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Jupiter Hammon’s Christmas Poem: An Essay by Michael Curtis

The Society
December 23, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry
6 Comments
. Jupiter Hammon’s Christmas Poem by Michael Curtis 1761 was a slow, yet interesting year for poetry. The imposter Macpherson announced the discovery of Ossian’s Gaelic Epic and the collected works of the...

‘Home for Christmas’: A Poem by Martin Rizley

The Society
December 23, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. Home for Christmas Beneath the sinking skies I ride, a traveler on his way,                     .Through drizzling mist and fading light until the end of day.As skies grow dim and gray clouds...

A Christmastime Poem by Gigi Ryan, Sung to the Tune of ‘Sterling’

The Society
December 23, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Story the Stars are Retelling ---to the tune of 'Sterling' When burdens are heavy and Christmas is near And faraway star luster barely appears, Tomorrow’s prediction of rain with a chill Won’t drown...

Three Christmas Sonnets by Phillip Whidden

The Society
December 22, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Dim and Not He carries one white candle in the space Beneath cathedral vaults. He has to hold His hand in front of it so just a trace Of light escapes. The candle’s flame shines gold Yet it is blocked by...
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‘Be Still and Know . . .’: A Poem by Peter Venable

The Society
December 21, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. Be Still and Know . . . Gulls brawl over a chip and squawk. __Waves wash shell shards on sand. On the sea shore, a morning walk. __I wade through tidal strands. Colossal clouds roll overhead. __A pelican...

‘Aubade: Composure’: A Poem by Steven Frattali

The Society
December 19, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. Aubade: Composure The first light tints the eggshell walls From dimmest grey to violet, And light-spokes through the window’s shade Glance over eyes asleep as yet. But light is opening within The mind...

‘The Lonely Sailor’: A Poem by Thor Kangas

The Society
December 19, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Lonely Sailor No sailor is so lonely __As one who rows alone Across the vast and battered seas __Along the cliffs of stone. He has no one to read the chart __No one to man the oar No one to keep the...

A’sailin’: A Poem by Cynthia Bernard

The Society
December 18, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
20 Comments
. A’sailin’ ‘Twould seem quite true I never was __the captain of this ship, though in my youth I did believe __in charting my own trip. But Master Time has made it clear __how lowly is my rank. I’ve...

‘Come, Spring’: A Poem by Janice Canerdy

The Society
December 18, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
. Come, Spring When by the winter cold we’re most oppressed, mere thoughts of spring’s arrival make us smile. We dream of earth in vivid colors dressed, blue skies, sunshine, birds trilling tunes with...

‘The Wreath’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey

The Society
December 17, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. The Wreath Circle of green— What does it mean? Never ending, Ever bending. It’s hope that’s vernal And faith that’s welling For God in-dwelling And life eternal. . Pruning Trees   Now that all...

‘A House in Winter’ and Other Poems by Adam Sedia

The Society
December 15, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
17 Comments
. A House in Winter Preternaturally silent, still.The omnipresent biting chill, And deepest, darkest night surround.The snow’s soft crunch, the only sound; Fierce, unrelenting wind gusts downFrom boreal...

‘A Simple Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Marc Gilbert

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December 14, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. A Simple Prayer Crown my head in gray, dear Lord, __And bless my tangled tongue. Return to me the mystery __I knew when I was young. Before the echoed scorn of cynics, __Before the sophist’s...

‘I Saw An Angel Weeping’: A Poem by Michael Walker

The Society
December 13, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. I Saw An Angel Weeping I saw an angel weeping In the graveyard by the brook, Her silent vigil keeping, Yet when I turned to look, She spread her wings before me To shield me on my way, And thus, did she...

‘The Drift of Dark Days’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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December 12, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
25 Comments
. The Drift of Dark Days November is a time for us to grieve About the dying of the warmth and light, About the passing of our joie de vivre, As we await the bitter arctic bite. Near-perfect vees of fleeing...

‘In Advent Stillness’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

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December 11, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
  In Advent Stillness In Advent stillness and its purpled nightsWe turn within and with a solemn gazeConsider well our soul’s more reconditeAnd sundry impulses: the many waysBy which we hamper grace’s...

A Poem for American Women with Five or More Children, by Margaret Coats

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December 11, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. Motherly Motives ---of the 5% of American women with 5 or more children The greater good is motherhood. Let wealth be vast and health ideal, These blessings are not understood To be too much. The dear...

‘In a Twenty-minute Tuk-tuk Ride’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

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December 10, 2024
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
19 Comments
. In a Twenty-minute Tuk-tuk Ride That day, the river of our luck had dried. No taxis. Air-conditioned buses crammed with half the town. Just when I said, "We're dammed," a tuk-tuk by the roundabout defied my...
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‘The Bar’: A Poem by Jeff Shakespeare

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December 9, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
3 Comments
. The Bar ---after Lord Alfred Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" The sail is set, the breeze is strong. I pray the crossing won’t take long. My Pilot knows these waters well. But time and tide no man can...

‘I No Longer See It on Mulberry Street’ and Other Poetry by Dusty Grein

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December 8, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. I No Longer See It on Mulberry Street I used to walk home from school each day, then report back to Pop, what I saw on my way. I'd imagine all sorts of things wondrous and neat, in my mind, with my brain, on...

‘Galileo Under Confinement’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

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December 8, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Science
22 Comments
. Galileo Under Confinement Scene: Florence, 1636 AD. In the third year of his life imprisonment (as sentenced by the Holy Inquisition) Galileo Galilei---now 71---poses at his prison-home for the Flemish...

