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A Poem on the Webb Space Telescope and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva

The Society
December 19, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Science
21 Comments
. . Webb Beyond the vast and empty sky, Where darkness dwells forever wide, The eye arrives to question, "Why?" The universe has long denied A distant glimpse to those below Who seek to see where stars...

‘Miles Fidelis (The Faithful Soldier)’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
December 18, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
34 Comments
. Miles Fidelis (The Faithful Soldier)  for Joseph Salemi, whose essay introduced me to the soldier of this poem. The city shakes! Vesuvius spouts fire As Vulcan grins through Jupiter’s hot breath. Brute...

10 Funny and Nostalgic Christmas Poems

The Society
December 17, 2023
Beauty, Best Poems, Culture, Humor, Poetry
2 Comments
. Are you looking for a good poem to read at your Christmas party or gathering? Is it a more serious or light-hearted event? Christmas poems come in a great variety of shapes and sizes. They can be short or...

‘Against All Earthly Fire’: A Poem by Leland James

The Society
December 17, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Against All Earthly Fire “Our earthly fire … no matter how fierce or widespread it may be is always of limited extent.” —A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce A checkered board in...

‘Cattleman’: A Christmas Poem by Dan Tuton

The Society
December 17, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
33 Comments
. Cattleman Sinewed arms and knotted hands, head inclined, intense you peer Toward the heavens, clear-sky eyes Viewing the parade of years. Corrals of cattle, sagebrush, sun with grief and gratitude are...

‘The Color Plaid’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
December 16, 2023
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
33 Comments
. The Color Plaid At Christmastime, when I was just a lad Of eight or nine, my aunt would bring me gifts: Some books of course, and shirts—but always plaid. I’d little sense of tartan, clan, or...

‘A Travelogue of Wonders’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey

The Society
December 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. A Travelogue of Wonders My friends, I’m here to speak of wondrous sights. The first, at Alexandria’s port, was built By Sostratus. Of all the harbor lights, This brilliant beam, when lit, outshines the...

On ‘the Best Thing a Man Can Do for His Children’: A Poem by Michael Charles Maibach

The Society
December 15, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. The Best Thing… What’s the best thing A man can do For his children--- Just what is true? It's not about The sports they play. It's not about Their meals each day. It's not about The songs they...

‘Soft the Morning Starlight Shines’: A Poem by Devon Bryce

The Society
December 15, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Soft the Morning Starlight Shines Soft the morning starlight shines __Above in black-hued skies, Whose dark aspect, foreboding mien __Bid me not arise. I long to lay as yet a-bed __In cozy covers all, While...

‘How odd a fallen snow’ and Other Poetry by Stephen M. Dickey

The Society
December 12, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. 1.How odd a fallen snow’s fresh reassurance,Begotten in a winter’s biting cold,But taking edges off a world waxed old,And slaloming thought into other currents. 2.Oh how our minds do wander—even...

‘Moon Before Yule’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
December 12, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
37 Comments
. Moon Before Yule The ashen lantern leavening the skyBegins in languor to proclaim sublimeFestivity to winter’s weather eye. The dome of heaven echoes back the chimeOf peals ethereal arising heardIn...

‘Fugal Harmonies’ and Other Poetry on Music by Mary Jane Myers

The Society
December 11, 2023
Beauty, Music, Poetry
12 Comments
. Fugal Harmonies Softly chanted serpentinous neumes, melodic levitation, heavenbound, monotonal meditative sound; a capella in medieval rooms. Then Bach, delighting in the past, exhumes archaic modes. His...

10 Best Poems for Funerals

The Society
December 10, 2023
Beauty, Best Poems, Essays, Poetry
25 Comments
. 10 Best Poems for Funerals by Susan Jarvis Bryant The right poem at a funeral service can make that final farewell extra special, but choosing the right one is not an easy task. I have chosen the poems below...

‘To My Daughter’: A Poem by Adam Sedia

The Society
December 10, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. To My Daughter A woman’s life is hard, they say---and true, Though now not as our mothers understood: They battled nature’s facts and custom’s due; Your battle will be for true womanhood. Though all...

