For Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man on the Moon’ by Jeff Eardley The Society November 15, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The Last Man on the Moon for Gene Cernan My gaze was set toward the Western sky, To see if I could see him flashing by, I’d never felt so glad to be alive, With my model of the mighty Saturn five. With...
‘Lullaby of New Mexico, Part Two’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society November 13, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 34 Comments . Lullaby of New Mexico, Part Two Part One can be read here. Duerme Papi---Dad, it’s time to rest. I smooth your blanket here at Desert Sage And look with worry at your wrinkled face. My calloused hand...
‘No Extra Lives’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society November 11, 2022 Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . No Extra Lives While all his friends were learning skills To gain them wives or pay their bills, John fought with monsters on a screen, Got knighted by a game world’s queen, Amassing troves of...
Poem on a Long-Surviving World War II Veteran: ‘Our Superman’ by Margaret Coats The Society November 10, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 51 Comments . Our Superman Porfirio Landa (1925–2022), one of the United States Army’s longest surviving World War II veterans The modest glory of this veteran Began when he was born a Mexican, Baptized before the...
‘Mother Nature Is Bipolar’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society November 9, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, The Environment 24 Comments . Mother Nature Is Bipolar Mother Nature is bipolar. She needs to take a pill. One minute she's a blowhard. The next one she is still. I've seen her hail in April. I've seen her snow in May. I've seen her sun...
A Get-Out-And-Vote Poem: ‘Lest We Forget’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 8, 2022 Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Lest We Forget Today’s the day I cast my hard-won vote (My voice and choice, my prized ancestral gift) Bought with guts and grit to stop the bloat Of greedy grifters known to...
‘Hell Rising’ by C.B. Anderson The Society November 8, 2022 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire 29 Comments . Hell Rising They’ve come with a purpose: to numb or perturb us __By infecting the already-sick, And with them they bring a more tangible thing: __A nice carrot along with a stick. They live in The Palace...
‘Who’s Behind the Door’ by R.M. Zimmerman The Society November 7, 2022 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Who's Behind the Door The quiet words, the trembling lips, __we’ve heard it all before. Keen questions dwell within our minds, __like who’s behind the door. We saw the lights, heard voiceless...
‘Think (Ideo)logically’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society November 5, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 11 Comments . Think (Ideo)logically Say---friend or foe? What else could people be? … Stop thinking, since it’s useless, and it’s hard. We’ll do your thinking for you---play our card! These glasses will now show...
‘CDC: Save the Planet from Poison CO2!!’ by Mike Bryant The Society November 4, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science, The Environment 113 Comments . CDC: Save the Planet from Poison CO2!! “We used to think CO2 was a harmless trace gas… How wrong we were!” ---Dr. Dillard “Sparky” Barker, SMFS, The CDC’s Second Most Famous Scientist Your...
‘Poetry 101 Lecture’ by Mary Gardner The Society November 4, 2022 Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Poetry 101 Lecture Today we shall discuss why poems have a poor repute (Though if one dislikes poetry, apology is moot). Let’s take four types of poems with their strong points and their...
‘1914 Sierra Honeymoon’ by James A. Tweedie The Society November 3, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Note: The above photos are of the poet's grandparents, Herbert W. & Evelyn Slater Tweedie in 1914 Wedding Picture; Glacier Point, Yosemite; Top of Pyramid Peak, Desolation Wilderness . 1914 Sierra...
‘A Half Century Ago’ and Other Poetry by Phil S. Rogers The Society November 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rhupunt 5 Comments . A Half Century Ago Oh there once was a time in our nation so fair, When the pledge to our flag was in schools everywhere, When young children could safely walk daily to school, And not be attacked by some...
‘Halloween—The New Normal’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 29 Comments . Halloween---The New Normal The maskless masses mingle on the street Pooh-poohing overreaching, grouchy rules. The granny-slaying, unvaxxed ogres meet As curtain-twitching witches eye these ghouls From...
‘It’s Halloween’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 16 Comments . It’s Halloween It’s Halloween, and musty tombs expel Damnation’s brides and grooms; ghoulish creatures rule the night, a ghastly resurrected blight as Satan’s grinning visage looms. Hell’s emptied...
‘Night Visitor’ and Other Ghost Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 31, 2022 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Night Visitor Between the ticking of the clock I thought I heard a haunting knock. I pondered what I thought I heard, "Perhaps the tapping of a bird?" The hearth was warm and so was I, Until a cold draft...
‘Are You Prepared for All Hallows’ Eve?’ by Kevin Hayes The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Are You Prepared for All Hallows’ Eve? All Hallow’s Eve will soon be here--- A time when our two worlds come near. They roam our world for just one night--- And you may fear until it’s...
‘Shroud-Eater’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 30, 2022 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Shroud-Eater The undead Shroud-Eater, or mâcheur de suaire, is not as well known as the vampire, but is just as horrifying. He prowls cemeteries chewing on his shroud and his own flesh, attacks persons,...
A Poem of Frankenstein: ‘The Modern Prometheus’ by Brian Yapko The Society October 30, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 39 Comments . The Modern Prometheus Grrrr! Linden trees with falling leaves infest These ancient mountains. Crimson-faced they scream Like mobs in Transylvanian villages Which brandish knives and torches....
