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‘Ageless’: A Valentine’s Day Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
February 14, 2023
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
28 Comments
. Ageless Not in the golden mists of memory Nor in the colder mists of future years Shall I find love as true as yours for me--- A love so fair it banishes all fears. Your eyes, like sunlight, ever faithful...

‘The Ballad of Mrs. Pam Able’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Eardley

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February 14, 2023
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
24 Comments
. The Ballad of Mrs. Pam Able Mrs. Pam Able was very unstable, And loved to be tied to her dining-room table. Her friends were appalled, many names she was called, For her fatal attraction for men who were...
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Two Valentine’s Day Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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February 13, 2023
Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry
34 Comments
. Could it be Love? a pantoum My wits are kissed. Could it be love? My brain is drained of all but you. I’m cuckoo as a cooing dove. I have an over-rosy view. My brain is drained of all but you. A giggle...

‘The Shadow of My Sorrow’ by Daniel Howard

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February 4, 2023
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
19 Comments
. The Shadow of My Sorrow As soon as day has dawned and night is done, The shadow of my sorrow follows me, Outgrows the shape by which it came to be, Consuming it when night is new begun; And being my...
poem/arredondo/niobe tears/crying

‘Disemboguement’ by Anna J. Arredondo

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January 31, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
19 Comments
. Disemboguement You woke something deep within me, not at first sight, but the second: When distractions ceased to spin me, my eyes focused; your eyes beckoned--- sheer perfection then I reckoned you to be,...
poem/freeman/love and loss

‘Love and Loss: Poems for Viktoria Sokoli’ by Paul Martin Freeman

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January 30, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
13 Comments
. Love and Loss: Poems for Viktoria Sokoli . Love I I once loved a girl called Viktoria Sokoli With eyes of the colour of spinach and broccoli. Her skin was as soft and as smooth as a peach; Her breasts left...

‘To an Eager Lover’ and Other Poetry by Adrian Fillion

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January 28, 2023
Love Poems, Poetry
16 Comments
. To an Eager Lover This isn’t an unreasonable demand: you have to learn my story with your hands. As a man, you naturally want to know a woman in the way you know the world: from start to finish,...
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‘Antietam’ and Other Poetry by Vicki Roberts

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January 10, 2023
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
6 Comments
. Antietam It was the bloodbath battle of the Civil War; Scores of men died, by musket, the gore; Was this brave dead soldier from north or from south, Left on the field, blood gushed from his mouth; He had a...

‘I Met a Shepherdess’ by Guido Cavalcanti, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi

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January 8, 2023
Essays, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
22 Comments
. I Met a Shepherdess  by Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250-1300) translated by Joseph S. Salemi I met a shepherdess in a small copse. More beautiful than starlight, the girl seemed. Her hair was blonde-ish, with a...

‘Xi’ and Other Poetry by Morrison Handley-Schachler

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January 7, 2023
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
8 Comments
. Xi When Xerxes saw his bridge of boats which spanned The Hellespont destroyed, forthwith he laid Fetters of iron on the waves and flayed With whips the surf which had him dared withstand. So Gaius, too,...

‘To My Beloved Husband’: A Sonnet by Isabel Scheltens

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December 19, 2022
Love Poems, Poetry
13 Comments
. ---To My Beloved Husband Our married love is no ethereal sound Which dies away when wedding bells cease tolling: No idle lust for courting or cajoling Which dissipates, its petty joys once crowned; Nor yet a...

‘Arrival of Spring’ and Other Humorous Love Poems by Andrew Benson Brown

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December 17, 2022
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
. Arrival of Spring Each wing delivers news of a young earth: The nightingale, the end of moonless woes, The dove, the peace of melting mountain snows, The hummingbird, a lightness dense with mirth. The...
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‘Autumnal Wind’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Howard

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December 16, 2022
Love Poems, Poetry
12 Comments
. Autumnal Wind Autumnal Wind, who are in speed as swift As was the Spring with which my life began, If you would sigh upon this lonely man, And whistle through his heart’s wide-open rift, Then from the...

