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Can Long Poems Still Work? A Discussion Topic from Julian Woodruff

The Society
August 17, 2023
Culture, Essays, Poetry
77 Comments
. A Discussion on Long Poems by Julian Woodruff  In her second comment to the thread trailing my recent poem “The Heavy Launch of the Siegfried Idyll” (July 29), Margaret Coats suggested I “begin a...
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Poem of Passion Challenge 

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August 16, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Poetry Contests
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. Scenes of passion in literature, on the stage, and on the silver screen, have captivated audiences for years. How about spicing up some poetry with a soupçon of sauciness and savagery (tastefully done, of...
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‘Deep in the Heat of Texas’: A Poem by Phil S. Rogers

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August 15, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rhupunt
13 Comments
. Deep in the Heat of Texas a rhupunt One hundred one, a scorching sun that I should shun. I shed no tear. Sun blazing down, the grass is brown, I do not frown I’m in good cheer. The soil on fire as we...
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A Reflection Poem on the End of Yellow Freight, by D.R. Rainbolt

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August 13, 2023
Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. The Fall of the House of Yellow On July 28, 2023, after months of failed negotiations between Yellow Freight Lines and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) over Yellow’s proposal to consolidate...
poem/ross/beauty

A Little League Baseball Poem: ‘My Boy’ by Gregory Ross

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August 13, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
. My Boy His mess of hair plays with the wind; Eyes beaming now, he shines alive, A thrill to watch amongst his friends, The guys who throw, and hit a drive, And catch the fun, with glove and dirt, And run...
poem/winick/the environment

A Poem on John Kerry’s Private Jet and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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August 12, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire, The Environment
16 Comments
. The Jet Not Owned When climate czar John Kerry was chastised, For flying in his carbon-spewing plane, He angrily replied he’d never owned A private jet---he called that charge insane. It’s true---the...
poem/freeman/children's

‘The Outing’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman

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August 11, 2023
Beauty, Children's, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Outing . I Miss Deidre Ealing of Tiny Tots School, A woman who'd never be anyone's fool, Observing her charges like little buds sprouting, Decided the next day they'd go on an outing. Departure was...
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A Poem in Memory of Father Peter Carota, by Margaret Coats

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August 10, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. Facing a Famine of Fatherhood in memory of Father Peter Carota They say a country road or city street, The pavement, stones, and dirt pressed by his feet, Recall a holy man who passed thereby, But what of...
poem/wise/culture

A Poem on JFK’s Assassination: ‘Some Questions?’ by Bruce Dale Wise

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August 8, 2023
Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. Some Questions? “We’ll know our disinformation is complete when everything the U.S. public believes is false.” —William J. Casey, former CIA director Does anybody still believe, in ode or...
poem/frank/satire

‘The Certainty of Kelly Green’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank

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August 7, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
25 Comments
. The Certainty of Kelly Green My friend and I went to a coffee shop; She read her intricately crafted verse That proved that she alone was at the top Of all today’s poetic universe. She read her...
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‘Mercedes Benz Makes a Corporate Decision’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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August 7, 2023
Culture, Poetry
39 Comments
. Mercedes Benz Makes a Corporate Decision Good morning, fellow members of the board. I’ve summoned you because your vote’s required To update social policies. We’ve fired Conservative dissenters and...
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A Poem on Censorship: ‘Batten the Sovereign Soul’ by Maura H. Harrison

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August 5, 2023
Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Batten the Sovereign Soul I think we used to be stronger, home-made With simple stuff.  We’d read a headline, see An ad and know that we were being played. We’d roll our eyes and let the bias...
poem/medical assistance in dying/MAID

‘The Blame Game’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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August 4, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondel
38 Comments
. The Blame Game a kyrielle They rile. They gall. They know it all. These irksome jerks in folly’s thrall Are perilously cretinous. __It’s always Them. It’s never...
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‘On Water & Evil’: A Poem by D.R. Rainbolt

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August 4, 2023
Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. On Water & Evil “Evil, like water, seeks the lowest point.” ---Earnest McDaniel The thunder clapped again, applauding light Displays, and weighted condensation fell From Heaven’s darkened brow—a...
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A Poem for Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, by Cheryl Corey

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August 2, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. The Forgotten Earl He thought about the sonnets that he wrote; The time he spent composing metered lines Of rhyme, divided into quatrains. He Alone devised the scheme;—but Virgil’s books! If only there...
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‘The End’s Hard Edge’: A Poem by Damian Robin

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August 2, 2023
Culture, Poetry
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. The End’s Hard Edge The End Is Near, it always was, Its point is clearer now because Collapsed disturbance occupies With moaning cries and droning skies; So penetrate to higher things Remembering what...

