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‘Renaissance’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey

The Society
February 23, 2025
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
9 Comments
. Renaissance for Rob Salminen I am as old as I have ever been, And I've not seen all that I'd hoped to see— But every day my life begins again, And I'm as young as I will ever be. . . Lost and Found a...

‘My Heart’s Desire’: A Poem by Susan Steele Rives

The Society
February 22, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. My Heart's Desire There is one thing that I long for, _and another that I need. One essential to my soul, _the other made of dreams. My heart tries to deceive me, _wants what I can’t have. The Spirit...

‘Truths Be Known’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton

The Society
February 20, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Truths Be Known _A cryptical dawning _This foggy gray morning With images drifting about. _Deceptive impressions, _Opaque are the visions, Illusions of Wonder, no doubt. _Then comes a clearing, _All truths...

‘Capacity’ and Other Poetry by Morrison Handley-Schachler

The Society
February 17, 2025
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. Capacity “This is too big and inexcusably Extravagant, so next time I insist We buy a smaller glass. This one will be Always half-empty,” said the realist. “You say this from experience,”...
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‘Aged Elation’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

The Society
February 17, 2025
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
8 Comments
. Aged Elation When reaching that age where you fear getting slow, The advent of faculties starting to go, It’s great inspiration---you can’t ask for more--- To figure out something you couldn’t...

‘Strauss Vater’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
February 16, 2025
Beauty, Music, Poetry
19 Comments
. Strauss Vater Scene: Vienna, Austrian Empire: Midnight, October 15, 1844. On this night the famous musician, Johann Strauss, Sr. snubbed the professional musical debut of his soon-to-be famous son, Johann...

Five Quintilla Poems by Cheryl Corey

The Society
February 15, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
26 Comments
. Scarlet Pimpernel Amassing clouds—the air still warm; But you, my scarlet pimpernel, You sense that there's a coming storm, Compress your petals, and transform To brave the current's rising swell. . The...

‘Fifties Country Living’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
February 13, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. Fifties Country Living Sit down with me my children, come! __I'll spin a tale or two About when I was just a kid __in nineteen fifty-two. No cell phones, televisions, laptops, __email, or...

‘Moments Matter’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan

The Society
February 12, 2025
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
. Moments Matter When my daughter was just three __I took her to the zoo. She laughed and smiled and had a blast __And I myself did, too. My friends said, “Why did you do that? __She will not recall The day...

‘A Grain of Sand’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai

The Society
February 11, 2025
Beauty, Children's, Poetry
12 Comments
. A Grain of Sand A grain of sand got lodged into __A little seagull's eye. He spluttered with indignant rage, __"Now I can't even fly!" And so his eye grew worse and worse, __The seagull shrieked and...

‘Evensong’: A Poem by Peter Venable

The Society
February 11, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
. Evensong The embers dimmed on the Pacific; _The sky a scarlet hue. One might conclude the fire seraphic--- _A seascape brushed by the muse. Some mares’ tails smudged the vista with soot _While gulls...

‘A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
February 10, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Satire
39 Comments
. A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer My prayer is not pitched heavenward _To fall upon deaf ears. It’s lashed to Earth for greater good. _It cashes in on tears. It's feathered several nests for years--- _I'm...

‘Another Winter’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

The Society
February 9, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
. Another Winter Another winter's growing old. __Another spring is coming. Another hive, gripped by a branch, __Will make its endless thrumming. Another smile's to soon emerge __From pastel white...

‘On the Porch’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
February 8, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
30 Comments
. On the Porch The roof and eaves, low walls or none, slim railings, Contrive a sense of shelter customary. Worn floor between front steps and door betokens Minutes or hours of ease preliminary. The aura...

‘Reflections on Still Waters’: A Collection of Poems by James A. Tweedie

The Society
February 7, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. Reflections on Still Waters . Isaiah 55:12 You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace, And a song will break forth from the lands. While the echoes of praise in the hills never cease, And the...

