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A Poem on Gaslighting and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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May 30, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
20 Comments
. Gaslighted Our friendship limped along for thirty years. I can’t say why. The scornful views you’d share Instilled resentment, anger, even tears. Your condescending words. Your cutting glare. “Why...
poem/bryant/culture

‘America’: A Memorial Day Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. America America, vast land of dreams __From sea to shining sea, Where eagles soar and twilight gleams __On Lady Liberty; America, you lit the way For those who sought a brighter day __In glorious...
poem/tweedie/beauty

A Poem for Memorial Day, by James A. Tweedie

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May 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. With Liberty and Justice for All Old Glory may have stripes and stars, But on those stars and stripes are stains— Reminders of a past that’s ours— Where shame, as well as pride, remains. The sweat of...
poem/gardner/beauty

‘The Great War’: A Poem by Mary Gardner

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May 29, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. The Great War Ever be their memory, Those interred across the sea, Men who, fighting evil, fell, Who endured the martial Hell; Those who to their homes returned, Shot or shell-shocked, broken,...
poet/amadeus v./culture

‘For My Grandfather’: A Poem by Amadeus V.

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May 28, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. For My Grandfather While Sharpton praised low bandits for their grace, And Barack preached self-pity with pure glee, You always taught the simple truth of race. While Black Lives Matter set Pan’s chaos...
poem/frank/culture

‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank

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May 28, 2023
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Rondel, Sestina
16 Comments
. Red Flags a sestina sonnet The national flags of the Westerners’ lands Turn red in the dim, fading light of the sunset, Like Communist red—bloody floors in a prison. All the flags look the same when the...
poem/whippman/beauty

‘True Grit’ and Other Poetry by David Whippman

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May 27, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. True Grit My favourite movie? If I must decide, I'd pick a classic western above all, those epic films of frontier macho pride. Enter the hero, riding straight and tall. There'll be some gunplay, and a bar...
poem/bonham/culture

‘The Odd, Flawed and Awed’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

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May 26, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. The Odd, Flawed and Awed Inspired by “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Canadian poet Robert W. Service If you hear from God, though the words sound odd, __you must not ignore that voice. That’s what...
poem/coats/blank verse

‘Remorseless’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

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May 25, 2023
Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
51 Comments
. Remorseless Back on 19, returning from the lake, Where she had stowed sling chairs for next week’s meet, Her car broke down. She checked out what she knew, Glad to have parked securely in the grass. She...

‘On Second Thought’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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May 23, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. On Second Thought When words fail, __perhaps it’s not the words at all, __but hobbled minds that cannot call __a lucid image to avail ____the powers of description. When love fades, __it might not be true...
poem/freeman/culture

A Poem on Cathedrals by Paul A. Freeman

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May 23, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
62 Comments
. Behind the Cathedral Master masons made these bastions their own by blending crafts, attaining structural awe; from Notre Dame, to Salisbury and Cologne they dazzled kings and stupefied the poor. The scale...

‘In a Soviet Gulag’ by Evan Mantyk: Read by Andrew Benson Brown

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May 22, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Readings, Satire, Video
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‘Cain’s Daughter’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier

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May 22, 2023
Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Cain’s Daughter I was not in the garden when the veil of beauty tore I heard no serpent beckon to me through the orchard door I weep no tears beholding the angel’s flaming sword For I never breathed the...

‘A Poetic Heretic’s Poetry Tips’ and Other Poetry on Poetry, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 20, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle
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. A Poetic Heretic’s Poetry Tips a villanelle inspired by Dr. Salemi's essay "Poetry As The Philosophers Stone" Don’t listen to the howl of highbrow spiel From preachy creatures out to flatten...
poem/cooper/culture

‘La Corona’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

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May 19, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. La Corona A childhood scene recalled by Trump of his mother, Mary MacLeod Trump, in The Art of the Deal, with a parallel to English-Scottish history.   Two popes, two presidents. Two queens. Recall How...
poem/almahdi/beauty

‘Rhymeless in Manama’ and Other Poetry by Wael Almahdi

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May 18, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. Rhymeless in Manama My UK friend said, “Rhyme is old, you need to venture free and bold.” My Turkish friend said, “Rhyme's a must, a rhymeless bard deserves no trust.” But I found out I needn't...
poem/Tweedie/beauty

