‘Dirty Dishes’ and other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society April 8, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry . Dirty Dishes The dust is often out of handAnd should I write my name uponThe coffee table and night standIt will be seen when morning dawns. But dishes, oh the dishes mustBe kept up or the sink will beFoul...
‘The Four Seasons’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society April 7, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 5 Comments . The Four Seasons . Spring I Amidst the cloudless sky and crimson dawn Comes bursting forth the bluebird’s orange breast, Whose shadow dances o’er the dewy lawn On having found last February’s...
‘A Ceiling Fan’s Life (Is Like a Man’s)’ and Other Poetry by Shamik Banerjee The Society April 4, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . A Ceiling Fan's Life (Is Like a Man's) On wintry days, it rarely spins Except when mopped floors need to dry. Its mission, once December's in, Is just to idly hang on high And watch us squabble, cackle,...
‘Spring’s Unfolding View’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise The Society April 3, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Spring’s Unfolding View ---after Dylan Thomas’ “The force that through the green fuse drives flower” The force that through the green fuse drives the flower drives me new,that blasts the roots of...
‘Spring Snow’: A Poem by Adam Sedia The Society April 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Spring Snow Tyrant Winter reaches Beyond its frozen tomb, Dares cast its icy mantle On bud and crocus-bloom. Long it reigned unchallenged In dark and cold and ice; Thwarted now, it hurls back Last volleys...
‘Canyon’: A Poem by Brian Palmer The Society April 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . Canyon I’m traveling on a road down which I’m cast, a road that I am fitted for, no doubt, since I can see in arid skies white buffaloes, and humpbacks breaching from basaltic dirt. And too I can...
Two Poems on Happiness, by Roy E. Peterson The Society April 1, 2025 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 17 Comments . Happy Like Winnie the Pooh If I could be happy like Winnie the Pooh, Just thinking of good things in all that I do. I’d just want some honey—a big honey pot— I’d pay all my money, give all that...
‘The Restoration’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society March 30, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau 36 Comments . The Restoration ---for SJB Words sometimes fail. How best explainThat life can seem eternal rain?That though friends care they cannot seeOr grasp this wilderness of pain? Is this in truth how life must...
A Poem Written Upon Watching Public Cremations in Nepal, by James A. Tweedie The Society March 29, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Burning the Pieta Thoughts After Viewing Public Cremations at the Pashupatinath Temple Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal ---for Alok With tears wash fallen feet which once had stood To face a fated life with...
‘Bohème’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook The Society March 26, 2025 Beauty, Performing Arts, Poetry 9 Comments . Bohème Opera in a bare and frigid room As winter winds were sweeping, like a broom, Raised an enthusiasm, understood As contrast to the landscape. Every plume Of horizontal snow blew toward the...
Disaster Sonnets by Margaret Coats The Society March 22, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 35 Comments . How Many Homes? ---January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires Twelve thousand lost, from stricken memories more Schools, churches, meeting places, shops and homes Of residents and others moved away, Bereaved of...
‘Winter Song’ and Other Poetry by Diego Calle The Society March 21, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Triolet 6 Comments . Winter Song Hymen, Venus, Graces three, _save me lest I wither like some sap-sucked blasted tree; Hymen, Venus, Graces three, come and set my soul-song free: _come, come here, come hither. Hymen, Venus,...
‘Another Old Myth’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society March 21, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Another Old Myth The Ancient One warned Noah's doom was near. Since men possessed with greed kept spilling blood, That cataclysmic rain would soon appear. So Noah built an ark before the flood. No matter now...
‘Equinox Blues’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society March 20, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . Equinox Blues Welcome to spring! The last snow may be past,_and bright blue frames the parting clouds.The sun rides longer in the sky, at last,_than lost to night’s slow–ebbing shrouds. The weather’s...
Take a Tour of Poet Gigi Ryan’s ‘Backyard’ The Society March 19, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . My Backyard . The Campfire Elisha loves to build a fire; His dog is near, she loves to watch For birds that she will try to catch. They each pursue their own desire--- One by her leaps, one with a...
‘The Tundra Swan’: A Madrigal by Daniel Howard The Society March 19, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . The Tundra Swan Its full and light and interfolding feathers __Number ten thousand plus, No wonder that the tundra swan out-weathers __With less than little fuss __The brisk Antarctic breeze, Yet half of...
‘I Failed’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society March 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . I Failed I failed so dramatically most early days I failed horribly in most critical ways I failed to use schooling at each different age I failed in the waste of my talents each stage I failed with some...
‘Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society March 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine With each step up the old Castillo wall I pray The hurricane will detour east past Grand Bahama. If windborne flooding comes, it can’t be held at bay--- St....
A Poem and Song for St. Patrick’s Day: ‘The Session’ by Jeff Eardley The Society March 17, 2025 Beauty, Music, Poetry 8 Comments . Guitar music for "Sheebag Sheemore" performed by Jeff Eardley. . The Session Monday at the Shamrock Inn, So, the session does begin, Rosin up the fiddle’s bow, Get in tune and off we go. Pipes and...
‘St. Patrick’s Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 17, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . St. Patrick’s Day, 2025 While swathed in swirls of green, some raise a glass Of dark elixir topped with sheeny cream. Some twirl through Derry streets and Kerry grass In dreams ablaze with leprechauns that...