‘Thanksgiving’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
December 9, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. Thanksgiving I’m thankful most for what I can’t describe, Though otherwise I’m clever as can be At secular and sacred repartee. Yet when it comes to all that I’ve imbibed Of graces poured abundantly...

‘Greta Thunberg Meets the Emerald Queen’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

The Society
December 8, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Satire, The Environment
13 Comments
. Greta Thunberg Meets the Emerald Queen Part II of "The Emerald Queen: A Legend from the Future" One day through the forest leaves wafted her song, Attracting a young girl who wandered along, Who loved to go...

‘Yet Another Year’: A Birthday Poem by Satyananda Sarangi

The Society
December 7, 2023
Alexandroid, Beauty, Poetry
21 Comments
. Yet Another Year The birthday bells reverberate __Through haunted towns That lead you to an ancient gate __Beside which clowns Laugh aloud and break down in tears; __They stand and wait, Resembling dreams...

Two Poems on Creative Writing by James A. Tweedie

The Society
December 7, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. There Is a Way? Is there a way for beauty to be painted with a word? Is there a way to write in ways so music can be heard? Is there a way to make a point that others can’t ignore? Is there a way to say...

‘Convictions of My Thoughts and Deeds’: A Poem by Richard Brancato

The Society
December 6, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. Convictions of My Thoughts and Deeds Convictions of my thoughts and deeds are vapors, not substantial things. There are no clouds that hold the breeze, they toss about on errant winds. __Look yonder!...
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‘The Risen’: A Poem by Ryan Wade Biller

The Society
December 6, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
. The Risen Though now the hearth is left to smolder __And light will soon be gone; Fire shall rise from hearts far bolder __And shine like morning dawn! Though the trees now lie here withered __With leaves...

‘Sonnet for Mom’ by Gigi Ryan

The Society
December 5, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
24 Comments
. Sonnet for Mom (October 21, 1933 - March 28, 2014) I could not see how much she cared for me; Her faults were amplified in my young mind. But now I’m only left with memories; Perspective changes as I look...

‘Abraham and the Binding of Isaac’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
December 4, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
57 Comments
. Abraham and the Binding of Isaac after Genesis 22 I cannot sleep although the moon is high. I’m numb. Before me looms the sacred hill. My son snores softly. I look to the sky Submissive to God’s wish but...

‘Lee in the Furnace’: A Poem on Robert E. Lee by Monika Cooper

The Society
December 3, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. Lee in the Furnace "He who thinks of Lee Must think of Washington. . ." ---Herman Melville So Oleh, Chief, my other grandfather, Mine on the distaff, on the losing side. The furnace burnishes your graven...

‘Insouciance’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
December 2, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Terza Rima
19 Comments
. Insouciance When circumstances wear you down Consider this important fact: It’s easier to smile than frown. When autumn leaves have all turned brown, Your borders breached, your cities sacked, And...

‘Tampering with Permanence’: A Seattle Pantoum by Alison Jennings

The Society
December 2, 2023
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
9 Comments
. Tampering with Permanence  a Seattle pantoum __Here where I live, a cloud looks like a mountain; mountains float. Like love, illusions laugh out loud. We’re stuck in nature’s drunken boat: looks like a...

‘Voyage to Scotland’: Poems by Margaret Coats

The Society
December 1, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
22 Comments
. Voyage to Scotland Constantius II, son of Constantine and emperor from 337 to 361, hoped to glorify Constantinople by collecting relics of all twelve Apostles. He took Saint Andrew’s remains by force from...

‘There Are Not Enough Hours in the Day’: A Poem by Geoffrey Smagacz

The Society
November 30, 2023
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
17 Comments
. There Are Not Enough Hours in the Day There are not enough hours in the dayto take all of the naps I want to take.As soon as I have sprung up from the hayI think I'd rather dream than be awake—so long as...

A Poem on the Music of Schoenberg, and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers

The Society
November 26, 2023
Beauty, Music, Poetry
16 Comments
. Revolution Puckish Schoenberg, bored with Bach now assaults the tonic scale, pounding (his a frontal shock), on Mozart's coffin, a modernist nail. He scans the twelve established tones, then briskly rolls...

