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poem/peterson/fine art

‘Art Freezes Time’: A Poem for National Poetry Month by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
April 16, 2023
Art, Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. Art Freezes Time Great art freezes time when a painting is hung. An image of beauty eternally young. Who painted the pictures that hang on this wall? I talked to the soul that had painted them all: “So...
poem/coats/notre dame

‘Restoration of Nôtre Dame’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. Restoration of Nôtre Dame One Paris evening seven years ago, We walked the neighborhood of Nôtre Dame, But no café had seats. We settled on A bench with the cathedral as tableau, Congenial scene our...
poem/frank/knights

‘The Little Knight’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
April 13, 2023
Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
26 Comments
. The Little Knight The kitchen door slams open wide; The boy flies through to play outside. His house becomes his castle’s walls; The distant car horns, clarion calls. A stick becomes a mighty sword; The...
poem/sedia/melancholy

Three Sonnets by Vittorio Alfieri, Translated by Adam Sedia

The Society
April 12, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
9 Comments
. Three Sonnets  by Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803) translated by Adam Sedia . LXXIV Melancholy, why take your only seat On this, my miserable heart---oh, why? A trembling supplicant, I yet entreat: Oh,...
poem/howard/love

‘Walking Near the Waves’: A Love Poem by Daniel Howard

The Society
April 11, 2023
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
10 Comments
. Walking Near the Waves When, walking near the waves, with eyes downcast, I look at my reflection from the shore, Which seems to sink towards the ocean’s floor, Weighed down by tears, which into tides have...
poem/smagacz/life

‘Parque España, Mexico City’ and Other Sonnets by Geoffrey Smagacz

The Society
April 10, 2023
Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare
8 Comments
. Parque España, Mexico City I walked until I couldn't walk without at least alighting on a city bench, the first that had a shaded seat, about ten yards from workers digging out a trench to place a pipe to...
poem/yapko/Easter

‘How Great Thou Art’: An Easter Ballade by Brian Yapko

The Society
April 9, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. How Great Thou Art __An Easter Ballade . It’s Easter. I can hear the choir sing. The gospels have been prayed upon and read And now I cheer the news the watchmen bring With shouts of “He is risen!” I...
poem/rizley/easter

A Poem for Easter Day: ‘After the Storm’ by Martin Rizley

The Society
April 9, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. After the Storm All darkness past, the sun now shines Through shredded storm clouds drained of rain; Its bright beams crown, as day declines, The Victor’s head, now free of pain– That holy head, which...
poem/bryant/church music

‘Hymn’ and Other Poetry for Easter Sunday by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
April 9, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
21 Comments
. Hymn I met Him on that Sunday afternoon I trod the Kentish cobbles through the streets Of Rochester past dwellings in the gloom Of fog laced with the waft of teashop treats. I entered the cathedral...
poem/tweedie/easter

An Easter Poem and Song: ‘The Shroud of Death’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
April 8, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
12 Comments
. . The Shroud of Death The shroud of death’s night-shadow fled Before the dawning light of day; Unveiling tombs wherein the dead In grave and solemn stillness lay. And earth-life voices stirred the...
poem/scheltens/cathedral

‘Of St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague’: A Poem by Isabel Scheltens

The Society
April 8, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Of St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague Once I used to live a waking dream Devoid of starlight: lanterns on the hill Betwined the huddled palaces which gleam In reverence to the crown cathedral’s will. I saw her...
poem/tweedie/Easter

A Poem for Good Friday on Grűnewald’s Crucifixion, by James A. Tweedie

The Society
April 7, 2023
Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. Deconstructing Grűnewald’s Crucifixion It isn’t de rigueur these days to show A bloodied, tortured Jesus on the cross. Post-moderns would prefer we came to know Him as innocuous instead of gross. No...
poem/anderson/theology

Four Poems of a Theological Nature, by C.B. Anderson

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April 7, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire
27 Comments
. The Faithful Who Have Chosen Not to Wait He rose and told us He would come again To supervise a world of righteous men And women who believed in what He’d said, That both the living and the wakened...

