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‘Hope’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
August 19, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. Hope Hope feels so strange these days, at times a bit Like something old that now no longer fits; It’s stretched beyond repair and somewhat scratchy And moths have made of it such daily bread That even its...

‘Mud’: A Poem by Alan Brayne

The Society
August 19, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. Mud Our clip-on angel wings are cast from shards of glass, The sorry hymns we sing are drowned in blaring brass. It’s not that we are crazed as we rub our magic rings, but our spirit has been caged by a...

‘The Web of Sustenance’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
August 18, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Web of Sustenance __Voraciously the lion feeds, But leaves the scraps for jackals and hyenas— __To each according to its needs, In Nature’s sprawling tawny-grass arenas. __The residue will nourish...

‘The Leper’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
August 18, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
51 Comments
. The Leper “When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.' Jesus reached out...

‘Lucifer’s Lament’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
August 17, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Satire
25 Comments
. Lucifer’s Lament They’ve gone too far. They’ve set the bar So high that I’m no longer star Of My own show. Their hellish plot Has hurled Me from the hottest spot. Their claims of care are thin as...

‘Lunatic’: A Poem by Peter Venable

The Society
August 17, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. Lunatic Paused at a churchyard when it’s eventide I see flit by a bright blue butterfly. Magnolia fragrance wafts through the twilight. Somewhere I hear a distant whip-poor-will. Although the air is warm,...

‘Holding Dad’s Hands’: Poems by Gigi Ryan

The Society
August 16, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
28 Comments
. Holding Dad's Hands . Friday May 3, 2019 I’m driving fast (at least it’s fast to me,) The nurse’s call gives reason for my haste. She says that dad has fever and it seems His time remaining is in hours...

‘The Wise Farmer’: A Poem from the Zen Parable, by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
August 16, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Wise Farmer ---based on a Zen parable attributed to Alan Watts A farmer in China was left by his horse. He took up his plow and continued his course, And right after sunset, he finished his labors. When...

‘Moon Glow’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero

The Society
August 15, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
19 Comments
. Moon Glow The calm of the twilight should bring him some peace. He sees yellow remnants of sun get deceased. A tropical fragrance now floats through the air. This beauty is breathless; no words can...

‘Paperbark Maples’: A Poem by Daniel Kemper

The Society
August 14, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
17 Comments
. Paperbark Maples The leaves grow bright with dew; the trunks grow dark. A contrapuntal autumn morning stirs. The smoothest trees are wrapped with crumpled bark and up above, the play of breezes spurs a...

‘Winter’s Bed’: A Poem by D.C.C. Randell

The Society
August 14, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
3 Comments
. Winter’s Bed Ere the sun should spread its beams We sleep and pray for candied dreams. An angel to the bedpost flits As hours pass beneath our lids. Should baby cry, then mother’s kindness Gracefully...

‘Dublin Swans’: A Poem by Louis Groarke

The Society
August 13, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
14 Comments
. Dublin Swans “Wholly serene and sure, with regal composure, allows himself to glide.” ---Rainer Maria Rilke, “The Swan” I stop to watch the swans swim by, __Through lily pads they pass. Mounds of...

‘Prodigious Dreams’ and Other Poetry by Kevin Farnham

The Society
August 12, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Prodigious Dreams Let not these Autumn notes lead you amiss. Autumn, indeed, is come (the signs are all around). This aging empire wanes, its fall accelerates: decay effects abyss. Our Winter now approaches,...

Poems from Foundations of the Cross by Cynthia Erlandson

The Society
August 10, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. But Who Am I? “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?’” ---Exodus 3: 11 God, did I hear you right?  Did you tell...

‘Sicilian Samurai’: A Poem on Giovanni Battista Sidotti, by Margaret Coats

The Society
August 10, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
36 Comments
. Sicilian Samurai circa 1700 He made a startling, militant request To journey to Japan—strange land long closed To foreign influence. The Pope’s behest Asked that authorities be unopposed— But how to...

‘The Outdoor Concert’: A Poem by Tod Benjamin

The Society
August 9, 2024
Beauty, Music, Poetry
4 Comments
. The Outdoor Concert ---Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Wilton House, 2004 The long thick winding snake must stretch two hundred paces, Of early birds in haste to grab the nicest places, Buy programmes,...

‘Beltane Dream’: A May-time Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier

The Society
August 8, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Beltane Dream Did I pass that way in dreams or waking? For truthfully, it seems to me a dream: Fields of yellow through the green hills breaking, The Hawthorn blowing incandescent steam Through the...

‘Chasing Time’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham

The Society
August 8, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. Chasing Time  "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some...

‘The Loons of Colby Lake’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack

The Society
August 6, 2024
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
22 Comments
. The Loons of Colby Lake a true story As thawing white gave way to budding green, two loons upon the lake would mark the Spring, and they would build their nest, then teach their young how life was lived and...
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‘The Faltering’: A Poem by Ed Ahern

The Society
August 6, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
. The Faltering In time the sharpest mind begrimes with rust and memories are flaked from softened steel. Beliefs once clutched and voiced in utter trust now falter and befog in weakened zeal. The brilliance...

‘Like Him’: A Poem by James Sale

The Society
August 5, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
29 Comments
. Like Him "But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit." ---2 Corinthians...