‘Lament to the Passing of Paper’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
February 6, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. Lament to the Passing of Paper I learned to write my A-B-Cs and form my shapely 1-2-3s on paper, when I was a lad; but now, since I’ve become a dad, the era of the written word is passing like the dodo...

‘A Summer Hour’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook

The Society
February 6, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
. A Summer Hour A burgeoning bush, some butterflies, Low wooden steps, warped, faded, rise Amid the calm of idle talk— The blur of shadows on the walk. Sometimes a passing, random thought Within winged...

‘Concerning Snow’: A Conversation in Verse by T.M. Moore

The Society
February 5, 2025
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Concerning Snow ---a conversation between Beauty and Necessity “Well, there you go again.” “What's that?” “Come now, don't act so innocent. You see that plow out there, defacing what it took all...

‘Classic Case History’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
February 5, 2025
Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Terza Rima
11 Comments
. Classic Case History Though I was blind, it wasn’t hard to see That blindness was a gift at least as good As any other. People seeing me As someone less insightful than he should Have been were blurry...

‘The Grindstone’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack

The Society
February 2, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Grindstone The grindstone spun as fiery sparks were sprayed,for even iron broke against his force,and by his edge the blunt became the bladea king would hold upon his charging horse. The stone was proud...

‘Forecast One to Two Inches’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
January 31, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Forecast One to Two Inches Within the snow’s approach I sense a hope Connected more to memory than truth. It fails to fall within the narrow scope Of solid message; seems instead a trope For something...

‘The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam’ and Other Poetry by Susan Steele Rives

The Society
January 31, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire
6 Comments
. The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam I received the somber news __as sun set low today. My beloved Uncle Sam __by death was swept away. It wasn’t on the battlefield that __he met his demise. ‘Twas...

‘Accidents Happen’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan

The Society
January 30, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. Accidents Happen We’re told time tends toward catastrophe, And that a butterfly’s ephemeral wings Might quake the sky somewhere across the sea By strange cascades of simple happenings, Arousing thus a...

‘The Settlers’: A Poem by Martin Rizley

The Society
January 29, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
. The Settlers —to my forefathers, and all the intrepid men and womenwho settled the Oklahoma panhandle. Across these barren hills, the cold winds blow,As bitter now as in those days long past,When first...

‘Snow Sonnet’: A Poem by Susan Norvill

The Society
January 27, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. Snow Sonnet Where silent flakes of whiteness fill the air And cutting winds of winter come to rule The bitter storm of new year strips all bare With iciness at once perfect and cruel. We drift into an...

‘Tick. Tock. Tick.’: A Poem by Twila Brase

The Society
January 25, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Silently beats an invisible clock. Night turns to day, day turns to night. Following a metronome nowhere in sight. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Sixty seconds make a...

‘Autumn Twilight’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson

The Society
January 25, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
21 Comments
. Autumn Twilight Full moon. Crickets singing. Scarlet sky.Long past summer solstice; now the sunDescends before the short day’s work is done.Last light and fast-invading violet vieTo shape inconstant...

‘The Introvert’: A Poem by James Bontrager

The Society
January 24, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
. The Introvert Sequestered in an abstract mood,Replete in blissful solitude;Behind the veil of scenes overtYou’ll find the pensive introvert. You may not find him center stage,The Hercules of any age;But...
poem/sale/epic

‘Libra’ and Other Poetry by Patricia Rogers Crozier

The Society
January 23, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
. Libra There in my hand I held a crystal vial Of distillation potent, red, and sweet, By which my broken heart was put on trial, And golden apples scattered at my feet. Ask not the name of him who gave to...

‘On Bill Mahrt’s Retirement as Choirmaster of the St. Ann Choir’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff

The Society
January 23, 2025
Acrostic, Beauty, Music, Poetry
18 Comments
. On Bill Mahrt’s Retirement as Choirmaster of the St. Ann Choir (June, 2024) W e all should thank our God for William Mahrt, I nto whose hands He placed a sacred trust, L eaving to him to keep the aural...