‘Supplication to Erato and Melpomene’ and Other Poetry by K.S. Anthony

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December 15, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
6 Comments
. Supplication to Erato and Melpomene Erato, decked in crimson roses; green branches of myrtle, Help me forge the words to win her heart: My crippled pen can summon not the words that might make fertile Barren...
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‘Instructions Set in Bone’ and Other Poetry by Peter Lillios

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December 2, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Readings
21 Comments
. . Instructions Set in Bone With my own knife, by my own hand, I carve these words in no-man’s-land Upon the skull of my late foe, Who sheltered here some weeks ago. He’d only paused to rest a...

‘A Sleepless Night’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Howard

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November 17, 2022
Love Poems, Poetry
10 Comments
. A Sleepless Night Lest I should suffer sleeplessly this night Of loathsome loneliness, whose strength severe So weakens me that many a bitter tear Bewails my sweetless, ever souring plight; I call on my...

‘Repaired’ by Dean Z. Douthat

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November 16, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
12 Comments
. Repaired Debris drifts down my lacrimosa stream shards discarded when my life exploded. Her cheating ripped apart my every seam left a rubble heap she soon unloaded. Finding all my parts, your love resummed...

Two Poems by Victor Hugo, Translated by Joshua C. Frank

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November 5, 2022
Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Translation
10 Comments
. Guitar by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translated by Joshua C. Frank Gastibelza, the rifleman coming to town, Sang loud and clear: “Has someone seen Doña Sabina around, Someone from here? O villagers, sing...

‘Sonnet to a Friend’ by Johanna Donovan

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November 3, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
19 Comments
. Sonnet to a Friend It’s you who’ve been a constant in my life from earliest thirst and to this very day. You’ve helped me sail through lassitude and strife, have always kept the ennui at bay. You’ve...

‘Just Not Alone…’ by Michael Charles Maibach

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October 17, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
9 Comments
. Just Not Alone…   I never asked For easy tasks, For burdens light For just delights. Expected not The breaks I’ve got, And when they came I sought no fame. As demands abound, I’ve stood my...

‘Never Argue with a Progressive’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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October 7, 2022
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
15 Comments
. Never Argue with a Progressive They never tell the truth, except by accident, And when they do, they’ll tell you that they really meant The opposite, so what’s a trusting man to do? Admittedly, such...

‘Equal Schmequal’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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October 5, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
34 Comments
. Equal Schmequal   The traits of men were glibly mocked __By those who thought men strange--- Those who thought the world half-cocked __ And fought for chop and change--- All those who chose to rise and...

‘Bergerette’ by Marguerite de Navarre, translated by Margaret Coats

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September 30, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
21 Comments
. Bergerette by Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), translated by Margaret Coats O shepherdess, my friend,On love alone I live.True love is life’s true end,My heart can comprehend,And therefore I intend_My...

‘Fire on Ice’ by Anna J. Arredondo

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September 28, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
. Fire on Ice How shall I serve my anger up to you? Shall I become like one most distant star Burning intensely, far from where you are, Incinerating---infinite degrees Made a mere twinkling to the earthly...

‘Sentimental Song’ and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva

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September 26, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
3 Comments
. Sentimental Song A pad and pen lie by his side __This moonless night of fall. And though he tries to hush his pride, To only see the tears she cried, His hands refuse to breach the wall, __A pithy line to...

‘Wanton Wandering Winds’ and Other Petrarchan Love Sonnets by Daniel Howard

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September 19, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
4 Comments
. Wanton Wandering Winds Those wanton wandering winds, my darling fair, Whose western currents comb in several ways And lose themselves within the marvellous maze Of locks luxuriant that you loosely wear; So...

‘Daedalus’ and Other Poetry by Morrison Handley-Schachler

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August 24, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
7 Comments
. Daedalus Icarus, you have disobeyed, As all men do, and dearly paid. Too recklessly your heart did fly Between high seas and louring sky. The wings I gave you, it is true, But what would you have had me...

‘Ruby Jubilee’ by Margaret Coats

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August 21, 2022
Beauty, Chant Royal, Love Poems, Poetry
45 Comments
. Ruby Jubilee We’ve made a grand tour of exuberance, Repeated as our hearts reverberate, Imagining abodes where we might dwell For seasons long enough to celebrate Red-letter days our travel plans...

