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‘Sumo’s Winning Ways’ by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 15, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. Sumo's Winning Ways Fierce frontal impact clenches victory In less time than an untrained eye can blink, But connoisseurs of sumo’s treasury Prefer discriminating knack. They wink When force through fine...

A Poem on Millet’s The Angelus and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
July 14, 2022
Art, Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry
7 Comments
. The Angelus, Jean-François Millet (Musée d’Orsay) How soft across the field the muted peal Has caromed off the setting sun, the air September-ripe, the earth upturned, a pair Preoccupied with what it...

‘For Then’ by Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera, Translated by Cheryl Corey

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July 12, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
14 Comments
. For Then by Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (Mexico, 1859-1895) translated by Cheryl Corey O, to die upon the open sea At sunset, facing heaven, where agony Is but a dream; and soul, the essence of me, Is like a...

‘ While Pondering Pope’s Ode’ by Lucia Haase

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July 11, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. While Pondering Alexander Pope’s "Ode to Solitude" Grateful am I in solitude while reading Pope’s inspiring ode, a time for pause---an interlude ____________in my abode. I’m whisked into the distant...

‘The Drive to Reconcile’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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July 9, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. The Drive to Reconcile __We never wish to eat a bug __Or force an unexpected hug, But intimacy doesn’t come without A cost, and those who disagree, no doubt, Are lost.  But nonetheless we cannot see Why...

‘Free Verse’ by Clive Boddy

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July 8, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Free Verse Let us free verse from "free verse" while we can;A pile of branches does not make a tree,And fruit squashed on a plate does not make jam.While words strung down a page can never be,As eloquent...

Percy Bysshe Shelley Poem Put to Music for Death Commemoration, by Guntbert Markefka

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July 7, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Music, Poetry
5 Comments
. . Introduction Percy Bysshe Shelley was born August 4, 1792 and died in a boating accident on July 8, 1822. To mark the 200th anniversary of his death, Guntbert “Gunny” Markefka and the Powerpoets...

‘The Pigeon’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain

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July 6, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Raven
22 Comments
. The Pigeon Once upon a workday morning, sleepy-eyed and loudly yawning, I was splattered without warning by a pigeon from the shore. At my half unconscious stupor, this unpardonable pooper, Took his aim just...

‘O Say, Can You See?’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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July 4, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. O Say, Can You See?   Let’s think as we sink into star-spangled wonder, Intolerable acts were the reason to fight Each pillaging bully who’d brazenly plunder The treasures of those who were drawn to...

‘Anew’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook

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July 3, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Anew Whisk me away to the mountainside. __Spirit me far to the glen. For I long to find that secret place __Where I can begin again. All of us long at least once in our lives __To flee from all that is...

‘A Ballade on Being Commissioned’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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July 1, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. A Ballade on Being Commissioned  Twixt Florence and the Holy See Of every artist you could hire You thought it meet to torture me. You gave no weight to my desire But quick to wield the Church’s...

‘On Palestrina’s Music’ by Margaret Coats

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June 30, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
27 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUuaA8DKiQ . On Palestrina's Music Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, Ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. Psalmus 41:2 As the deer desires springs of water, So my...

‘Gleam by Any Means’ by David Watt

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June 29, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
17 Comments
. Gleam by Any Means The poem that I seek to write, the piece with flair and form, Which raises spirits high as clouds on zephyr breezes warm, Or states a truth in such a way that brings a tear to the...

‘Life Is a Dream’ by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Translated by Elwin Wirkala

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June 28, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
5 Comments
. Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) Translated by Elwin Wirkala The king dreams he is king, and lives with this deception ordering, disposing of and governing, and all the applauses...

‘The Requisite’ by Jeffrey Essmann

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June 26, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
2 Comments
. The Requisite I may have made a great mistake In my pursuit of solitude and grace; Perhaps have stumbled unaware Into an all-too-human ache I don’t know I’ve the fortitude to face Or honesty its source...

‘Upon These Boughs that Shake Against the Cold’ by Cynthia Erlandson

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June 25, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
19 Comments
. “Upon These Boughs that Shake Against the Cold” ---Shakespeare, Sonnet 73 Her script was always lovely and unique, And still unique when it began to wobble, Along with spoken words. Increasing...

‘There Is a Quiet Place’ by Roy E. Peterson

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June 24, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
19 Comments
. There Is a Quiet Place There is a quiet place Where we can go to hide. A place where no one sees us, That cannot be denied. There is a quiet place Where we can go to think. A place to solve our problems And...

‘Advice from the Untalented’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook

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June 23, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. Advice from the Untalented They smugly said I’d never make much money From playing with my words and making art, That it would be a waste to spread such honey So any fool could tear the thing...

‘In God We Trust’ by James A. Tweedie

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June 22, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. “In God We Trust” The motto for our nation boldly states, “In God we trust,” Which is, of course, a matter for each person to decide. We can’t assume such faith is held by all, nor is it just To...

‘Tongues as of Fire’ and Other Poetry by Phillip Whidden

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June 22, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
4 Comments
. Tongues as of Fire If men desire to find belief, to sing It out through throats works best to make the soul Embrace it.  This will make the sought faith zing Behind their hearts and manliness’s whole. The...