‘Canyon de Chelly’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie

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May 17, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Canyon de Chelly Reflections of a Non-Native Visitor . An updraft from the red-rock canyon floor Blows through the mesa’s Piñon pine and sage As ravens, wings outstretched, in freedom soar Between the...
poem/stellinga/transgender

‘So Much For Legitimate Women’s Sports’ and Other Poetry by Mark Stellinga

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May 17, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
27 Comments
. So Much for Legitimate Women's Sports Vladimir Gonzales, a young Italian athlete, With 28 inch biceps and a 68 inch chest, Entered competitions where he knew he wouldn't find Even a...
poem/yapko/bach

‘Bach’s Amazing Journey’ and Other Bach Poetry by Brian Yapko

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May 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
33 Comments
. Bach's Amazing Journey In the autumn of 1705, when Johann Sebastian Bach was 20, he set out to travel over 275 miles (each way) on foot from Arnstadt, Thuringia, in the heart of what is now Germany, to...
poem/bryant/beauty

From a Grandmother to Her Grandaughter: Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. Newness a sonnet corona for Doris   I watch you view the newness of your world. Your widened eyes are dazzled by the light. Your fists of curiosity unfurl Like flexing wings on chicks who dream of...
poem/Frank/mothers

‘The Ballad of the Heroic Mother’ and Other Poetry for Mother’s Day by Joshua C. Frank

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May 14, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. The Ballad of the Heroic Mother a true story A toddler into water fell __And sank as quick as rock. At nine feet deep, she couldn’t yell __Or jump or thrash in shock. Her mother heard the splash...
poem/coats/beauty

‘On the Divine Mercy’: A Poem by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats

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May 11, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
29 Comments
. On the Divine Mercy Seven times the just man falls, and rises again. ---Proverbs 24:16 by Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406) translated by Margaret Coats The just man seven times a day offends, Says Solomon’s...
poem/pain/satire

‘Why Can’t I Marry My Pit Bull?’ and Other Poems by Norma Pain

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May 10, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire
28 Comments
. Why Can’t I Marry My Pit Bull? Why can’t I marry my pit bull? He’d make an incredible spouse, In spite of the dog hair and doo-doo, He’d always be king in my house. He’d listen whenever I talked to...
poem/eardley/satire

A Poem on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, by Jeff Eardley

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May 9, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
12 Comments
. September 9th 1901… A September evening in old Paris town, The time when Parisians let their hair down. There’s laughing and dancing and folk getting drunk, And all of the ladies are looking like...
poem/anderson/satire

‘The Shortfalls of Empirical Knowledge’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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May 7, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire
19 Comments
. The Shortfalls of Empirical Knowledge Sorry, Iowa. Each night is different from all previous And therefore not the same as those to come. The ways of Nature can be devious: They test experience and leave us...
poem/bryant/culture

A Poem Inspired by the Coronation of King Charles III, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 7, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
35 Comments
. An Unexpected Smile inspired by the coronation of King Charles III  Today I woke before the sun had spread Her golden grin across the Texas skies. With childlike zest and joy I leapt from bed To cram my...
poem/salemi/reading

‘Byron Swims the Hellespont’ by Joseph S. Salemi: A Reading by Andrew Benson Brown

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May 6, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video
8 Comments
. If you enjoy this video from Andrew Benson Brown's Classical Poets Live, please click on "Watch on YouTube" and then press like and...
poem/sale/epic

DoorWay Canto 2 Extract from James Sales’ Epic Poem

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May 6, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry
16 Comments
. DoorWay Canto 2, Extract The Poet has gone through the ‘DoorWay’ and entered heaven. Here in the second Canto and in the constellation of Libra he meets his dead grandfather (who was a Libran: 30/7) and...
poem/bryant/culture

A Poem and Warning for the Coronation of King Charles III, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 5, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
58 Comments
. A Right Royal Coronation Anon the pomp and pageantry will beam From London as King Charles III is crowned. The Abbey-bound procession’s set to stream On gleaming tides of splendour to the sound Of jaunty...
poem/bethe/culture

‘Planets, Gods and Weekdays’: A Poem by Isabella Bethe

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May 4, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. Planets, Gods and Weekdays Alarms are snoozed, and Monday's born. A few more snores as dreams are shorn, And sleep is corked by clanging horn; __The moon's bereft, Her silver day now dimmed and worn __By...