A Poem for Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral’s Reopening, by Margaret Coats

The Society
December 7, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. Notre Dame Re-Opens To touch this holiness we have no right, Nor did we earn the privilege to restore Its grandeur. Bringing anguished hearts to soar, We purge remembrance of one fiery night. No lives were...

‘Variation on a Poem by Blok’ by Stephen M. Dickey

The Society
December 7, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Variation on a Poem by Blok How hard it is to walk among the living And make like you are not already dead, And speak up apropos of life’s misgiving To generations shrouded out ahead. And, looking...

‘Offerings of the Heart’: A Poem by Yoshikaze Kawakami

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December 6, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. Offerings of the Heart A Symbolic Poem . The songs of Yamato From seeds of healing sprout As offerings of our hearts, And if ever hurt we feel, Swiftly songs arise; Heard by hearts, we heal. For one need...

‘After the Snow’: A Poem by Steven Frattali

The Society
December 5, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. After the Snow The snow fell through the night, night-long, The deepest snowfall of the year. By dawn it covered everything, Pearl gray unfolding everywhere As light leaked inward from beyond Through...

‘On the Death of a Child’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
December 4, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. On the Death of a Child To lose a child is tragic, yet those winks to tenderness, to bonding, still exist as memories, creating lasting links twixt parent and the prematurely missed. The day of birth; the...

Three Meditations in Verse by T.M. Moore

The Society
December 4, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Meditation 1 “Grace has drawn nigh to mouths, once blasphemous, and has made them harps; sounding praise.” ---Homily on Our Lord, (1) "Let your speech always be with grace." ---Colossians 4.6 Grace...

‘Roofless Church’: A Poem by Peter Venable

The Society
December 3, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Roofless Church The stone-hewn walls, No window sash. No pews, no halls. Burnt logs, damp ash. The roof, vanished. No organ flues. Shaped block, granite, And endless view. Above, hawks soar. No bells to...

“It Just So Happens”: A Poem by Oliver Grossman

The Society
December 1, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. "It Just So Happens" Dark creatures prowl the islands of the mind On silent paw, as panthers in the night; Two em'rald eyes, and shadow intertwine To weave a myst'ry with the curved moon's light. We sail our...

‘Speak Loud God’s Praise’: A Song by Rusty Rabon

The Society
November 30, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Song Lyrics
10 Comments
. Speak Loud God's Praise ---to the tune of Ellacombe ("I Sing the Mighty Power of God") Speak loud the praise of God most high!__Give thanks for He is good!Let those who know His power to save__Be first to...
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‘Ode to the Dogs’ by Shari Jo Lekane

The Society
November 26, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. Ode to the Dogs Puppy to playmate they bring us much joy whether sleeping or hunting for favorite toys. Mischief abounds while they teethe and make noise as we patiently groom their behavioral ploys. Rapid...

‘Samhain’: A Poem by Isabella Simmonds

The Society
November 25, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. Samhain Behind the turning leaves a red-breast peeks,In light dim-lit by mists on Samhain dawn;The earth is churned by drumming, grubbing beaks,Before the frosts are hard and food is worn.In orange...

‘Underfoot’ and Other Japanese-style Poems by Benjamin Daniel Lukey

The Society
November 22, 2024
Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
3 Comments
. Underfoot Fescue and clover: A luxuriant carpet Fit for a king’s feet. . . Murder They take noisy flight, Leaving the harvest’s stubble To hungry field mice. The crows will not make a sound When they...

‘Contemplative Days’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton

The Society
November 21, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. Contemplative Days A sky of dim and pale display __Brings forth late autumn calm. "A restful peace," it seems to say; __My soul receives the balm. The faded leaves of golden tint __Which cover thick the...
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‘Smile’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
November 21, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. Smile “Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.” ---Connie Stevens I didn’t weigh your sway and worth__Until you left my faceDevoid of joy and minus mirth.__You left without a traceOf...

‘Melancholy Hues (of Autumn)’: an Ode by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
November 19, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Melancholy Hues (of Autumn) ---an ode The third of four trimesters of the yearsees summer flag. The mercury recedesand chilly grey replaces skies once clear,while on Earth’s tilted axis, Autumn feeds. From...

‘Truth Streaked Across the Sky’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
November 18, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Truth Streaked Across the Sky Truth streaked across the skyAlighting on a foreign strand,Where politicians buried itBeneath the lying sand. The truth was stranger than the lies,Too dazzling for the mind.The...

‘Diners’: A Sonnet by Adam Wasem

The Society
November 16, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
20 Comments
. Diners For single men alone, what impulse spurs us To find them everywhere? –the burned-out lights, the squat brick block, so many times repurposed, the worn, clichéd inside, lit over-bright: Plump rows...

‘Raking Leaves’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey

The Society
November 15, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
22 Comments
. Raking Leaves The blaze of autumn's orange-gold is gone, And now it's time to rake the fallen leaves, __To clear the cluttered eaves, __And face a colder dawn. Those piles and piles of crispy, mottled...

‘Solid Rock’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
November 15, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. Solid Rock With open heart, but eyes shut tight, led by our feelings, not by sight, they are the rock upon which we once built the fantasy that the foundation that we engineered inside our mind as thoughts...

‘First Pick Flamingo’: A Poem by Drilon Bajrami

The Society
November 14, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. First Pick Flamingo They used to call this player the flamingo; They chaffed and mocked; they were full of bravado. ‘Cause he’s the new kid, they didn’t know his skills He missed three practice shots,...
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    Thank you, Laura! There are few things more exciting than being caught up by God's own Spirit. I try to…

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    "Ode to Chronic Pain" may be the shortest ode I've seen, but it's admirably clear and comprehensible. Shows why the…

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    Thank you very much, Christina! I am overjoyed to know that there is spirit in these lines to bring forth…

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