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A Poem on Michelangelo’s Dusk and Dawn, Night and Day, by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 12, 2022
Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry
30 Comments
. Moments in Marble from Michelangelo’s sculptures; above from left are depicted Dusk, Dawn, Night, and Day Day hustles up, impelled to humanize His world of work by wary energy, To make hours grow,...

A Translation and Musical Setting of Victor Hugo’s Poem, ‘Demain, dès l’Aube,’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
May 9, 2022
Beauty, Music, Poetry, Translation
11 Comments
. "Tomorrow, at Dawn" Sung in English . "Tomorrow, at Dawn" Sung in French . Tomorrow, at Dawn by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translation by James A. Tweedie Tomorrow, when the countryside is kissed by...

‘Euryalus Describes His Mother’ by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 8, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. Euryalus Describes His Mother In Vergil’s Aeneid, the youthful Euryalus volunteers for a dangerous nighttime raid, asking that his mother not be told of it before he leaves, but that she be cared for,...

‘A Mother’s Worth’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
May 8, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. A Mother’s Worth A mother’s worth, it glows and gleams in eyes. It beams in grins and giggles sent her way. It echoes at the core of coos and cries. It greets a burst of cheers and fears each day. __It...

The Canterbury Tales General Prologue: Translation of Lines 1-18

The Society
May 7, 2022
Beauty, Chaucer, Culture, Education, Poetry, Translation
16 Comments
. The Canterbury Tales---General Prologue, Lines 1-18 by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Translated by Evan Mantyk When April’s sweetest showers downward shoot, The drought of March is pierced right to the...
poet/bryant/culture

‘Mind Games—Three Cerebral Triolets’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
May 7, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Triolet, Villanelle
25 Comments
. Mind Games---Three Cerebral Triolets  Propaganda  It wants your mind. It wants you blind. It warps and washes wayward brains. It gains control of humankind. It wants you blind. It wants your mind To cave,...

‘The First Spring Rain’ by Phil S. Rogers

The Society
May 6, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. The First Spring Rain a rhupunt The first spring rain ends winter's pain; new growth again, the earth revived. Soft melting snow will quickly go, small brooks will flow; life has survived. Frost leaves the...
poem/erlandson/culture

‘This, Too, Will Pass’ by Michael Charles Maibach

The Society
May 5, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
2 Comments
. This, Too, Will Pass This, too, will pass--- They like to say. This pain now here Will fly away. This, too, will pass--- This broken heart, This dear, sweet loss--- Tears me apart. This, too, will...

‘Incense’ by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
May 4, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. Incense I cast my words aloft this way and that, Imagining they’re incense offered sweet And fragrant, curling in their brief conceit, Their wisps as agile as an acrobat; And think of priests the Covenant...

‘Guardians of the Sunset’ by J.B. Mulligan

The Society
May 3, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry
5 Comments
. Guardians of the Sunset III. The years go down like liquor.  Drink and pour and drink again, and laugh or sigh, and look behind you at the dark streets of the past, the rows of street lamp dandelions. ...

‘A Sonnet for My Nephew’ by Caitlin O’Brien

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May 2, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
5 Comments
. A Sonnet for My Nephew Your mother held you first, and then your dad, And after that, the nurse. But then: your aunt. You curled inside my arms—such a small lad— My heart was yours right then. You did...

‘May Day’ by Cheryl Corey

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May 1, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. May Day Note: Maypoles were a feature of ancient Roman festivals to mark the renewal of Spring. The feast days of Saints Philip and James were celebrated by the Church of England in May.   Having hewed a...

‘Apollo’s Lament’ by Brian Yapko

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April 30, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry
31 Comments
. Apollo’s Lament He pounds his naked chest and looks for bones Suspecting that the bay tree is a sham. At last he falls upon his knees and moans “My little doe, my tender dove, my lamb!” He scans the...

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

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April 29, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. Apocrypha Two orbs in hand—one large, one small— He climbed the tower to the top. He let them go and watched them fall, And those below who saw them drop Were dumbstruck when they hit the ground With a...

‘Seasons of Change’ by Stuti Sinha

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April 27, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. Seasons of Change Our fervour was apricity’s embrace. As neon streaks awash a Nordic night, it flared unfettered through the carapace of clotted clouds to cast its fluid light. Accrescent cravings bloomed...

‘Uluru / Ayers Rock’ and Other Australia Poetry by James A. Tweedie

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April 24, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry
6 Comments
. Photo of Uluru / Ayers Rock by the Poet Uluru / Ayers Rock The winter outback chill of mid-Julys Cuts to the bone as waning suns conspire To send their sparks through darkening cobalt skies That set the...

‘With Boots On’ and Other Poetry by Lionel Willis

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April 21, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
3 Comments
. With Boots On Soon after break of day an old man comes Trudging along the thawing roads of Cottage Country (the common land of day and hope) Considering the analects of Spring. At every unploughed drive...

‘All Out of Hope’ by Michael Charles Maibach

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April 21, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. All Out of Hope I am right here, Lord All out of hope. What of me now, Lord? End of my rope! What shall I do, Lord, What shall I know? Tie now a knot, Lord, Or just let me go? So much of life, Lord, I’m...

‘Easter Monday’ by Cynthia Erlandson

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April 18, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Easter Monday Luke 24: 13 – 35 With hearts eclipsed by Friday’s three-day night And eyes still blinded to their master’s face, They hear his sermon, senseless that his light Has thrown the flames of...

‘The Prince of Peace’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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April 17, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Prince of Peace     He braved each gouging lash and bruising blow Till scourged and bludgeoned flesh was raw and torn--- Paraded in a crown of thorns to show This phony King of Jews was ripe for...

