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A Valentine from Geoffrey Chaucer, Margaret Coats, and James A. Tweedie

The Society
February 14, 2022
Beauty, Chaucer, Culture, Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Readings, Rondel, Translation, Video
21 Comments
.   https://youtu.be/3XWcnISYGSE . Rondel for Saint Valentine's Day by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340–1400) | modernized in the original lyric form by Margaret Coats Now welcome, springtime, with your gentle...

‘An Oldie’s Valentine Love Poem’ by Jeff Eardley

The Society
February 14, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
9 Comments
. An Oldie's Valentine Love Poem We met when she was seventeen, The fairest maid I’d ever seen. With eyes of blue and flaxen hair, My mouth agape, I had to stare, And wonder, if a girl like she, Would ever...

A Valentine: ‘To a Girl Named Olivia’ by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
February 13, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Love Poems, Poetry
19 Comments
. To a Girl Named Olivia What shall I say to you of untold love In this more than empty space that lies between Our two selves wound in tongue-tied reticence? I have touched your hand in images and dreams, As...
poem/anderson/love/valentines day

‘Aspects of Love’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
February 13, 2022
Culture, Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
35 Comments
. Aspects of Love . I. Unrequited a rondeau redoublé Tonight, my eyes are open and aware. The kiss I trusted was a lustful lie. I’m letting go of love that isn’t there. My heart holds dreams no...

The 10 Best Love Poems of 2021

The Society
January 30, 2022
Beauty, Best Poems, Love Poems, Poetry
5 Comments
. The 10 Best Love Poems of 2021 What makes a great love poem? Love is such an emotionally charged topic that the answers to that question are going to vary tremendously depending on who you ask. But all the...

‘You Are Too Far from Me’ by Arthur Wood

The Society
January 27, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
4 Comments
. You Are Too Far from Me Send me your love for I’ve nothing to write,And my words are vacant or ugly---I slept through the morning, I raved out the night,And you are too far from me. I feel the entropy...

‘Obsession’: An Alfred Dorn Sonnet and Other Poetry by Tamara Beryl Latham

The Society
January 15, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
21 Comments
. Obsession an Alfred Dorn sonnet As candles gently glow in amber light The picture centered high upon the wall appears to take a life form of its own. Yet, thoughts of her are stronger on this night. He...
poem/mckee/beauty

‘Sadness Has Silent Feet’ and Other Poetry by Fr. Bruce Wren

The Society
January 9, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
12 Comments
. Sadness Has Silent Feet Sorrow comes on softened steps, __But joy leaps madly in. Where is she with the golden hair __I would yet see again? Is she now like wind on braes __That sing the brae-wind song? Or...

Review of A Thing With Feathers, by J. John Nordstrom

The Society
January 4, 2022
Essays, Love Poems, Poetry, Reviews
2 Comments
. Reviewed Book: A Thing With Feathers, by J. John Nordstrom, independently published, 2021 by Andrew Benson Brown A Thing With Feathers is the debut novel of J. John Nordstrom (the pen name of Joseph J....

‘Anyone But You’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo

The Society
December 26, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Love Poems, Poetry
7 Comments
. Anyone But You The phone may ring; The call will bring __Anyone but you. The mail will come; It will be from __Anyone but you. A text may buzz; I’m sure it was __Anyone but you. Oh, this is dire; I...

‘My Sonnet as Texted’ and Other Poetry by Carl Kinsky

The Society
December 26, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
11 Comments
. My Sonnet as Texted Her face, uplit as she scrolls through her phone, no feelings shown, she wears light like a mask. Have we two lives we share? Is each one’s own? Afraid that I know, I’m too scared to...

‘Panic’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
December 17, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
31 Comments
. Panic What is this feeling that sometimes afflicts Us with awful intensity and fear? A feeling close to panic, very near To dread, to terror; something that constricts The breathing, chokes the throat and...