Poems on Books and Devices, and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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May 3, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
22 Comments
. Books Some say that books are obsolete, __Preferring new devices. But reading books is still a treat, __No gadget quite suffices. . . Tipping Etiquette The credit card machine implied that __I should...
poetry/mantyk/education

Two Classic Christopher Columbus Poems and a Columbus Biography with PDF

The Society
May 2, 2023
Children's, Culture, Education, Poetry
9 Comments
. Columbus by Joaquin Miller (1837-1913) Behind him lay the gray Azores , Behind the Gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: “Now must we...
poem/yapko/plath

‘On Binge-Reading Sylvia Plath’: An Expanded Sonnet by Brian Yapko

The Society
May 2, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
46 Comments
. On Binge-Reading Sylvia Plath Verdammte mirror-bee-eyes stare at you As you describe in depth colossal pain. You say too much: your tormented achoo Your lack of faith, your overactive brain. I read your...
poem/gardner/culture

A Recipe and a Poem: ‘Chicken and Andouille Gumbo’ and Other Poetry by Mary Gardner

The Society
May 1, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. Chicken and Andouille Gumbo Try my gumbo recipe From the land of andouille: ½ cup unsalted butter; ½ cup all-purpose flour Melt the butter, whisk in flour, Cook and stir a quarter-hour Till it’s...
poem/peterson/masks

‘Who Is Behind Your Mask’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
April 30, 2023
Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. Who Is Behind Your Mask Now some of my friends, who put on a good show, Are brave in the face of their fears, this I know. The burdens of life they are striving to hide, So what are the things they are...
poem/tweedie/culture

Dogs, Cats, Nursery Rhymes & Mother Goose: Three Poems by James A. Tweedie

The Society
April 29, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Why Children Like Nursery Rhymes A story to be told, a tale to tell Of things that do not matter much at all. Who cares about the farmer in the dell? Or Humpty-Dumpty falling off a wall? The pickled peppers...

A Poetic Call to Action Regarding Transgenderism and Fairness in School Athletics

The Society
April 27, 2023
Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Let Us Lift Our Voices Higher by Mark F. Stone Don’t let leaders make their choices never having heard your voices. Pay no heed to churlish chatter, that your input doesn’t matter. They are hoping...
poem/Frank/wisdom

‘Encapsulations of Classic Texts’: Four Poems by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
April 27, 2023
Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. Encapsulations “It’s a shame that the tradition of producing small poetic encapsulations of classic texts seems to have died out.” ---Joseph S. Salemi . I. The Way of Peace an alexandroid Thomas a...
poem/cooper/beauty

‘La Luna’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper

The Society
April 26, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
. La Luna The poet compares the moon to Eve, our fallen but redeemed mother, and the sun to Mary, daughter of Eve and Mother of us all; she celebrates Our Lady’s victory over witchcraft, communism,...
poem/mantyk/human rights in china

‘Receiving an Organ Transplant from China’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

The Society
April 25, 2023
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
38 Comments
. Receiving an Organ Transplant from China The waiting time was short, extremely short: A couple weeks and fifty thousand bucks Was all it took in China; somewhere else It’d take six months at least, which...
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  1. C.B. Anderson on ‘The Idealist Who Became an Ideologue’ and Other Poetry by Brian YapkoOctober 4, 2023

    From you, Brian, excellence is not exceptional. You sure as hell know how to move a pen.

  2. C.B. Anderson on ‘Late Changes’ and Other Poetry by Russel WinickOctober 4, 2023

    So sad to hear you say that, Paddywhack.

  3. Paul A. Freeman on ‘Writers of the Purple Sage’: A Poem by Roy E. PetersonOctober 4, 2023

    If a new Western film comes out, I watch it without fail, Roy. I do miss a good Western. In…

  4. Paul A. Freeman on ‘Writers of the Purple Sage’: A Poem by Roy E. PetersonOctober 4, 2023

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

  5. Joshua C. Frank on ‘Late Changes’ and Other Poetry by Russel WinickOctober 4, 2023

    Understood. Please accept my apology.

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