‘I Will Awaken the Dawn’: A Poem by Rachel Meyer

The Society
January 22, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. I Will Awaken the Dawn The birds have yet to echo Their songs across the trees, The sun has yet to whistle Its foggy rays in streams, The dark still holds the world, Creation slumbers on; But now the time...

‘True Love’: A Poem by Roger Crane

The Society
January 22, 2025
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
12 Comments
. True Love On a hill far away, a true love waits, In a place of weathered, broken gates. And though the gates are falling down, One place on the hill is hallowed ground. Nothing moves on that faraway...

‘Another Crossroads’: A Poem by Peter Venable

The Society
January 21, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. Another Crossroads I have a rendezvous with destiny.It’s at the crossroads of Straight Street and Main.With cardboard sign, that man rules his domain.(Cops do not bother with such vagrancy.)Some iced tea...

‘The Magic Trick’ and Other Poetry by Shamik Banerjee

The Society
January 20, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. The Magic Trick Another dove spawns from the wizard's hat. A youngster, goggle-eyed, forgets to clap, enchanted by the spell. With every flap this spongy creature makes, he wonders at the skill required to...

‘Cloth of Destiny’: An MLK Day Poem by Kevin Farnham

The Society
January 20, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. Cloth of Destiny From his jail cell, he preached civility— despite the agony centuries had brought. Proud Rosa occupied a seat; though fraught with risk, that act preserved her dignity. We dreamed of equal...

An Inaugural Poem: ‘Anticipating President Trump’s Golden Age’ by Mark F. Stone

The Society
January 19, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. Anticipating President Trump’s Golden Age Unburdened from that which has recently been. An era of progress about to begin. Mending the messes afflicting our nation. Ending the slow...

A Poem for the 2025 U.S. Presidential Inauguration: ‘Free People’ by Daniel Rancio

The Society
January 19, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
Free People In some sense, free people have no needOf poets to give their speech a better voice.But freedom wanes without great art and heedOf powers that will enslave us with rejoiceIf only given a chance....

‘Stones for My Parents’ and Other Poetry on Grieving by Brian Yapko

The Society
January 19, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
25 Comments
. Stones for My Parents I didn’t want to come. How sad it sounded To kneel beneath a hazy sun surrounded By strangers’ graves---grim watchmen for the bones Of those who’ve crossed the Bridge. The ghosts...

‘Whoever Am I?’: Poetry by Prudentius, Translated from Latin by Margaret Coats

The Society
January 19, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
26 Comments
. Whoever Am I? Preface to His Poetry .by Prudentius (c. 4th century AD)translated by Margaret Coats If I see clear, through fifty yearsI’ve lived. The seventh after them appears to wheelAround as we enjoy...

‘The Hectic Life’ and Other Poetry by Thor Kangas

The Society
January 18, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. The Hectic Life _Sometimes we get discouraged _With life and all its fuss, Its raucous moments speeding by _Like children on a bus. _It’s all the hectic worries, _The troubles and the stress, That pull us...
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  1. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘The Legend of Zhong Kui’: A Poem by M.D. SkeenJune 5, 2025

    Fascinating tale rooted in the requirement of those times to memorize reams of writing to be accepted into the ancient…

  2. Frank Rable on ‘Roads of Potter County’: A Poem by Frank RableJune 5, 2025

    Yes, Margaret, you're right about that, I think. A nice smooth lawn instead of the Penndot version of smooth asphalt.

  3. Margaret Coats on ‘Roads of Potter County’: A Poem by Frank RableJune 5, 2025

    Frank, my dad's family is from the Pottsville area (Schuylkill County) where roads seem the same--until summer arrives and the…

  4. Margaret Coats on ‘Frivolity from Quality’ and Other Poems by Russel WinickJune 5, 2025

    Russel, there was a short-lived scandal now some years back, because high-prestige Oxford University Press fired editors to employ marketers.…

  5. Frank Rable on ‘Roads of Potter County’: A Poem by Frank RableJune 5, 2025

    Thank you, Stephanie! I 'm glad you enjoyed it, and I hope you dodge the potholes. All of them. Now…

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