‘One Law Away’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham

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July 30, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
10 Comments
. One Law Away Everyone can agree that we all disagree. __We don’t see what we see quite the same. We all think that we’re right so we can’t help but fight __and incite against those who we blame. It...
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‘The Heavy Launch of the Siegfried Idyll‘: A Poem by Julian Woodruff

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July 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
18 Comments
. The Heavy Launch of the Siegfried Idyll The landing offered just the space required for Wagner and the band that he had hired to play the idyl Cosima inspired, the mother of young Siegfried, whom he’d...
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‘Learn Now, Learn Now Young Master’: A Poem by Gary Borck

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July 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings
9 Comments
. . Learn Now, Learn Now, Young Master ‘Learn now, learn now, young master; You soon will take your test. The books to learn are plenty; You need to do your best; No time to take a rest. Your marriage is...

‘Key West’ and Other Florida Poetry by Adam Sedia

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July 28, 2023
Art, Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
11 Comments
. Key West Rum, reeling, raunchiness, and revelry, Palms, poincianas, palaces of old--- All lie behind; the Morro Castle’s hold Guards old Havana past the sparkling sea A half-day’s sail south from this...
poem/winick/satire

‘Formulas for Failure’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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July 26, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire
17 Comments
. Formulas for Failure I’ve seen too much of devastating failure, In almost every avenue of life. One might guess lack of skill the main derailer, But that’s not even close to what’s most rife. A bigger...
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‘The Emperor’s New Chromosomes’ and Other Poems on Transgenderism by Brian Yapko

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July 25, 2023
Alexandroid, Culture, Poetry, Satire
22 Comments
. The Emperor's New Chromosomes The Emperor would be remade; He felt if he could be a maid He’d be more loved and find relief. His maleness brought him nought but grief. Two doctors showed up sharp as...
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Three Poems on Sleep and Dreams, by Joshua C. Frank

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July 24, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle
16 Comments
. Back to Sleep In very early years, now far behind, When I returned to earth at midnight deep From nightmare scares within my frightened mind, My mother rocked and sang me back to sleep. I hid in bed from...
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‘The Jeweler’s Deposition at the Coroner’s Inquest’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

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July 23, 2023
Culture, Poetry
30 Comments
. The Jeweler’s Deposition at the Coroner’s Inquest I certainly will tell you what I can. I knew the family—watched her growing up. Take it for what it’s worth: I was her friend. She started with the...
poem/salemi/death

‘On Lies and Liars’: A Double (Petrarchan) Sonnet by James A. Tweedie

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July 23, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. On Lies and Liars A Double (Petrarchan) Sonnet . “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with...
poem/wise/culture

A Poem on the Late Ukrainian Writer Victoria Amelina, by Bruce Dale Wise

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July 22, 2023
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. King Dom’s Dream Kingdom “In death’s dream kingdom…” —T. S. Eliot, “The Hollow Me" Ukrainian Victoria Amelina has died from injuries along with others; it was dinnertime. It happened in the...

