An Easter Poem: ‘In the Garden of the King’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society April 19, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . In the Garden of the King In the garden of the King I sit beside a crystal spring. The Tree of Life shines up above Fed by God’s eternal love. The Rose of Sharon is in bloom Freely giving sweet...
‘Holy Saturday’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society April 19, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 35 Comments . Holy Saturday "Call the Sabbath a delight." —Isaiah 58:13 His weary, soulless body needed rest, Not only pierced and physically exhausted, But racked with mental pain, the scourging test Of misbelieving...
Two Poems for Good Friday, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Crucified She pondered horrors of the modern age. He thumbed through piles of dusty history tomes. She craved the timeless wisdom of a sage. He chewed on clues and mused like Sherlock Holmes. He...
‘Unless . . .’: A Poem for Good Friday by James A. Tweedie The Society April 18, 2025 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Unless . . . As un-sun darkness swallows up the day, And quake shake rends an empty Holy Place, God’s grief-strewn Via Dolorosa way Leads to a cross and Jesus’ death-stained face. For here at Calvary...
‘Good Friday Rain’: A Poem by Martin Rizley The Society April 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Good Friday Rain I wake and hear the rain cascade. Its cleansing drops roll down my pane; They soak the garden, bathe the glade, Refresh the grass, and swell the grain. Stretched out in bed, from stress...
‘Lament for Clairac’ by Théophile de Viau, Translated by A.Z. Foreman The Society April 17, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Translation 5 Comments . . Lament for Clairac by Théophile de Viau (1590-1626) translated from French by A.Z. Foreman Sun-hallowed walls where I once loved Phillis, Sweet places where my soul knew charm and wonder, Today,...
‘Poetry Legacy’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society April 17, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . Poetry Legacy Superb is her poetic contribution, Unique in its design and execution. She hopes the work is widely loved and lasting— With love beginning prior to her passing. . . Restricted Lane He sees...
‘But Fruits Are Not Concealed in Them’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society April 15, 2025 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . "But Fruits Are Not Concealed in Them" ---Friedrich Schiller, "Breath and Depth" We hear the ancient rule: The fools think they are wise; The wise know they are fools… But who knows their own lies? The...
‘The Hermit Curses’: A Poem by Joshua S. Fullman The Society April 15, 2025 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . The Hermit Curses Sharp sunrises cut white streaks on the plain, whet edges on black soil, where all at once the spirit clefts from matter, and my gains recoil when I recall your face. Not front or profiled,...
‘Curb Appeal’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey The Society April 14, 2025 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . Curb Appeal . I. You really couldn't find a better plotOn which to build a house. The yard is rimmedIn masonry. The hedge is neatly trimmed;Without a doubt, a perfect corner lot. There's something...
‘Druthers’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 14, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 15 Comments . Druthers I’ve never warmed to the absurd idea That I should lean toward being what I ain’t. I’m more inclined to move to North Korea Than hanker to become a martyred saint. I want to live an...
‘Ovechkin Beats Gretzky’: A Poem of Hockey Slang by Warren Bonham The Society April 13, 2025 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Ovechkin Beats Gretzky He’s the greatest at one task, it’s putting biscuits into baskets. He scores goals from awkward angles after making dekes, and dangles. He’s a hockey fan amazer, wearing blades...
‘Cantarella Wine’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society April 13, 2025 Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Cantarella Wine Rome. 1501. Lucrezia Borgia hosts Bishop Giovanni Cavalieri of the Republic of Siena. He is visiting Rome as the leader of a faction of priests intent on pressing the Church to address...
‘Strange Blindness: A Play in Two Acts’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society April 12, 2025 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Strange Blindness: A Play in Two Acts . Prologue Joseph and Jesus knew that perfect timing---and not plain, unforeshadowed proclamation---would show the deepest truth about life’s drama.Its plot twists...
‘Hannah Duston’: A Poem by A.R. Pereira The Society April 11, 2025 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Hannah Duston She looms there, immortalized, in bronze gone blue, a puritan woman with crude hatchet cocked. Her stare is as cold as the New England dew, the blood of her captors still slick on her...
‘Spring Bloomers’ and Other Spring Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 10, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Triolet 28 Comments . Spring Bloomers ---a triolet A lick of spring has kissed the air Whispering of skimpy knickers--- It’s time to toss thick underwear. A lick of spring has kissed the air. I’ll hurl my hat, let down my...
‘The Tale of the Moon’s Reign’: An Elegy by Yoshikaze Kawakami The Society April 9, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Song Lyrics 6 Comments . The Tale of the Moon’s Reign ---an elegy Above the skies where reigns the moon _So bright in hours of gloom Lived those whose hearts no longer feel _Nor suffer and yearn to heal. We mortals hailed this...
‘Porphyro and Madeline: The Epilogue By Byron’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society April 8, 2025 Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . Porphyro and Madeline: The Epilogue By Byron "Let us away, my love, with happy speed; There are no ears to hear, or eyes to see..." —John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes” _A long, hard gallop brought them...
‘Sit in Silence’: A Poem by Bennett Chatigny The Society April 5, 2025 Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 2 Comments . Sit in Silence ---a pantoum It's pure stupidity to sit in silence. It's only idiotic to be idle. Unconscientious deeds should be derided. Decisive daily action's very vital. It's only idiotic to be...