‘Easter 2022’ by James A. Tweedie

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April 17, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Easter 2022 In silence, night retires with a yawn— Its starlit labor blessed by God’s, “Well done.” And as the weary world awakes to dawn, The auric radiance of the risen sun Illumes a garden where...

‘Sunrise at the Hollywood Bowl’ by Brian Yapko

The Society
April 17, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Sunrise at the Hollywood Bowl A sleepy son, a father who mourned still. Their first time greeting Easter since she died. When illness came, Anne said her fondest will Was that their boy know God. John set...

‘Hymn to Aurora’ by Andrew Benson Brown

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April 16, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
27 Comments
. Hymn to Aurora  1 Aurora, rise and cast your curls Of daybreak through the vapor swirls To drape my face in scarlet beams— Since you left me I’ve had bad dreams. Like waves, my sheets have tossed...

A Poem for Those Who Have Suffered Abuse: ‘Via Dolorosa’ by James A. Tweedie

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April 15, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Via Dolorosa for those who have suffered abuse. Where does one go to forget? Where does one go to erase Memories filled with regret? Nightmares of shame and disgrace? What does one do with the pain Abusers...

‘Sepulcher’ by Brian Yapko

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April 15, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Sepulcher Jerusalem is built of prayer and quarried stone, From yearning, heartache, sacred scrolls and ancient bone--- The shuls, the mosques, the churches, every ancient room. And as a bride prepares with...
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‘Annunciation’ by Jeffrey Essmann

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April 14, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
2 Comments
. Annunciation It’s not really an angel but a voice, Less heard than sensed, an urgent undertone That murmurs in the place where I’m alone And all my fears with longing there alloys. It whispers that I...

‘Rendering Ruins’ by Leland James

The Society
April 12, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. Rendering Ruins A barn abandoned, left to drift alone, wind torn and breached upon the reef of time; fields, now dust, where summer wheat was sown, the wagons heaped with grain stood long in line to fill...

‘Tomorrow’s Poets’ by Enrique González Martínez, Translated by Cheryl Corey

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April 11, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
5 Comments
. Tomorrow’s Poets by Enrique González Martínez (1871-1952) translated by Cheryl Corey Tomorrow’s poets will sing beyond all praise In verse that’s out of tune with present day; New stars will bring...

A Reading of ‘The New Colossus’ by Emma Lazarus

The Society
April 10, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video
7 Comments
    . https://youtu.be/PguXX2PRzvI . CREDITS Poetry: Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) Voice-Over: Katy Mantyk Photos/Footage: “Unveiling the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” by Edward Moran, 1886...

The Flowers’ Easter Debate: A Translation by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 10, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Translation
28 Comments
. The Flowers' Easter Debate Palm Sunday is the Flowers’ Easter, the day when they honored Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem. As they did not need Good Friday’s bloody atonement for sin, the flowers were...

‘Lost Song’ by Jack DesBois

The Society
April 9, 2022
Beauty, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics
10 Comments
. https://youtu.be/LllN9NflfR8 . Lost Song A compass that won’t point the way, And a map of the faraway skies… I once was a child of grace; No matter the country I trod My feet found the path in its...

‘A Clamshell in Concrete’ (and a Short Note) by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
April 8, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Essays, Poetry
24 Comments
. A Clamshell in Concrete  I was a child in kindergarten class. My mother held my hand as we trod on The sidewalk leading to the boulevard. This was 1951. The path Was paved in smooth cement, and at the...

‘Parallel Man’ by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
April 7, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
20 Comments
. Parallel Man As I was going to the fair, I met a man with silver hair. The more I looked how could it be? He looked an awful lot like me, ‘Cept furrowed brow and walking cane. Perhaps my thoughts were just...

‘Slivered Moon’ by Norma Pain

The Society
April 6, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
25 Comments
. Slivered Moon Slivered moon on slippers slides Across the skies on silver tides, Draping cobwebs over trees And coaxing shadows to their knees. No more this day will swallows sweep, Above the ground where...

‘Love’s Seasons’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
April 5, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
37 Comments
. Love’s Seasons In the heat of the night, when conditions are right, __Gentle lovers will cuddle and spoon. It’s a wonderful plan, much more marvelous than __Any other found under the moon. When the...
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Three Poems on Thinking, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
April 4, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
36 Comments
. Birdbrains a villanelle   “When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry  about his actions.” ---Carter G. Woodson If we just parrot newspeak without blinking And push...

Sibylline Sonnets for Passiontide, by Margaret Coats

The Society
April 3, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
36 Comments
. (See an explanation on what Sibyls are here.) . The Tyburtine Sibyl The Tyburtine sibyl has the iconographic attribute of a hand, indicating her foreknowledge of insults suffered by Jesus. Not from my...

‘Uncle Sam’s Tomb’ by Phil S. Rogers, after Coleridge’s ‘The Knight’s Tomb’

The Society
April 2, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Uncle Sam's Tomb after Samuel Coleridge's "The Knight's Tomb" (see below) Where will the grave of that great figurehead be, That leader of free men and symbol of might, That vision of justice in our country...

‘Woman’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
April 1, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. Woman For years I’ve known exactly what it means To own the weight and wonder of my sex--- The crimson flow of knowledge in my teens, The curve and swell---my spell---the heady hex That lures love...

‘He Catches When We Fall!’ by Michael Charles Maibach

The Society
March 31, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. He Catches When We Fall! Of all life’s mysteries, The deepest of them all--- Not how high we've risen But on what day we fall. Pride’s an untrue friend, And hubris does us in. A loss of faith in...
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