Five Love Sonnets by Daniel Joseph Howard

The Society
August 5, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
7 Comments
. Forsake Me Now Forsake me now, and say your last farewell While my misfortune’s in its full career, By circumstances forced to part from here, And in the furthest land from this to dwell; Forsake me as...

‘Aftertaste’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo

The Society
July 24, 2022
Acrostic, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
36 Comments
. Aftertaste Love at first sip was so cloyingly sweet, When I’d have gladly laid all at his feet, Sworn by the heavens his eminent worth, Followed him unto the ends of the earth. Tragic, how quickly he...

A Translation of Horace’s Barine Ode, by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
July 11, 2022
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Sapphic Verse, Translation
20 Comments
. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Odes, II.8 “The first thing we learn about Barine is that she is in the habit of making and breaking promises (of love and fidelity, presumably) and that she is never punished...

Percy Bysshe Shelley Poem Put to Music for Death Commemoration, by Guntbert Markefka

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July 7, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Music, Poetry
5 Comments
. . Introduction Percy Bysshe Shelley was born August 4, 1792 and died in a boating accident on July 8, 1822. To mark the 200th anniversary of his death, Guntbert “Gunny” Markefka and the Powerpoets...

‘Tongues as of Fire’ and Other Poetry by Phillip Whidden

The Society
June 22, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
4 Comments
. Tongues as of Fire If men desire to find belief, to sing It out through throats works best to make the soul Embrace it.  This will make the sought faith zing Behind their hearts and manliness’s whole. The...

A Modernization of ‘To His Coy Mistress’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
June 17, 2022
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
13 Comments
. A Modernization of “To His Coy Mistress” You say we should some years delay The coming of our wedding day, But God commanded us to try To fruitful be and multiply. To make new life, we cannot shirk; The...

‘Speechless’ and Other Poetry by Clive Boddy

The Society
June 16, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
7 Comments
. Speechless I have smelt the perfect scent of the flower of a rose, Known intoxicated freedom where frangipani grows. Watched majestic rivers meet the wild and moody sea, And flown right over mountains where...

‘Revelation’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
April 26, 2022
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
10 Comments
. Revelation You never see suspects admitting their guilt, __Or partisans stating they lied. You’ll never hear soccer stars fearing defeat, __Or macho guys saying they cried. In a world where the truth’s...

‘Hymn to Aurora’ by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
April 16, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
27 Comments
. Hymn to Aurora  1 Aurora, rise and cast your curls Of daybreak through the vapor swirls To drape my face in scarlet beams— Since you left me I’ve had bad dreams. Like waves, my sheets have tossed...

Two Poems for White Day, by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 13, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
20 Comments
. Two Poems for White Day On White Day, March 14, men in Japan present white gifts to women, in return for the chocolates they receive from women on Valentine’s Day. White Day began in 1978 as a commercial...

‘Little to Regret’ by David Watt

The Society
March 2, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
19 Comments
. Little to Regret When Time has stilled my body __Think of me now and then, Asleep beneath the wattle, __Which flowers yet again. And as the summer follows __With rays I cannot see, Let the warmth embrace...

A Love Sonnet by Alena Casey

The Society
February 22, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
2 Comments
. When words are sharp, and clash like iron blades, I swallow swords. I grimace, turn away. You fear I wield a shield, that love will fade, That wordless I our promises betray. Yet iron sharpens iron, I have...
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    Salemi is exactly right, Joshua. Your maxims, once again, are excellent. But I also noticed that, from the way you…

  2. C.B. Anderson on ‘You Might Be a Leftist Liberal Democratic Clone’ by Roy E. PetersonNovember 29, 2023

    I loved it, Roy. Your style here is a lot like the style of Jeff Foxworthy when he gets into…

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    I finally had time to sit down and take this in. I particularly enjoy the new “twist” on the heroic…

  4. Joshua C. Frank on ‘The Return to Ithaca’: Brian Yapko’s Poem Set to Music by Jeff EardleyNovember 29, 2023

    Yes, but it’s a huge honor not only to have your words chosen for a song, but to have it…

  5. Joshua C. Frank on ‘What Sort of Freedom?’ and Other Poetry by Adam SediaNovember 29, 2023

    My favorite is the first one. You sound as if you’re as angry about the way the world has gone…

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