Poetry Challenge: Anachro-Poem The Society April 4, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Poetry Challenge 41 Comments . Challenge: Take a well-known figure from history or literature and insert him or her into a modern-day situation. Choose any form. Choose any mood. I hope you enjoy my example below. I hope you have as much...
‘A Ceiling Fan’s Life (Is Like a Man’s)’ and Other Poetry by Shamik Banerjee The Society April 4, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . A Ceiling Fan's Life (Is Like a Man's) On wintry days, it rarely spins Except when mopped floors need to dry. Its mission, once December's in, Is just to idly hang on high And watch us squabble, cackle,...
‘The Wedding Dress’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society April 3, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . The Wedding Dress The dress, first cleaned and vacuum-packed, _Was safely stored back then, Remaining perfectly intact _And never seen again. . . The Prestigious Publication’s Poetry The words seem...
A Poem for April Fools’ Day, 2025: ‘Spot the Fool!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 1, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Satire 25 Comments . Spot the Fool! ---for April Fools’ Day, 2025 . I. Today’s the day to fox and fool. Today’s the day to flick some fuel On laughter with a cuckoo joke, A wicked lark, a wacko poke So sick Old Nick will...
On the Release of JFK Assassination Files: ‘Worth the Wait?’ by James A. Tweedie The Society March 31, 2025 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Worth the Wait? At last! The long-awaited, much belated Recreated digital creations Of ten thousands JFK-related CIA et alia citations. Allegations of assassinations, Congos, Argentinas, (Panamas?) Delete...
‘Ink’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 31, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire 23 Comments . Ink A lot of people nowadays adorn The spotless skin they had when they were born. While many think it’s smart to gild a lily, Dissenters deem this practice downright silly. As beauty’s in the vision...
‘The Polish Martyrs’: A Poem by Michael Curtis The Society March 30, 2025 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . The Polish Martyrs Forever faithful to his flock, Good Father Rapacz would not flee. Steadfast he heard the soldiers knock. Devout, the priest was made to bleed. “For God I’ll suffer every loss, For I...
A Poem Written Upon Watching Public Cremations in Nepal, by James A. Tweedie The Society March 29, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Burning the Pieta Thoughts After Viewing Public Cremations at the Pashupatinath Temple Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal ---for Alok With tears wash fallen feet which once had stood To face a fated life with...
‘Dim & Blinding Lights’: A Poem by Dan Davis The Society March 28, 2025 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Dim & Blinding Lights The lights that shine from streets and cities block out all the stars at night. The dim lights of our partial science block out everything that's wise. These lights don't triumph by...
‘Blood Moon Eclipse (14 March 2025)’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society March 28, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Science 8 Comments . Blood Moon Eclipse (14 March 2025) The Moon’s blood red this morning as it floats within Earth’s shadow, bathing it in light refracted round our atmosphere, which coats the lunar dust in rust—a...
‘What the Wind May Do’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society March 27, 2025 Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . What the Wind May Do The wind’s come out to exercise today. It tests itself: how long can it exhale? With steady breath it makes the trees obey: they bend while waiting for the rush to fail. It tires of...
‘Learning Curves’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 24, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science 70 Comments . Learning Curves In classrooms smeared with monkey poop__Where questions meet deceit,She heard she came from soupy gloop---__A slab of soulless meat.Her teachers preached from thrones of bones---__They...
‘Boomerang’ and Other Poetry by James Bontrager The Society March 24, 2025 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Boomerang In the chronicles of hist’ry There we see a vast array Of malicious, scheming tricksters Who themselves became the prey, Thus, confirming what the Psalmist In his wisdom once had said Of the...
‘The Unknown God’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper The Society March 23, 2025 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The Unknown God ---Paul’s Address at the Areopagus (Acts 17:22-31) My dear Athenians, this I surveilled While passing by: you’re quite religious men! I scanned what you are worshiping, and then I stopped...
Disaster Sonnets by Margaret Coats The Society March 22, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 37 Comments . How Many Homes? ---January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires Twelve thousand lost, from stricken memories more Schools, churches, meeting places, shops and homes Of residents and others moved away, Bereaved of...
‘Another Old Myth’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society March 21, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Another Old Myth The Ancient One warned Noah's doom was near. Since men possessed with greed kept spilling blood, That cataclysmic rain would soon appear. So Noah built an ark before the flood. No matter now...
‘Vernal Equinox’ and Other Poems by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz The Society March 20, 2025 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 8 Comments . Vernal Equinox Germans call this season “frühling.” Spaniards name it “primavera.” Welshmen say the term is “gwanwyn.” Shetland trawlers go with “voar,” so Let’s resolve this with a...
Take a Tour of Poet Gigi Ryan’s ‘Backyard’ The Society March 19, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . My Backyard . The Campfire Elisha loves to build a fire; His dog is near, she loves to watch For birds that she will try to catch. They each pursue their own desire--- One by her leaps, one with a...
‘I Failed’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society March 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . I Failed I failed so dramatically most early days I failed horribly in most critical ways I failed to use schooling at each different age I failed in the waste of my talents each stage I failed with some...
‘Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society March 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine With each step up the old Castillo wall I pray The hurricane will detour east past Grand Bahama. If windborne flooding comes, it can’t be held at bay--- St....
‘St. Patrick’s Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 17, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . St. Patrick’s Day, 2025 While swathed in swirls of green, some raise a glass Of dark elixir topped with sheeny cream. Some twirl through Derry streets and Kerry grass In dreams ablaze with leprechauns that...