‘The Duke D’Alençon Meets Joan of Arc’ by Ben Broussard

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June 21, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Duke D’Alençon Meets Joan of Arc What task from the dauphin comes to me hence? A lowly maid now seeks his audience. This Joan, a girl from province unheard of, They say she can hear voices from...

‘Apollo in Retirement’ by Margaret Coats

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June 20, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
42 Comments
. Apollo in Retirement Quite early he approached a humble hut, With saxifrage and canneberge sun-brewed To melt the stone that galled the shepherd’s gut, And brighten him with warmth of health renewed. The...

‘In Praise of Bollywood’ by Brian Yapko

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June 16, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
20 Comments
. In Praise of Bollywood To India! To visit from afar... My journey there would be a dream fulfilled. To visit Delhi, Agra, Bangalore, To ride an elephant, pluck a sitar; I’d see a thousand temples loudly...

‘Speechless’ and Other Poetry by Clive Boddy

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June 16, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
7 Comments
. Speechless I have smelt the perfect scent of the flower of a rose, Known intoxicated freedom where frangipani grows. Watched majestic rivers meet the wild and moody sea, And flown right over mountains where...

‘Why This Time, Why This Place?’ by Michael Charles Maibach

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June 15, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. Why This Time, Why This Place? When I die And leave this land, Please dear Lord Extend Your hand. Extend Your hand To this good soul, Who finds this life Does take a toll. The toll it takes Has many...

‘Judge Not’ by C.B. Anderson

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June 11, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima
23 Comments
. Judge Not We notice, Signor Alighieri, that You have a rather well developed bent For taking your opponents to the mat And showing them that in the Main Event They will be pinned like insects to a wall To...

‘Classical Camouflaged’ and Other Poems by James Ph. Kotsybar

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June 11, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Classical Camouflaged __It begins, like all prose poems today, with a bit of narrated diary, as though it were a tale by Hemmingway, but more self-conscious and less flowery. __It then proceeds to rub the...

‘Canzone to the Virgin’ by Petrarch, Translated by Margaret Coats

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June 10, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
20 Comments
. Canzone to the Virgin by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) Translated by Margaret Coats Virgin beautiful, vested with the sun And crowned with stars, who pleased the Sun supreme So much that within you He hid...

‘Nature at Peace’ and Other Poems by James A. Tweedie

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June 8, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. Nature at Peace The feeder for our hummingbird. Was torn down by a bear today. She didn’t growl a single word She just reached up and had her way. And then, as if they owned the place, Two deer sashayed...

‘And Turn’ by Jack Granath

The Society
June 5, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry
1 Comment
. And Turn Thanks for the twenty seconds of Your crisp, medicinal perspective, Encapsulated in a laugh That shook like a bragging monkey’s ass. Call it a joke, a gentle nudge— It pushed me over some good...

‘From Heathrow to Houston’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
June 4, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
30 Comments
. From Heathrow to Houston I heard my words would never change a thing From those who had a nose for senseless stuff. They warned me that my odes would never bring Me joy. They cursed my verse as puffs of...

‘Habakkuk’s Prayer’ and ‘The Patriot’s Prayer’ by Jeff Kemper

The Society
June 3, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Habakkuk’s Prayer after Habakkuk 3:2, 16-19; excerpts of the prophet’s prayer as he awaited certain destruction of his nation, Judah, by the Babylonian armies (6th century BC). My Yahweh God, I raise my...

Poems for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
June 1, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
33 Comments
. More than My Queen My Queen has always been a noble force--- A force for good on chilly English days. Her friendly face, her air of grace---my source Of joy in more than crown-and-sceptre ways. I saw her...
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‘Memories of Memorial Day’ by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
May 30, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Memories of Memorial Day Sad son standing all alone Staring at the marker stone. Father died he never knew--- Died for him and died for you. Widow’s tears upon her cheek. Trembling body feeling...

A Memorial Day Poem: ‘Liberty’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
May 30, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
27 Comments
. Liberty If skies were ever-blue each lustrous day, If moons were in bold bloom each raven night, If life was never fouled by disarray And all beneath the Milky Way was right, __Would we require a tempest’s...

‘Simplicity’ by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
May 28, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. Simplicity I’m aching for a vague simplicity: Sophistication’s dainties have grown cold And tepid on the plate and suddenly My tastes lean toward a warm sobriety That feels quite new yet somehow very...

‘Karl Barth Platz’ and Other Poetry by Adam Wasem

The Society
May 27, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. Karl Barth Platz 1999 Perhaps we walked the same worn cobblestones, Between the same sheer walls, shops clean and trim, Down the same pathways, past the same old homes, And were startled alike by graffiti...

‘Press On, Regardless’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
May 26, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Press On, Regardless Conduct a full internal audit, Then throw all caution to the wind. Expect a decent measured plaudit No hypercritic can rescind. And if you think you can’t do better It’s time that...

Sibylline Sonnets for Eastertide, by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 26, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. Sibylline Sonnets for Eastertide See an explanation on what Sibyls are here. The Phrygian Sibyl Speaks portrayed with the resurrection banner or the words “Velum templi scindetur” Jesus, again crying...

‘Where Your Treasure Is’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
May 25, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
20 Comments
. Where Your Treasure Is “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where...
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