Would we close our eyes today in Light of Future’s tragic sight? If the future were a famine And eternity, disease, Would we leave our fields...

‘Anchises’ by Anna-Marie Ahn

The Society
January 31, 2021
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
16 Comments
. Beneath the starry firmament so dark There lies tonight an old, forgotten tree Whose bark is peeling, wretched, cold and stark And has not heard since auld youth’s melody. The crooked, blackened branches...

‘Coats’ by Stephen Ramsek

The Society
January 22, 2021
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
4 Comments
. A coat of luminescent snow Descended on my patch of grass, And for a moment all its glow Inflamed my eyes like burnished brass. And in a moment it had gone, But not withdrawn; it nimbly turned Into a...

‘Night’ by John Freeborn

The Society
January 13, 2021
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
23 Comments
. Spacious spans the starlit sky; Silver shines its light; Vast the veil, Pearly-pale, Drawn o’er the dusky night; Silently the star-strewn brooks Through flow’ry meadows flow; Glitt’ring gleams On...

‘Washington’s Grief’ by Alex Rubstein

The Society
January 12, 2021
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
10 Comments
. Behold the father of this infant land, Conductor of our daunting foe’s defeat, Now warmly laureled for his noble stand Through which our liberty was made complete. Yet Washington the praise did humbly...

‘Humility’ and Other Poetry and Translation by Alexandra Guo

The Society
January 11, 2021
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Humor, Poetry, Translation
12 Comments
. Humility Lo, I have seen the Muses plain. What need Have I to go on living?—’Twas in Rome: I touched the flesh (it was a holy deed) That Michelangelo shaped out of stone. O what a great and glorious...

‘Perfectionist Inclined’ and Other Poetry by Lynn Kong

The Society
November 7, 2020
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry, Shakespeare
8 Comments
  Perfectionist Inclined Maligned by self-encasing brine, defined By certainty's demise, self-image lies Within a shrine. Perfectionist inclined, I crouch transfixed in infinite surmise: Confined by...

2021 High School Poetry Competition

The Society
September 1, 2020
From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
1 Comment
  "Poetry ... is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history: for poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular." —Aristotle (384-322 BC), Poetics First Prize: $100....

Winners of 2020 High School Poetry Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2020
High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests
2 Comments
Thank you to every one who participated! The quality of the high school poems submitted this year was stunning.    First Place ($100 Prize): Luke Hahn, twelfth grade, homeschooled in Waupun,...

‘Victus’ and Other Poetry by Luke Hahn

The Society
January 26, 2020
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry
17 Comments
Victus a response to William Ernest Henley’s poem “Invictus,” from which the first two lines of the final stanza are taken. Dry chatter of dry souls dies out, Beleaguered by the eastern wind, When...

‘A Letter to Sir Grammar’ and Other Poetry by Dania El-Ghattis

The Society
January 26, 2020
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
  A Letter to Sir Grammar Dear Sir Grammar: With all kindness and courtesy, may I request, A new package of words, freshly made, For, truly, it seems I have used them all up, And my writing has...

‘At Twilight’ by Erin Jeon

The Society
January 7, 2020
Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry
7 Comments
  The sun sinks deep into the hill Behind the town that perches still. An amber fog prowls through the street Of cobbled stone and stonewashed chill. Dark navy night skies come compete With...
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  2. Margaret Coats on ‘Wedding Night’ by Christine de Pisan, Translated by Margaret CoatsMay 24, 2025

    Thank you, Roy. The fine young husband's name is Estienne [Stephen] de Castel. He and Christine were happy for ten…

  3. Frank Rable on ‘Kissing Cousin’ and Other Poems by Joseph S. SalemiMay 24, 2025

    Okay. I will ask this as a student to the professor, and absolutely no criticism is intended. When first hearing…

  4. Cynthia L Erlandson on ‘What the Caterpillar Calls the End’: A Poem by Scharlie MeeuwsMay 24, 2025

    This is beautiful! My favorite lines were "Wrapped in a thread the dusk supplied." ; "But Time, that patient artisan";…

  5. Margaret Coats on ‘Sumo’s Winning Ways’ by Margaret CoatsMay 24, 2025

    Thanks, Warren. Glad I noticed this just as 24-year-old Onosato won the May tournament with two days of fighting yet…

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