‘Poorer by the Day’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan

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July 22, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle
14 Comments
. Poorer by the Day a villanelle They pay in promises they will betray; A scam as cold and ancient as the sea. While those who work grow poorer by the day, Their masters mint fool’s gold to give away To...
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Three Love Poems by Evan Mantyk

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July 21, 2023
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
18 Comments
. Sonnet I Our arms are leaves stretched out; our thoughts can bloom The grandest only when we crowd out those Who have been planted in a place of doom— Perhaps for something only Heaven knows. While...
poem/d'anselmi/culture

‘Via Appia’ and Other Poems by Luca D’Anselmi

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July 20, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
10 Comments
. Via Appia Beneath the pines of Rome, the wrinkled sibyl will croak your future for eleven cents, and with her finger in the dust will scribble predictions of uncertain consequence. But go near, fix your eyes...
poem/sale/culture

‘Good Friday, Revisiting Glamis’: A Poem by James Sale

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July 18, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Shakespeare
17 Comments
. Good Friday, Revisiting Glamis "Not in the legions Of horrid Hell can come a devil more damn'd In evils, to top Macbeth" ---Shakespeare The Dunblane massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School in...
poem/stellinga/culture

‘It’s Dangerously Close to Too Late’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga

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July 17, 2023
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. It's Dangerously Close to Too Late Virtually stormed by countless disciples, __trolled by their merchants of Hate, We, who obligingly counter their tactics, __impassioned to join the debate, Must, with our...
poem/venable/beauty

‘Balderdash?’ A Poem on the Supernatural, by Peter Venable

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July 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Balderdash? What are these hidden, unseen things? Do angels, demons, float on wings? Such ghostly shapes the full moon brings! __Our modern minds dismiss. Who twists and turns a shooter’s mind? Who ties...
poem/shoulta/culture

‘A Birthday Prayer’: A Birthday Poem by Jonathan Shoulta

The Society
July 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. A Birthday Prayer Dear God, a new year has begun, My thirty-fourth of blessèd life. You’ve given children, lovely wife, And lately, happy, newborn son. We have, by your munificence, Enough intelligence...
poem/raghunathan/translation

Excerpt from ‘Panchavati’ by Maithili Sharan Gupt, Translated by Paddy Raghunathan

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July 15, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
10 Comments
. Panchavati, An Introduction by Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964) translated by Paddy Raghunathan The full moon’s mesmerizing rays Appear to skim the lake and sand, As moonlight, fresh, diffuses...
poem/coats/beauty

A Poem on Japanese Suiseki Stones, by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 13, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Shape Poems
40 Comments
. Suiseki Rainfall has stopped; it’s the best time for hunting a stone. Drizzle still dampens debris; Trees put forth roots unobtrusively; mosses have grown; Animals leaving their burrows run free— Sodden...
poem/majaj/culture

A Poem on Insomnia and Other Poetry by Lisa Majaj

The Society
July 13, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Triolet
17 Comments
. Insomnia Kyrielle The stars above have gone to bed, their quilt of clouds a calming sweep as moonlight strokes their tossing heads: O lord have mercy, let me sleep! Here in this dark I lie awake. The cliff...
poem/freeman/culture

Two Poems on the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II, by Paul Martin Freeman

The Society
July 12, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. The Nation’s Heart The Nation’s heart has passed away, A loving grandmother to all. And now it’s for her son we pray Whom Charles the Third we’ll learn to call. But will he fill that vital...
poem/yapko/satire

‘Peace For Our Time’: A Poem in the Voice of Neville Chamberlain and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
July 11, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire
39 Comments
. Peace For Our Time "I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep." ---Neville Chamberlain “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last.” ---Winston...
poet/bryant/culture

‘The Misologist’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 9, 2023
Culture, Poetry
65 Comments
. The Misologist “There is no greater evil one can suffer  than to hate reasonable discourse.” ---Socrates He reads the notion on the page. __It isn’t to his taste. It blazes fire that stokes his...
poem/vanyukov/satire

‘Putin’: A Poem on the Russian Leader, by Michael Vanyukov

The Society
July 6, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
33 Comments
. Putin That’s, I’m sure, a vampire: Gnaws on bones, bloody-lipped. —A. S. Pushkin. “Vurdalak,” Songs of Western Slavs (Это, верно, кости гложет Красногубый...
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    If a new Western film comes out, I watch it without fail, Roy. I do miss a good Western. In…

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    Funnily enough, I was watching the remake of The Alamo last week. Well worth a watch.

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    I know I can’t change your mind… but I have to know what’s so evil that legalized mass murder can…

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