‘The Wound in Christ’s Side’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

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April 5, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
43 Comments
. The Wound in Christ's Side Culprits inflicted countless injuries On Jesus’ body during fifteen hours; The spear-thrust (last of loathsome savageries) Ripped out from His dead Heart, for sins of ours, Water...
poem/james/beauty

‘True North’: A Poem by Leland James

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April 4, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. True North Light, opalescent, swirls the arctic bright; Siberian, Scandinavian, Alaskan lights. The morning sun, Aurora, hides her face. King David sings a chariot’s fiery flight, a psalmody of light,...
poem/arredondo/death

‘The End’ and Other Poems by Anna J. Arredondo

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April 3, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. The End Unraveled string may be rewound, __A hidden thing be sighted; A missing object may be found, __A fallen object righted; A candle snuffed can be relit, __And if a glass has spilled, That doesn’t...
poem/vannoy/rain

‘Regret’ and Other Poetry by Serene Vannoy

The Society
April 2, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. Regret The rivulets, the patterns in the glass, the dots of rain that race down to the sill, the treacle speed of days that somehow pass, she thinks will kill her, but they never will. It wasn't all her...
poem/peterson/poetry

Three Poems for National Poetry Month, by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
April 2, 2023
Beauty, Children's, Culture, Education, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Mystery of Poetry The mystery of poetry __is found between the lines. The poet sends the signals while __the sentence shows the signs. Alliterative artifices __alert the adept minds. The power of each...
poem/cooper/revenge

‘La Muerte’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

The Society
March 31, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. La Muerte In those days, no king ruled in Ithaca. A pack moved in with communist ideals: An orgy funded by another’s store. Wine flowed like beer, with all the women free. All except one. Plus one too old...
poem/sedia/mountain

‘Shishaldin’: A Poem on the Active Alaskan Volcano, by Adam Sedia

The Society
March 29, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Shishaldin Radiant angel, bathed in light, Gleaming opalescent white _On the smooth, sheer snow Clothing your smooth symmetry-- Smooth cone, sculpted gracefully _Like no peak I know--- Rising from the icy...
poem/pietrack/ballet

‘Ballerina’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack

The Society
March 28, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Performing Arts, Poetry, Readings
51 Comments
. . Ballerina The balanced ballerina on her toe was poised with perfect posture—back and chest. The crowd, in silent awe, enjoyed the show, as she maintained a flawless arabesque. The dancer twirled to...
poem/coats/funeral

‘Song of the Wailing Women’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 27, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. Song of the Wailing Women Her spirit has gone forth. Return her to the earth, Released from work and words; In death she is the Lord’s. Did Adam bury Eve? Leave Abraham to grieve The wife no longer...
poem/bonham/wilderness

‘In My Wilderness’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham

The Society
March 27, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. In My Wilderness Once, I thought I saw things clearly. Certainty felt quite sincerely. But, my path was very nearly Overgrown by worldliness. Without charts or maps beside me. With no compass there to guide...
poem/cook/cats

‘The Cat Who Barked’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook

The Society
March 26, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
28 Comments
. The Cat Who Barked There is a row of trees that crowd the ground, They’re dark and still. My cat lies in that spot. His tiger stripes were equal all around, But now lie wrapped in shrouds and put to...
poem/tryon/sping

‘Promise’: A Spring Poem by William Tryon

The Society
March 26, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
1 Comment
. Promise While winter holds her icy grip __There’s promise in south breezes That make their yearly northward trip--- __Springtime, she comes and teases. The snow and ice as water run forth __As she firmly...
poem/duncan/beauty

‘The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI of France’ by Shaun C. Duncan

The Society
March 25, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI of France ‘His malady grew worse every day until his mind was completely gone. Sometimes he thought he was made of glass and would not let himself be touched. He had...
poem/james/dandelions

‘The Dandelion’: A Poem by Leland James

The Society
March 22, 2023
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. The Dandelion Suburbia frowns upon her sunlit face: “Out, out thou upstart weed!” Poor Dandelion —like sisters Cinderella, Queen Anne’s lace— a beauty cast aside; no bed to lie in. Medicinal,...
poem/buchheit/poetry reading