‘2 Peter 3’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
November 26, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. 2 Peter 3 “Consider that our Lord’s patience is directed toward salvation.” ---2 Peter 3:15 For once in church (before, I think, the Sacrament) In silence deep and cast adrift in prayer, I folded in...

Three Poems on Forgiveness, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
November 25, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
38 Comments
. Wayward Their frosty hearts and polished oaken door Slammed shut the night she found her stolen voice. She sang a moonbeam song---a shocking choice In mystic keys that spurned the...

‘Spirit of Thanksgiving Past’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
November 23, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
24 Comments
. Spirit of Thanksgiving Past O, noble Spirit of Thanksgiving Past, You are a very strange yet gracious host! Of course the thought of going back brings joy--- To see my life when I was just a boy! So guide me...

‘World View’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie

The Society
November 21, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. World View Beyond the line where sea and sky collideLie distant lands beyond myopic sightWhere men and women live and love besideThe self-same sea beneath the same sun’s light. Where East meets West...

‘Reversing Babel’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson

The Society
November 21, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
26 Comments
. . Reversing Babel . I. Babel “Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.” ---Genesis 11:1 . An ill wind blows through Babel, where all speech Is one, so that it’s possible to plan--- Then...

On the United Nations, Israel, and Hamas, and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
November 20, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. “United” Nations? The U.N. won’t condemn Hamas’s slaughter,Supporting those who want Jews underwater.Iran’s a U.N. human rights group head,Though it would like Americans all dead. Two U.N....

‘Prayerwise’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

The Society
November 19, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
22 Comments
. Prayerwise for Gloria (1934-2013) Tough, keen, opinionated, shrewd:Collected junk, shared what she foundWith those who shared her roof and food,With those who shared her daily round. She prayed her daily...

‘Fungible Assets’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
November 18, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Satire
26 Comments
. Fungible Assets A pint’s a pound the world around. Now, lay your oars athwart the gunwales And let your aching muscles get some rest. Relieving strain on carpal tunnels, Your doctor says, is always for the...

‘What Do You Do When You No Longer Drink’ and Other Poetry by Geoffrey Smagacz

The Society
November 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
19 Comments
. What Do You Do When You No Longer Drink What do you do when you no longer drink, no tossing out the empties in a bag as one by one you hear that cautious clink then wipe end tables with a beer-soaked...

Three Poems by Sally Cook

The Society
November 15, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
34 Comments
. Poetry A poem, subscribing to a plan, Flies higher than the highest planes, Seems safer than a rose-red tan, Or traffic in the fastest lanes, Where people die in random crashes. And yet how dangerous are...
poem/bryant/culture

‘It Seems Like Only Yesterday’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
November 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. It Seems Like Only Yesterday Votes and virtue did not yield Control of our own border, And context did not supersede A breach of law and order. Most people thought the playing of Our anthem was the...

‘Sounds Like Paradise’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
November 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. Sounds Like Paradise Kids are in the backyard playing; __The dog is playing too. I think that sounds like Paradise--- __Doesn’t it to you? Wife is in the kitchen humming, __Making pumpkin pies. Husband...
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  1. Frank Rable on ‘Last Minute Change’ and Other Short Poems by Frank RableSeptember 7, 2025

    yes I had no chair, dammit! ha ha hah Good one Paul! It was so nice, I read it twice!

  2. Paul Freeman on ‘Last Minute Change’ and Other Short Poems by Frank RableSeptember 7, 2025

    Young girls conspire, Much to Frank's ire. To his despair, Frank has no chair.

  3. Paul Freeman on ‘Last Minute Change’ and Other Short Poems by Frank RableSeptember 7, 2025

    Young girls conspire, Much to Frank's ire. To his despair, Frank has no chair.

  4. Frank Rable on ‘Last Minute Change’ and Other Short Poems by Frank RableSeptember 6, 2025

    Thanks Paul. Red sky at night, That's it! I scribbled that as part of a rhyme in a birthday card,…

  5. Frank Rable on ‘Last Minute Change’ and Other Short Poems by Frank RableSeptember 6, 2025

    Ya gave me a laugh! If eggs had legs, Secretary Kennedy would have a fit. and could vegetarians eat them?…

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