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‘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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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October 19, 2022
Culture, Poetry
23 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

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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

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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

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October 17, 2022
Culture, Poetry
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. 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

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October 16, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
23 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

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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

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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

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October 13, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
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. 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

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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

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October 12, 2022
Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry
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. 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

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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...

‘Tower of the Winds’ by Tad Tuleja

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October 9, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. Tower of the Winds Eight winds blowing, bluster overflowing,Buffet all the crevices of earth.Eight winds searching, lustily and lurching,Spawning every misery and mirth. First blows Boreas, minion of...

A Poem on the Busing of Illegal Immigrants, by Russel Winick

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October 8, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
42 Comments
. Sincerity of the Left The sanctuary cities said: “Undocumenteds may come here, It’s merciless to keep them out, We welcome them with open arms!” “We’ll grant your wish,” DeSantis said, "Take...

‘The Good Samaritan’ by Brian Yapko

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October 7, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
37 Comments
. The Good Samaritan Scene: The road between Jerusalem and Jericho. It is now three days since a good Samaritan has left an injured robbery victim in the care of an innkeeper. Your wounds are healing? Good....

Verse on Verse: Four Poems by James A. Tweedie

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October 6, 2022
Beauty, Culture, For Educators, High School Submissions, Poetry
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. Serious Poetry Serious poetry, somber and grim; Dashing, descriptive, with narrative flair. Formal and versified; Rhythmic and dignified; Romance and rhetoric; ribald and prim. Taking you places while curled...

‘Equal Schmequal’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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October 5, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
32 Comments
. Equal Schmequal   The traits of men were glibly mocked __By those who thought men strange--- Those who thought the world half-cocked __ And fought for chop and change--- All those who chose to rise and...

‘The Tech Addict’s Lament’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

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October 5, 2022
Culture, Poetry
30 Comments
. The Tech Addict’s Lament As I take one more hit of electronic cocaine, I snort a fresh shot of noise into my brain And feel the cacophony’s endless refrain Charging at me like a runaway train. I...

‘1960s Soap Operas’ by Cynthia Erlandson

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October 4, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
34 Comments
. 1960s Soap Operas “Soap operas,” they called them. Housewives watched Them while they sewed or cooked or ironed clothes. At two o’clock each afternoon began The sleazy saga to which mom...

‘Green Energy’ After Dr. Seuss’s ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ by Dan Ward

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October 4, 2022
Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire
35 Comments
. Green Energy with apologies to Dr. Seuss I do not like green energy Don’t subsidize it, AOC. I do not like it in the dark, My solar panels will not spark. I do not like it with no breeze, Wind generators...

‘Sonnet 89’ by Richard Craven

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October 3, 2022
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Sonnet 89 I passed her on the footbridge (underneath, the cars rushing pell-mell to Hades’ mouth). Backwards flowed time then as I scoped her face: lineaments of smack; thin, whorish, thief up for the...

‘A Woodstock for China’ by Talbot Hook

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October 1, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. A Woodstock for China You sit within a public Chinese bus, And out the window: buildings, concrete, dust, Which all are perfect—life is simply thus. You stare with shining eyes, soft-spoken trust. A face...

‘Uncontrolled’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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October 1, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Environment
19 Comments
. Uncontrolled When my behavior needs to change, __But I can’t make that be, Such lack of self-control seems strange, __And I’m ashamed of me. Sometimes the angst I feel inside __Was planted long ago, And...

‘Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison)’ by Mary Gardner

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September 29, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison)  Vicente el Bisonte used to live in Mexico He said, “I do not like it here, it’s time for me to go. For lunch they give me Bison Chow, Purina mixed with hay, I’m...

‘Congratulations and Homage to Giorgia Meloni’ by Joseph S. Salemi

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September 27, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
61 Comments
. Congratulations and Homage to Giorgia Meloni Italy rises up and overthrows The stench of leftist tyranny at last. Rage among the EU’s pooh-bahs grows— They realize that their heyday is now...

‘The Last Detail’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

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September 27, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Last Detail Two cocksure, loud–mouthed lads one day set out, Intent on catching perch. “No,” Jim said, “trout.” The hole they headed for neither one knew: All for adventure, they sought...

‘Sex in the English Garden’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook

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September 26, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. Sex in the English Garden Light, feathery Astilbe Sways gently in the breeze Afraid she always will be Faint fluff beneath the trees Concealing dear Sweet William, Who rings each foxglove’s bell Mid...

‘Sentimental Song’ and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva

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September 26, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
3 Comments
. Sentimental Song A pad and pen lie by his side __This moonless night of fall. And though he tries to hush his pride, To only see the tears she cried, His hands refuse to breach the wall, __A pithy line to...

‘Cruise Control?’ and Other Poetry by Tonia Kalouria

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September 25, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. Cruise Control? based on a real incident in San Francisco on April 1, 2022 (though not an April Fool's joke) A well-mannered Cruise driverless-car Drove light-less, but didn’t get far. Its empty seats...

‘The Recollected Dream’ by David Watt

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September 24, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Recollected Dream When midsummer rain is spearing From storm clouds darkest grey That provide no hint of clearing To reveal the blue of day, The scent from marshland grasses Permeates each breath of...

‘Milking the System’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
September 22, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Milking the System We waited, we have waited, and we wait. Delays continue to increase the cost Of doing business.  Every magistrate Can understand the hours and dollars lost But yet cannot, according to...
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