A Poem for World Poetry Day: ‘To the Reader of Verse’ by Paul Buchheit

The Society
March 21, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings
18 Comments
. To the Reader of Verse Ah, lover, critic, arbiter of verse, divulge your passions, fill a lusting soul with praises. Let the balladeer coerce the skeptic. Let the troubadour cajole Antaéus: wrestle not with...
poem/essmann/family photo

‘Old Orphan’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
March 19, 2023
Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry
13 Comments
. Old Orphan They’re over on my dresser, simply framed And looking 1940s fresh and young. There’s something to them holy and unnamed, Some song inside them waiting to be sung. And I their youngest, young...
poem/macgregor/death

‘The Last Night That We Met’: A Poem by Tiree MacGregor

The Society
March 18, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Last Night That We Met in memoriam CQD, Halifax, February, 2001 We gripped hands awkwardly. I’d grasped your shoulder To say goodbye, and, that cold winter night A month before your death, you asked...
poem/frank/st. jerome/christian

‘St. Jerome’s Cicero Obsession’ by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
March 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. St. Jerome’s Cicero Obsession based on St. Jerome’s letter to his disciple St. Eustochium in Rome, A.D. 384 When I was young and foolish long ago, I traveled to Jerusalem alone To fast and pray away from...
poem/alighieri/beatrice

Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
March 15, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
7 Comments
. Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “You, on the other side of the sacred river,” __Lethe __she called to me, and sharply to the point,...
poem/rizley/cliffs

‘The Sea Cliffs’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

The Society
March 14, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
. The Sea Cliffs Imposing, somber, motionless they stand, Like ranks of rugged soldiers primed for war, They stand where they have always stood before Through generations—guardians of the land. In dark...
poem/johnson/faerie queene

‘Britomart and Marinell’: A Faerie Queene-Inspired Poem by Jeremiah Johnson

The Society
March 13, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Britomart and Marinell In Edmund Spenser's epic poem, The Faerie Queene, Britomart is a female knight who represents the virtue of chastity.  Marinell is a knight whose mother has prophesied that he...

‘The Scottish Gourmand’: A Poem by Wael Almahdi

The Society
March 12, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. The Scottish Gourmand A culture-rich country which lay to the east where we were invited to conference and feast from Cuba to China, and some of the rest they bade them here gather and money invest for...
poem/Sedia/winter

‘Winter Sunset’: A Poem by Adam Sedia

The Society
March 11, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
. Winter Sunset Gnarled, naked boughs, shadowed skeleton arms Stretch in despair and agony. They frame Like barbed-wire twists the western sky aflame Red-orange, ember-glow that no longer warms--- The blasted...

Pastoral Calls—Part 2 of 3: Poetry by Retired Pastor James A. Tweedie

The Society
March 11, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
Pastoral Calls—Part 2 of 3 . Face-to-Face A weeping woman called me on the phone And said, “My daughter’s in the county jail. They will not let me see her on my own She’s charged with murder with no...
poem/cooper/melon

‘El Melon’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

The Society
March 9, 2023
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. El Melon There is a maze or map on melon skin Even the blind could read and seek to solve. A little girl watches the housewives, deft, Touching the head shapes swiftly, one by one, Until they somehow know...
poem/pietrack/childrens/legacy

‘Poet Tree’: An Excerpt from Legacy: The Saga Begins, by Michael Pietrack

The Society
March 8, 2023
Beauty, Children's, Poetry
27 Comments
. Poet Tree Legacy: The Saga Begins is a 14-chapter narrative poem. In this excerpt, the adolescent hero Abelbee, who has to venture deep into the Great Wood to find wise Vallenbee, arrives at...

‘Farinelli’: A Poem on the Famous Castrato by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 7, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
88 Comments
. Farinelli A thousand thanks, Martini, for your visit. Bologna is a town of balladeers. You’ll love it! Now I wonder, how long is it Since we both quit Madrid? Ah! Twenty years Since I last sang before the...
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