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Two Poems on China Nowadays, by Cheryl Corey

The Society
July 20, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
4 Comments
. I’m Not Too Keen On China Nowadays I’m not too keen on China nowadays: The moves they’ve made against Taiwan of late; The way they treat their citizens, negate Their freedoms, torture, torment,...

A Poem on Nostradamus’s July 1999 Prediction, by Daniel Magdalen

The Society
July 20, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
4 Comments
. A Prophecy the East Fulfilled The year 1999, seventh month, From the sky will come a great King of Terror: To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols, Before and after Mars to reign by good...

Two Courtroom Sonnets by Carl Kinsky

The Society
July 19, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Self Defense When he pulled out his knife I thought I had No choice so I pulled out my gun and shot Him twice, then ran the streets for miles, too glad That he lay there dead and that I did not. I got...

‘To Serve and Protect’ by Julian Woodruff

The Society
July 18, 2022
Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. To Serve and Protect Of all the events that fill the history of quiet, little–known Uvalde town, there cannot be a greater tragedy than that which gave it sudden world–renown. The dreadful act, so...

‘Apology’ by Myrlin A. Hermes

The Society
July 18, 2022
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Apology I’m sorry if you feel like you were hurt. Not everyone in life is going to be As nice to you as you think you deserved. And he sometimes got physical with me, Too---I'm no victim. So he was...

On the UK Heatwave: ‘Keep Calm and Carry On!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 17, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
105 Comments
. Keep Calm and Carry On! “UK heatwave: Temperatures to rise to 41C amid extreme heat warning” ---BBC News  “The first Red Extreme heat warning issued” ---British Met Office The BBC is roaring like...

‘The Pale Rider Comes’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

The Society
July 16, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
10 Comments
. The Pale Rider Comes “So then give to Caesar what is his,” our Lord and Master said, __“And to God give what is his---your sacred soul!” Yet despite these limits placed on him, with drawn sword...

‘Sumo’s Winning Ways’ by Margaret Coats

The Society
July 15, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
26 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...

‘In the First Degree’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
July 14, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
13 Comments
. In the First Degree Had the bullet’s trajectory veered half a foot to the right, It might not have extinguished the life of this innocent youth Who had just turned eighteen. The Grand Jury moved fast to...

On the Recent Overturning of Roe vs. Wade, by Alena Casey

The Society
July 13, 2022
Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. “Hosanna,” All The Children Cried “Hosanna,” all the children cried, And Christ was pleased to open wide For them his hands and feet and side, The devil’s will to override. “Hosanna,” all the...

‘The Automated Phone System’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
July 13, 2022
Blank Verse, Culture, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Automated Phone System I called up a business But no person answered, I got a phone system With multiple options Some rather confusing; I kept getting transferred, Spent most time just holding; Then...

A Translation of Horace’s Barine Ode, by Joseph S. Salemi

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July 11, 2022
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Sapphic Verse, Translation
20 Comments
. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Odes, II.8 “The first thing we learn about Barine is that she is in the habit of making and breaking promises (of love and fidelity, presumably) and that she is never punished...

‘A Hopeless Rondelet’ and Other French Form Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
July 10, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Rondel, Villanelle
27 Comments
. A Hopeless Rondelet  All trust is dead, Killed by lies in love’s disguise. All trust is dead--- It’s buried in a sigh of dread. Its memory spills from mourning eyes. Can Truth rekindle sunless...

‘In the City’ and Other Poetry by Adam Wasem

The Society
July 10, 2022
Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. In the City The city, where the liars are in charge And all the criminals are still at large: The just have been imprisoned, brought to heel: Grateful as dogs, oh, how we rush to kneel For the littlest...

‘Back in My Day’ and Other Poetry by David Whippman

The Society
July 9, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Back in My Day I tested my courage---well, no, not really. The heroic stuff had been done before. My generation was all touchy-feely. It was our parents who’d fought the war. The post-war population...

‘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...

