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Armistice Day Poem: ‘A Recruiter Tells It as It Isn’t’ by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
November 11, 2024
Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau
15 Comments
. A Recruiter Tells It as It Isn’t Your World War One recruitment agent prays he finds you well. Your King and Country says we need you for a dalliance in France. In gay Paris, you’ll get to chat and...

‘Homeostasis’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson

The Society
November 10, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
. Homeostasis "When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change."  —Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland In general, everybody wishes things Would stay the same. An endless barbecue Of ribs and...

‘The Ghosts of Altamira’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
November 10, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
27 Comments
. The Ghosts of Altamira ---a meditation A herd of prehistoric bison; blood beliefs Depicted in concentric whorls with prints of hands. Stick petroglyphs which hint at ice age births and griefs, And spells to...

‘Contra Computerdom’: A Poem by Mary Jane Myers

The Society
November 8, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Contra Computerdom I hold this fountain pen with thumb and fingers, burgundy barrel, gold and rhodium nib, Montblanc white-sea-star floating on its cap. German, this instrument, successor to the stylus...

‘Simplicity’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
November 7, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
34 Comments
. Simplicity “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” ---Sir Isaac Newton I smell you in the fresh-mown lawnAs linen billows in the breeze.I hear you...

‘Elegy for a Cowboy Cousin’: A Poem by Dan Tuton

The Society
November 6, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
20 Comments
. Elegy for a Cowboy Cousin An autumn wind is stirring strong across the dusty hills, As tumbleweeds leave skittered tracks within the sandy rills. The western sun is slanting deep through breaks in gathering...

‘Loose Me!’: A Villanelle by T.M. Moore

The Society
November 3, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
8 Comments
. Loose Me! “Loose him, and let him go.” ---John 11.44 O loose me, Jesus! Jesus, set me free from all that binds my soul and blinds my way. Unwrap the shrouds of death that cling to me! Let every shade of...

‘Song of the Spirit’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
October 31, 2024
Beauty, Music, Poetry, The Raven
28 Comments
. Song of the Spirit After midnight slightly drowsy, Contemplating writing lousy, While the script-score I redacted, Something in my head reacted. Dreamed I heard a stirring curtain, Though my mind remained...

‘The Iron Road’: A Poem by Martin Rizley

The Society
October 30, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. The Iron Road  Flecked with the dust of snow, the iron rails Lie still and undisturbed beneath a sky Of cloudless blue where eagles freely fly, Their wings outspread to catch the wind like sails. They soar...

‘Passing Through a Graveyard’: A Poem by Robert Nachtegall

The Society
October 28, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. Passing Through a Graveyard Marred old friends whose breath has passed Are cold friends whose breadth I pass. Some I pray they pray for me. Some they pray I pray them free. Hewn in granite where was...

‘Prayer as an Antidote for Unbelief’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
October 27, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. Prayer as an Antidote for Unbelief Just imagine if, while you’re entreating the sky, You were met with the wink of a generous Eye. __A very grave disaster it would be __If all there was to your approach...

‘Autumn’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
October 26, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. Autumn I find myself possessed among the red (The maple) and the yellow (oak); possessed Of some distinct yet subtle joy inbred So deep within me, there so dear impressed Its merest hint the whole world...

‘A Ballad of Bellport’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton

The Society
October 26, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. A Ballad of Bellport In stockings and slippers, A dress to her knees, She scans the horizon And takes in the breeze. She glances to Heaven, Peruses the seas. Reports of a mishap Have filled her with...

‘The Good Life’: A Poem by Rusty Rabon

The Society
October 22, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Good Life What is the good life that God is providing? What is the good life He seeks to impart? How can I know that I live in God’s favor? How can I know that I’m close to His heart? If in my life...

‘S O S’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 21, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
49 Comments
. S O S Keep the fleecy wolves from bleating. Hold the pack of jackals back. Seize the greedy grubbers eating Scraps from bowls of those who lack. Bar the charlatans from cheating. Quell the yak of quack and...

‘Look Up’: A Poem Inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, by T.M. Moore

The Society
October 20, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Look Up Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on a world split apart The prophet scorned the academic dress of those who had invited him to their Parnassus of the Ivy League. Why wear their garb, when he intended not to...

‘Skellig Michael’: A Blank Verse Poem by James A. Tweedie

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October 20, 2024
Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry
14 Comments
. Skellig Michael a remote island off the Irish coast A whispered, whistled wind resounds the echo Of the circling gannets’ raucous cry. While far below, the white noise, sea surge surf Collides with barren...

‘The Walk’: A Poem by Martin Elster

The Society
October 19, 2024
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Walk Whether you call it a walk or a run, some animals tread on the water for fun, to flee, chase their food, or show off for their mate. Grebes, doing a dazzling dance for their date, slap their lobed...

‘Tattered’: A Poem by Venessa Lee-Estevez

The Society
October 18, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
. Tattered I watched a butterfly today, grappling with the barbarous breeze. She was suspended and entrapped under a canopy of trees. Her tattered wing was on display, a tragedy for all to see. Descending...

‘Apologies at Antoninus Pius’s Table, 155 A.D.’: A Poem by Christopher Fried

The Society
October 17, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Apologies at Antoninus Pius’s Table, 155 A.D. . I. Rome’s Glory “Arriving at this feast, how proud I stand that Rome endures to succor those who dwell here in this citadel and those whose hands till...