‘A Summer Evening’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society March 15, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . A Summer Evening The sky begins to cloak its face, Removing every streak of red. Above, two weary flyers trace The way back to their bough-held bed. A boy, awash with joy, returns Soil-vested from a...
‘A Fisherman’s Life’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero The Society March 13, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . A Fisherman’s Life The fronds of the palm trees sway in the breeze. A lone tiny boat is bounced by the seas. The sunset is orange, reflection is brown. The sailboat is cruising, searching for ground. Its...
‘Cherry Tree’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai The Society March 12, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . Cherry Tree One summer day not long ago a man planted a tree, With tender love and patience he invested energy. He poured his hope and faith into the little budding leaves, For by this time next year he...
‘Pumpkin Spice’: A Poem by Michael Pendragon The Society March 11, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . Pumpkin Spice The scent of Autumn lingers in the air With hints of ginger, cinnamon, and clove; At 42nd Street and Herald Square, On 8th Street, Bleecker, Christopher, and Grove--- Each crowded sidewalk,...
‘Of Elizabeth Bishop’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society March 9, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Of Elizabeth Bishop Ms. Bishop is one able–eyed observer;her vision is acute, that’s plain to see.Staring at her, I doubt I could unnerve her,though from the page she sometimes unnerves me.The variations...
‘An Ode to a Hymn’: A Poem by C. Walker The Society March 9, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry . An Ode to a Hymn “Like aught that for its grace may be Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery” ---Percy Shelley in “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty” Cathedral with its prayer sings homily _About an ancient...
‘Nishijin Weaving’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society March 8, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . Nishijin Weaving In the tranquil heartThere is no scattering ofBlossoms once gathered. ―Satomura Jōha, master of linked verse The shining fabrics of nobilityDemand the planning of a pattern first.The...
‘Gossiping Hinges’ and Other Poems by LaVern Spencer McCarthy The Society March 7, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle 7 Comments . Gossiping Hinges Some think we hinges only squeak __because we seek __an oily drop __to make us stop, but hinges gossip day and night, __our message, quite __distinctive. We, __with raucous glee, say 'hi' to...
‘A Token of Espousal’: A Poem on Saint Catherine de’ Ricci, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society March 6, 2025 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . A Token of Espousal Sister Elisabetta Dardinelli Speaks Concerning the Token of Espousalof Saint Catherine de’ Ricci (1522-1590) Dixit mihi Dominus meus: Ne timeas, filia: Non rapiet tequisquam de manu...
‘Ode to the Sun’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society March 5, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Ode to the Sun . I Oh first and longest-lasting of my friends, Helen Aurelia, how can I express Through this guitar o’er which my finger bends, And these fine words, each wanting in finesse, The warmth...
A Poem for Ash Wednesday, by Jeffrey Essmann The Society March 5, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Ashes Before the Lenten ashes fade and thin, I might remind myself of those regrets More earnest than a taste for sweets Or bad TV and that my conscience meets With frightening ease at times far greater...
‘Seeing the Forest’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society March 4, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Seeing the Forest Listen to the rustle of the foliage in the forest, _And note the motes of pollen floating there; Muscle headlong through the brush and never feel embarrassed _If you get whiplashed on your...
‘The Greatest Time of Fatherhood’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society March 3, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . The Greatest Time of Fatherhood I know that I’m supposed to say The finest time is now—today. And with all their accomplishments, That would indeed make lots of sense. And yet the greatest time of...
Three Poems Dealing with Death, by Brian Yapko The Society March 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Terza Rima 22 Comments . A Brief Return Hey, little girl. I’ve come to check on you;To hear your voice, to see your face anew.Can it be true? Has it been seven years?You’ve grown up nicely since I went away.I’m proud to see...
‘Snapshot’: A Poem by Steven Frattali The Society March 1, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Snapshot It's morning and you rise. You shake your hairAnd stretch yourself a bit, your elbows high,Your blue night gown illuminated byA slant of light that smolders in the air. I want to keep you here just...
‘Winter at the Pond’: A Poem by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano The Society March 1, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Winter at the Pond I scan the pond. Young birches standing there Have given up their leaves. I set my gaze On trees in water and on trees in air, Where all is peace, with nothing to amaze. The cold,...
‘The Vice’ and Other Poems by Gigi Ryan The Society February 27, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 12 Comments . The Vice Worse than the addiction of a smoker, And harder to get over than cocaine, More drawing than to gamblers their poker Is a vice that never ends the game. It’s worse than the attraction of a...
‘Distance Kills’: A Poem by Michael Charles Maibach The Society February 26, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Distance Kills Distance kills. It’s always true. In time and space, In all we do. Those on our team, Who leave the sport. Those at our work Who find new port. The friends we make Who move away. The...
‘Old Man at the River’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero The Society February 26, 2025 Art, Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments Old Man at the River Old man's at the river painting the scene.He's working on boats and feeling serene.Unnoticed, a person's drowning out therewhile scents from the food shacks float through the air.A...
‘If I Could but Touch His Hem’: A Poem by Rohini Sunderam The Society February 25, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . If I Could but Touch His Hem ---Mark 5:25-34 Forgive me, Lord, you know it’s true That I have prayed twelve years to you, To stop the bleeding and the shame To live a normal life again. And now there is...