‘Lightning Could Strike’ by Michael Charles Maibach

The Society
December 14, 2021
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
8 Comments
. Lightning Could Strike Just when hope Is out the door, Has flown the coop, Has said “No more.” Just when "up" You have now "given," Just when life Seems so now riven. In she walks Her smile so...

‘Daphne and Apollo’ by James A. Tweedie

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December 7, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
18 Comments
. Daphne and Apollo “O foolish Cupid,” fair Apollo mocked. “To think that you, a wanton boy, should dare To think yourself the equal to a man Of arms, or even to a god like me, In putting arrows full...

‘An Interlude’ by Sally Cook

The Society
November 6, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
22 Comments
. He was the stream and she the underbrush; The rain that fell upon his upturned face. She was the shadowed glade in evening's hush That memorized the sun, received its grace. She was the sea, and he the...

‘We’ and Other Poetry by Mike Bryant

The Society
October 28, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
24 Comments
. We Sum total of all life is death, And breath sustains us for a time. We’ll live until we’ve spent God's dime. The meter's running faster still. No matter what we want or will, We’re always in His...

‘Ballade for His Lady Deceased’ by Charles d’Orléans, translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
October 19, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
26 Comments
. Ballade for His Lady Deceased by Charles d’Orléans (1394–1465) Alas, Death, who made you so bold? My noble princess you possess; My life and comfort you enfold, My pleasure, wealth, and...

A Reading of ‘Endless Bloom’ by Angel L. Villanueva

The Society
October 17, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Readings, Video
15 Comments
. https://youtu.be/eRp7_tqfxTs On Rumble here: https://rumble.com/vnvehl-a-poem-for-aging-beauties-endless-bloom-society-of-classical-poets.html?mref=iosaf&mc=6b8az Poet: Angel L. Villanueva of...

‘In Love’s Counting House’ by Charles d’Orléans (1394–1465), translated by Margaret Coats

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October 5, 2021
Chant Royal, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
19 Comments
. In Love's Counting House by Charles d’Orléans (1394–1465) One day I asked my heart to heed A claim for pay that I commended, And we in secret soon agreed That he would tell, for pains expended In risky...
poem/pain/love poems

‘Regret Hangs on Where Opportunity Once Existed’ by Richard Buchanan

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October 4, 2021
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
17 Comments
. Regret Hangs on Where Opportunity Once Existed There are lots of sad words we lament with such ease,But there’s none any sadder and mournful than these:I regret my decisions, and wish to go backTo that Y...

‘The Untrue Artist’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath

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September 30, 2021
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Untrue Artist “The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art” ---George Bernard Shaw I’ve...
poem/anderson/love/valentines day

‘My Lips Have Kissed Her’ and Other Poetry by David D. Irby

The Society
September 28, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
10 Comments
. My Lips Have Kissed Her My lips have kissed her lips. Now I know why the timid sun arises with each day. I understand what moves the birds to fly and why the trees within the breezes sway. My lips have...

‘Taking Flight’ by David Watt

The Society
September 20, 2021
Love Poems, Poetry
19 Comments
. The relentless rain sought to admonish those creatures who dared venture out. The wind carried a sorrowful message, determined to generate doubt. A less desperate man would have faltered on reaching that...

‘The World’s Greatest Love’ by Roy E. Peterson

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September 8, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
13 Comments
. from Eternal Spring Once upon a time in space God contrived the human race, Gave two things to help us cope: One was love, the other hope. Man was destined for a fall, But love sustained him after all. When...

‘The Bridge of Sighs’ by David D. Irby

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August 5, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
10 Comments
. I stand upon the Bridge of Sighs as teardrops fill my weary eyes and think of life that used to be when she was still in love with me. I watch the river down below. My woes don't interrupt the flow. It...

Petrarch’s Canzone on a Dream of Laura, Translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 30, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
21 Comments
. When softly my sustaining comfort stirs Herself to offer solace coveted, Advancing toward the left side of my bed With that sweet courtly reasoning of hers, In fearful homage all my being murmurs, “O...