‘To Melody, on Her Wedding Day’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

The Society
October 16, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. To Melody, on Her Wedding Day And now the hour has come for you to fly, To leave your early nest and take the air For vistas yet unseen (though God knows where He’ll take you, as He knew in days gone...

‘Old Chestnut’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
October 16, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
Old Chestnut I’m the spirited girl with the chestnut hair, Common countenance pale, smile occasionally stressed, High forehead and wide, sculpted jawline square, A pert single chin, curving neck...

‘Three Death Musings’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper

The Society
October 14, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. Three Death Musings . 1 One day the conqueror worm will conquer me And therewith render life the Joker's joke. Ensuing laughter will then posit the Arch-ruse and waft away the Joker's smoke As I emerge a...

‘Westward, with Columbus’: A Poem for Columbus Day by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
October 14, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. Westward, with Columbus The North Atlantic Ocean was awashwith monsters and leviathans, or sowe fearfully supposed, and thought it toshby sailing west, to India we could go. Then Christopher Columbus raised...

‘To the Autumn Birches’: A Poem by Adam Sedia

The Society
October 12, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. To the Autumn Birches The languid light of waning day Glares undiffused by any cloud, Still strong, defying its decay, Then breaks on a dark colonnade— Oak, ash, and beech—a somber crowd Of mourners...

‘Ghosts of the Watchtower’: A Poem by Kyle Fiske

The Society
October 10, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rubaiyat
10 Comments
. Ghosts of the Watchtower The end-of-summer breeze gives hint with cool caress Of coming autumn gales and forecasts of distress. But who beneath the sun, when halcyon days abound Imagines they will face the...

‘The Meaning of Pearl Necklaces’ and Another Sonnet by Phillip Whidden

The Society
October 10, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
5 Comments
. The Meaning of Pearl Necklaces Most pearls are prized because the luster of Their loveliness lies held in shapely spheres— Though never perfect.  Given with a love Strung out on strings of strength to...

‘Consideration in Friendship’: A Poem by Jeremiah Johnson

The Society
October 9, 2024
Beauty, Dante, Poetry
6 Comments
. Consideration in Friendship In The Inferno Canto Twenty-Nine, When Dante pauses, looks with longing for His uncle’s son amid the suffering line Of falsifiers---Virgil, growing sore, Asks brusquely if he...

‘Remnants of the Spring’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie

The Society
October 5, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. Remnants of the Spring Lupine, Paintbrush, remnants of the spring Color summer’s browning meadows, splashing Renoir dots and drabbles along freshing Snow-fed streams whose whispered burbles sing Odes to...
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Three Rhyming Haiku by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz

The Society
October 4, 2024
Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
9 Comments
. Riverside Park—Labor Day An ambling river. Just a wheeze of gentle breeze. My soul aquiver. . . Desert Only sand and dread. Sunset looms in bloody red. Buzzards overhead. . . Chatter Throngs of...

‘Autumn Reversed’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
October 1, 2024
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Autumn Reversed Once snowflakes have recrystalized,__they rise from where they fell;in Earth’s alternate universe__it’s early winter’s knell. The frost unfreezes, rain unfalls,__leaves littering the...

‘Plowing’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
September 30, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
34 Comments
. Plowing Plain plowing cultivates delight Of partnership with animals: Two horses and a man unite To draw behind them crows and gulls Feeding on worms in furrows found As a plowshare tears and turns the...

‘Downtown’ and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia

The Society
September 28, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. Downtown Like an iron maze, Clustered close, towers rise, Caging the very sky. Casting their cold gaze Through myriad glazed eyes Apathetically. Beneath, the streets swell With jostling crowds of...

‘Resolve’: A Poem by Maria Panayi

The Society
September 27, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. Resolve Much gain involves much pain and we can see, That discipline is hard, like pumping steam, Spending each glorious day sowing seeds Striving all summer to fulfil a dream. That’s tough, but leads to...

‘Dusk’: A Poem by C. Walker

The Society
September 26, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. Dusk Come down! you fading orb of heat, __Come down, and rest your head, I watched you in your slow defeat; __This day you had is dead. What marvel! that you lived at all, __What marvel, that we share, This...

‘Cutie Pie Cat’ and Another Sonnet by Phillip Whidden

The Society
September 26, 2024
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
6 Comments
. Cutie Pie Cat The pink-nosed face of Prospero my cat, Pink nose and white fur face, is what he rubs Against me, purring.  He does not know that I love him since he’s cute.  My finger scrubs His whiskers...

‘Let Them Go’: A Poem by Elise Power

The Society
September 25, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. Let Them Go Children born around the world __some fifty years ago were free to roam and run and hide, __to ramble high and low. The bigger people stayed inside __and never really knew how far the little...

‘The Dying’: A Poem by T.M. Moore

The Society
September 24, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. The Dying It’s getting to be time again when all the leaves, their labors nearly done, prepare their legacy. We see them everywhere at work on this, the brilliant hues of fall announcing the new terms of...

‘Nothing Compares’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga

The Society
September 23, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. Nothing Compares Last year, on a private tour of Italy and Spain, I saw the Colosseum and cathedrals… so sublime. I found it hard to comprehend the patience and the skill It took to build those...

‘Storm Dog’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan

The Society
September 22, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Storm Dog Thunder, bounding through the holler, shouts. The lights are flickering but are not out. My dog is terrified out in the rain, (My cats don’t mind or so their actions claim.) I let him in his...
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    Susan I admire your clever wordplay. Love, love, love the exact rhymes and artful alliteration. These wonderful vintage song-forms with…

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