On the Recent Destruction of the Georgia Guidestones, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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July 6, 2022
Culture, Poetry
51 Comments
. America’s Most Mysterious Monument The first of the anonymously funded Georgia Guidestone’s guidelines: “Maintain humanity under 500,000,000” “The world population is over 8,000 million. According...

‘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

The Society
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

The Society
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
28 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...

Poems on Sexualizing School Children, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
June 28, 2022
Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. Groomers   The words the school kids speak are not their own--- Fiends mold the untrained brain till every thought Is hostage to their noxious sexual drone. Their toxic tongues are rife with hype that’s...

‘On Rupert Sheldrake’s Morphic Fields’ by Evan Mantyk

The Society
June 27, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Science
21 Comments
. On Rupert Sheldrake’s Morphic Fields Are we just rats within a maze? Perhaps. But then perhaps there’s more to rats than what We know. Take for example rats completing A water-maze within a lab at...

‘Abiding Senescence’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
June 25, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. Abiding Senescence My energy and physical abilities Will not again be limitless as once they were. To those more qualified to ponder facts like these, Without a single qualm or doubt I will defer. They tell...

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

The Society
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...

‘Australia in 2022’ by Shaun C. Duncan

The Society
June 23, 2022
Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. Australia in 2022 written on the eve of a federal election where everything is at stake but nothing is on the agenda. A nation now in name and nothing more, Misruled by milquetoast...

‘In God We Trust’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
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

The Society
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

The Society
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...

‘An Open Poem to Evil’ by Mike Bryant

The Society
June 20, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. An Open Poem to Evil “Gravity is real... it’s hard to keep a bag of shit in the air forever.” ---Alex Wilhelm You goofy spoofin’ kooks are pitchin’ poop. You’re selling poison no one wants to...

‘Apollo in Retirement’ by Margaret Coats

The Society
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...

‘A Glass for My Father’ by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
June 19, 2022
Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. A Glass for My Father Marie-Maurille de Virot, Mademoiselle de Sombreuil (February 14, 1768—May 15, 1823) My father was the Marquis de Sombreuil: An old man when it happened, but back then The Revolution...

‘On the Extradition of Julian Assange’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
June 18, 2022
Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. On the Extradition of Julian Assange The fiends who wield the power here on earth (The ones who gag our speech to gain control) Are shouting out just what the truth is worth By extraditing this heroic...

‘Who Bled’ by Alec Ream

The Society
June 17, 2022
Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry
8 Comments
. Who Bled When all is said and life be trod, One takeaway the Son of God Made clear, when rising from the dead? The winner here's the Guy who bled. . . Alec Ream is a writer living in Virginia. His poetic...

‘In Praise of Bollywood’ by Brian Yapko

The Society
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...

‘Decolonising the Curriculum’: A Dual Scenario by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
June 15, 2022
Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. Decolonising the Curriculum – Dual Scenario on Salford University's recent treatment of the sonnet. We must decolonise our poetry Because it’s the twenty-first century, So don’t get preachy, telling...
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What Is ‘Pro-Choice’? and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
June 13, 2022
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
12 Comments
. What Is “Pro-Choice"? If my child were sent to die, Be chopped to pieces like a pig, To spare him death, I’d plead and beg, __His life with mine to buy. Yet pregnant moms demand their “rights” To...

Classical Poetry and the Martial Ethos: An Essay by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
June 13, 2022
Culture, Essays, Homer, Poetry
6 Comments
. Classical Poetry and the Martial Ethos by Andrew Benson Brown . The Heroic Age Towards the end of “Egil’s Saga,” one of the masterpieces of Icelandic literature, the eponymous hero composes a verse to...

Lines On Dreadful Instagram Poetry by S.A.Todd

The Society
June 12, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
24 Comments
. "Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing" ---Lines On Dreadful Instagram Poetry A halitosis belch of steam Spewed out in words. Ream after ream Of cheese puff, air-stuffed offerings Of...
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