‘While Waiting Through the Night’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
July 25, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
33 Comments
. While Waiting Through the Night This morning, searching on the laptop, I Found notes I made upon the night she died. All through the darkest hours at her bedside That night I knew she knew her end was...

‘Logic Class’ and Other Poetry by Paul Buchheit

The Society
June 14, 2021
Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
. Logic Class As class convenes I quickly indicate in clear logician's diction of my eagerness to share my disposition to determine if we're here or there, or if instead we're neither here nor there. A student...

‘Golden Anniversary’ by Johanna Donovan

The Society
June 8, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
12 Comments
. Will this reclaim the long-lost Muse perched on the tree of I.O.U.’s? Can I now join Miss E. B. Browning as she proclaimed her love---its counting? Her art’s not mine; I know that much. The years sped...

‘Moon Song’ and Other Poetry by Michael Curtis

The Society
May 24, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
5 Comments
. Moon Song Selene to Endymion Night, for ever, ever night. __Sleep as the Gods would sleep, __Beautiful boy; sleep; sleep; Rest ever in the cool night. I shall smile on you moon-bright, __Lay beside you and...

‘Sunset’ by Michael Miller

The Society
May 22, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
7 Comments
. A life alone is at its center bare, A quiet conversation with myself, A single, threadbare suit I always wear, A volume set aside upon life's shelf. A time or two fate's hands would find me...

‘Not a Sparrow Falls’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
May 16, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
21 Comments
. A portent for our loss, this bird, so nigh Its end. The slowly creeping dusk had dared It to emerge, its doughty spirit bared, Eyes bright as lightning in a sullen sky. The lesser creature never questions...

‘My Paola’s Love’ by Martin Rizley

The Society
May 15, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
5 Comments
. My Paola’s love is constant as the sun That daily sheds its beams on hill and dale; No sooner set, it hastes again to run With steady pace, the same unswerving trail. When cold winds blow, the warmth of...

On the Hypocrisy of Gov. Newsom, and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
April 27, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Tale of Governor Do-as-I-Say-Not-as-I-Do-som It’s funny how Democracy In many states now colored blue Produces rank hypocrisy, A birthright of the privileged few. And there we notice Gavin...

Four Poems on the Theme of Lost Love, by James A. Tweedie

The Society
April 20, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
11 Comments
. Poet's Note: These poems are non-autobiographical. . When Love is Lost To see the summer sun and wish for rain; To smell the springtime flowers and wish for snow; To wake at dawn and wish for night again; To...

‘Dusk Till Dawn’ and Other Poetry by Áine Mae

The Society
April 10, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
    . Dusk Till Dawn  The ocean rainAnd sleep played me—A willing pawn.I dreamt of youFrom nautical duskTill nautical dawn. . . Love Is More We shall be soul mates tillThey etch our names...

‘Kismet’ and Other Poetry by Theresa Rodriguez

The Society
March 11, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
15 Comments
. . Kismet If I'd been younger, or you not so old, Or we'd met at a different time and place, Would there have been within your heart a space For me, for love to reach and grab ahold? Might there have been...

‘The Magpie’s Chorus’ and Other Poetry by David Watt

The Society
March 1, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
33 Comments
. The Magpie’s Chorus With sunlight at full power And silence in the air, I sought a shaded bower, A cool drink, and a chair. But then, I heard the trilling Of magpies in the trees Pour out like liquid...

A Monosyllabic Poem: ‘To West’ by Adam Sedia

The Society
February 18, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Poetry Forms
8 Comments
. Too long, too long, my love, Have we lain out here. Too long, too long, my love, Have our ease, our cheer Fixed us fast, sprawled in cool shade, With our arms and breasts clasped near, Too pleased to note...
poem/yapko/love/sonnet

‘Though Worlds May Die and Silent Be’ by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
February 14, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
11 Comments
. . Till rolling seas cease heaving high, The starry nights stop passing by, The universe is wrapped in flame, And there is no one left to blame. __Until then? ... You’re my loved one. Till sun no longer...
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