‘The Lighthouse’: A Poem by Martin Rizley

The Society
August 5, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
19 Comments
. The Lighthouse In honor of the Thridrangar Lighthouse and the intrepid men who built it. Alone it stands, perched high atop a rock That rises from a tossing, troubled sea. It crowns that lofty tower which,...

‘Ephemeral’: A Poem by Rohini Sunderam

The Society
August 3, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
24 Comments
. Ephemeral Our lives are like a summer’s day So swift, so swift, it flies away. A butterfly that’s newly born The brief blush of an early dawn. That’s all it is and all ‘twill be A mere blink in...

‘Beauty’ and Other Poems by Shindy Cai

The Society
August 3, 2024
Beauty, Children's, Poetry
8 Comments
. Beauty Flowers are the faded stars that fall from silver skies, Raindrops are the sacred tears that leak from angel eyes. The wind is but a melody the gods bestow to earth, The sunrise is an ember that has...

A Poem on Jewelweed, by Gigi Ryan

The Society
August 2, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. In the Shade There Meekly Grows a Plant urushiol (yoo-roo-shee-awl) is the name of the compound in poison ivy that causes allergic reactions. In the shade there meekly grows a plant With roots that hold on...

‘When I Have Penned My Final Thoughts’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

The Society
August 2, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. When I Have Penned My Final Thoughts _When Ihave penned my final thoughts and left to meet_the sky,don't organize my table; let the sheet,the thumbtacks, and the cartridge pen lie there;let them assume I've...

‘Cracks in the Ground’ and Other Poetry by Skye Campbell

The Society
August 1, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle
7 Comments
. Cracks in the Ground Today the mourning parish bells have pealed. Men broke the dirt with family gathered round, And sang the songs of Heaven while we kneeled. __Now we make these cracks in the ground. I...

‘Centaury’ and Other Poetry by T.M. Moore

The Society
July 31, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
. Centaury The clear night sky spreads wide a tapestry of beauty in the stars that shimmer all throughout the cosmic exhibition hall. In every age mankind has looked to see and wonder at the might  and...

‘Cat Contentment’: A Poem by Phillip Whidden

The Society
July 30, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. Cat Contentment The cat begins his yawn by curling out His pinkest tongue tip as his lips begin To part.  His faith in comfort is devout. Disturbing his furred sleepiness is sin. At least that seems to be...

‘Evensong’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
July 29, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. Evensong “It’s your Church, Lord, I’m going to bed.” ---Evening Prayer of Pope St. John XXIII I know you’re there, so don’t pretend You’re off somewhere, removed, remote, Preoccupied with...

‘If You Want to Get Someone’s Attention’ and Other Poems by Daniel Kemper

The Society
July 29, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
13 Comments
. . If You Want to Get Someone’s Attention If you want to get someone's attention, then whisperor commit a mistake that continues the momentfor a little bit longer---a smudge on the glisteris the proof that...

‘Questions of Legacy’: A Poem by Carey Jobe

The Society
July 28, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
21 Comments
. Questions of Legacy First the things we remember—Grandma’s laugh shaking a tablecloth, fixing blue eyes __on children next to steaming pies, or Grandpa’s smothering hug, his rumbling cough before a...

A Heroic Crown of Sonnets in Honor of the Ever Virgin, by Karen Darantière

The Society
July 27, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. A Heroic Crown of Sonnets in Honor of the Ever Virgin . ---1st Mystery: The Prophecy of Isaiah . The Timeless Song The timeless song of her virginity, Intoned by holy angels, signifies The consecration to...

‘Festal Flourish’: Translation of a Poem by Tibullus, by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 27, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
24 Comments
. Festal Flourish ---on a country festival, by Roman poet Tibullus (55-19 BC), translated by Margaret Coats All here may help to cleanse these fruits and fields! The rite transmits our wise grandparents’...

‘Men Sail Out’: A Poem by Michael Charles Maibach

The Society
July 26, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
3 Comments
. Men Sail Out The waves they come--- A timeless thing, The earth their home--- Adventures bring. Men sail out On wooden ships, Embolden hearts, Prayers on their lips. They do it for Their daily bread. They...

‘Summertime’: A Poem and Photo by James A. Tweedie

The Society
July 26, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
21 Comments
. Summertime The summer solstice, when it finally comes, Begins the ebbing of the sunlit hours, Which daily add up to decreasing sums As passing days dim fair Apollo’s powers Yet even so, the season’s...

‘It’s All Her Fault’ and Other Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 24, 2024
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
31 Comments
. It’s All Her Fault ---with a nod to Eleanor Brown's "Bitcherel" Why write in meter when penning a poem, __You ask me, so here’s my reply: When I drop the rapturous roll of a rhythm __My muse fades away...

‘July’: A Poem by Mary Gardner

The Society
July 23, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. July The sounds of Nature presage__And brilliantly exudeAn all-compelling message__Of carefree attitude. The raven in the garden__That's cawing aw-aw-awAnd throaty-chirping martin__We’re in July! they...

‘Endurance’: A Poem on Shackleton’s Rediscovered Ship, by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
July 23, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
27 Comments
. Endurance Endurance! A three-masted barquentine has lain a century beneath the ice. In frigid-climed Antarctica she’s been athwart the ocean floor. She paid the price for Man’s relentless struggle to...

‘The Northern Classical Garden’: A Poem by James H. Smith

The Society
July 22, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Northern Classical Garden ---on the transformation of a vacant lot by students and faculty at Northern Academy of the Arts in Middletown, New York ---after Keats  Our youth whose lives lie in the...
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