‘A Seasonal Concoction’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 29, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . A Seasonal Concoction He loved to have a cup of coffee in dawn’s dimmest light. It helped clear cobwebs from those heavy eyelids of the night. His narrow pumpkin head could start to gaze with orange...
‘The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election’ by Phil S. Rogers, after Macbeth The Society October 29, 2022 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare 18 Comments . The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election after Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1 Scene: Thunder illuminates a 2020 calendar page in an undisclosed conference room where a pot bubbles on an electric...
‘Everyday Angels’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 28, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 30 Comments . Everyday Angels inspired by Guadalupe Amejorado (1955-2021) They don’t appear in swathes of white __On scintillating wing. Their heads aren’t crowned with rings of light. __They never...
‘The Polls’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society October 27, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire 17 Comments . The Polls The polls are looking up right now, __But my faith’s not complete, Because no poll can measure how __The Democrats might cheat. . . The Boulder Field The glacial remnant boulder field, __A...
While Reading Burns’ ‘Stanzas: On the Same Occasion’ by Lucia Haase The Society October 26, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . While Reading Burns' 'Stanzas: On the Same Occasion' "Fain would I say" Burns wrote, has me inspired. Perhaps this inspiration’s meant to be a call to listen to a hope desired from Jesus. Those once...
‘Playing with Matches’ by Aidan Casey The Society October 25, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments Playing with Matches "We don’t seek conflict with Russia but we are ready." ---Antony Blinken, March 4, 2022 We don’t seek conflict with Russia but we are ready, make no mistake. The finger that pushes the...
‘Meditation’ and Other Poetry by Rachel A. Lott The Society October 25, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Meditation Say to yourself at break of day: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, proud, treacherous, envious, malicious. All this is because they do not know good and evil. But I know...
A Poem on the Movie Eternal Spring, by Evan Mantyk The Society October 24, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle 15 Comments . His Pen a villanelle written upon watching the movie Eternal Spring His pen flies back and forth, a righteous flurry That recreates the scenes of saintlike deeds, Giving shape to all that once was...
‘A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer’ by Okura, Translated by Seiji Hakui The Society October 23, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments . A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer, followed by an Envoi From the book five of the Man'yōshū, this poem is believed to be based on what the author witnessed while working as a provincial...
An Essay on John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 20, 2022 Culture, Essays, Poetry 24 Comments . John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: A Restorative from the Restoration by Joseph S. Salemi John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester, stands out because of his double-barreled reputation: he was a savage satirist, and...
‘Alone Together’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society October 19, 2022 Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Alone Together Narcissus, in the days of old, Fell in love with his reflection. He knew none greater to behold And starved while staring at “perfection.” Now we’re enamored with our phones Reflecting...
‘The Red Sea’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society October 19, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . The Red Sea From quite far off we smelled its salt And now stand stunned upon its shore. We stare into the writhing vault Where Moses sees a corridor. It seems there were not graves enough In Egypt so that...
A Poem for Atheist Evolutionists: ‘Asinine’ by Damian Robin The Society October 18, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . Asinine to atheist evolutionists When your science cannot put to rights The special wrongs of our divinity, Your exasperation reaches heights That challenge all the laws of gravity. When you talk at us and...
‘Ian’s Ire’ by Peter Venable The Society October 17, 2022 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Ian’s Ire Forecasts: Storm blasts. Cars leave. Clouds heave Endless rain. Flood’s domain. Massive surge. Nature’s scourge. Toy boats heaped up. Homes filled like cups. Millions’ suspect Their lives...
‘The Modern Cardinal’s Song’ by Adam Sedia The Society October 16, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . The Modern Cardinal’s Song after “The Major General’s Song” from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance from a faithful Catholic scandalized at the men purporting to lead the Church. I...
‘Moonburst’ and Other Poetry by Sourav Sengupta The Society October 15, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Moonburst I saw a comet streak across the night, And rend the sky with fire-tipped harpoon; While stars went out in fits of astral fright, The comet struck and burst the silver moon. The moon came down in...
‘Dr. Quack’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society October 14, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . Dr. Quack My name is Dr. Henry Quack and in my little room out back, Are lots of pills and potions. There's drugs for this and drugs for that; if you’re too skinny or too fat, And drugs to cure...
‘Leisure’: A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX, by Jonathan Shoulta The Society October 13, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 3 Comments . Σχολή (Leisure) A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX You see the glist’ning peak of Mount Soracte, which towers, high with snow, its straining forests bent low and cracking under their wintry...
A Poem on the End of Transgender Surgery on Minors at Vanderbilt, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 12, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Readings 44 Comments . . Vanderbilt’s Nemesis Written for Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire who has called out the evils of lucrative transgender surgery on minors at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. They...
‘I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece’ and Other Children’s Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 12, 2022 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece I sailed away to ancient Greece In search of Jason’s golden fleece. I climbed aboard the Argonaut, But could not find the fleece I sought. Odysseus was waiting there And...
A Poem on California’s Proposition One and Other Poetry by Margaret Coats The Society October 11, 2022 Culture, Poetry 48 Comments . Proposition One Proposition One, written by the state legislature, amends the California constitution “to expressly include an individual’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the...
