‘Critical Race Theory’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society December 20, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . Critical Race Theory It’s quite amusing when some first Defend it with persistence, Then---feigning that they’ve not reversed--- Deny its whole existence. . . Federal Government Logic The National...
‘A Spider in My Room’ and Other Poetry by Radhika Bianchi The Society December 16, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments . A Spider in My Room In the corner, there's a spider Between the ceiling and the wall. Its legs are long, its body small, Seeing it there my eyes grow wider, Fearing it to be the kind Of spider I’ve been...
‘Bidenflation’ to the Tune of ‘Tomorrow’ by Will Spiller The Society December 15, 2021 Humor, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics 1 Comment . . Bidenflation to the finale of “Tomorrow” from the musical Annie Fuel prices go up Tomorrow Bet your shrinking dollar that tomorrow They will soar! Inflation will rise Tomorrow All the things you...
‘There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie,’ Nursery Rhyme Sung by Jack DesBois The Society December 12, 2021 Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video 13 Comments . There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie sung to the tune of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" . https://youtu.be/luLcKkCHWFo There was a free nation that swallowed a lie. I don’t know why...
‘Maria Montessori’ and Other Clerihews by Peter Hartley The Society December 10, 2021 Clerihew, Culture, Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . Maria Montessori Seldom felt hunky-dory. Her vision for education Fell short of inspiring a nation. . King George the Second It has often been reckoned Would have been more fecund Had more mistresses...
A Poem on Hot Flashes: ‘The Devil and the Hounds of Hell’ by Norma Pain The Society December 9, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . The Devil and the Hounds of Hell Over and over in the gloom of night, In degrees of Celsius or Fahrenheit. From deep in the middle of a hard-won sleep, An evil entity begins to creep. A dark, diabolical...
A Fake News Pantoum and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society December 9, 2021 Culture, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau 9 Comments . What Is Truth? a pantoum To keep us blind and riven You falsify the facts. You will not be forgiven--- These are a tyrant’s acts! You falsify the facts Promoting news that’s fake. These are a tyrant’s...
‘We Are in for Another Covid Christmas!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 8, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . We Are in for Another Covid Christmas! We are in for another Covid Christmas: __Lockdown tales of woe. ____Now forbidden to fly his sled __Santa is drenched in dread And Rudolph’s rosy nose has lost its...
‘Failure to Strive’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 6, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Failure to Strive Do, or do not. There is no try. —Master Yoda We’ve traveled far, or so it seems to those Of us who shy from setting distant goals Requiring passage through unending rows Of thornhedge...
‘Elemental, My Dear’ by Alison Jennings The Society December 6, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments . Elemental, My Dear Slight air and purging fire, the first my thought, the other my desire. ---Shakespeare, "Sonnet 45" I am of air and fire wrought, though I am drawn to water like a dowsing rod. Carousing...
‘The Biden Oil Refrain’ by Russel Winick The Society December 4, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . The Biden Oil Refrain As President, on his first day, He closed old Keystone down, Then shut off Arctic drilling, Forty-thousand jobs left town. He cancelled key oil leases, Barred new highly needed...
A Poem on Huckleberry Finn Being Canceled for Mark Twain’s Birthday, by Brian Yapko The Society November 30, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 41 Comments . On Mark Twain's Birthday He piloted a Mississippi steamboat, Then panned for gold and sailed around the world. He authored tales of rogues and slavery’s stain But now is damned for all the things he...
‘CDC: Urgent Directive’ by Mike Bryant The Society November 27, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 32 Comments . CDC: Urgent Directive Dillard “Sparky” Barker Is a Doc at CDC. It seems he’s done a study That is sad for you and me. “Accidental deaths are At an all-time scary high. And just because we care We...
A Poem for Thanksgiving: ‘My Raven’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society November 25, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Raven 13 Comments . My Raven My Raven is a different bird. I guess he learned a different word Than Poe’s that uttered “Nevermore.” My Raven tells me, “Furthermore.” “Alright” I said “what do you want? Why did...
‘Permanent Power Plan’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society November 23, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . Permanent Power Plan Scene: While Joe Biden is taking notes, the Statue of Liberty appears and gives him ideas. STATUE OF LIBERTYGive me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe...
‘Who’s the Villain Now?’ and Other Villanelles by C.B. Anderson The Society November 19, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 24 Comments . Who’s the Villain Now? My poems drip with vitriol and gall,Each stanza driving home a heartfelt curse—A side-effect of drinking alcohol Incessantly. I lack the wherewithalTo temper my intemperate...
‘Old? Hell No!’ by Norma Pain The Society November 16, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments . Old? Hell No! in a thick British accent __It's bin three years an’ a day, __Since the Mrs. passed away, I still see ‘er face afore me smilin’ kindly. __For a while I wasn’t right, __I’d awake most...
‘Gender Reveal’ by Reid McGrath The Society November 15, 2021 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 6 Comments . We went to a gender reveal. And we had an exceptional meal. __But the host was forlorn __when she unhusked her corn. It was pink instead of blue-teal. Her emotions were on full display. They should have...
On World Leaders Falling Asleep at the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow: COP26 The Society November 12, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Environment 7 Comments . At the COP26 We all have piled up at the COP,For in a day the World may stop!No really, that’s what voters sayAnd that’s enough, so I’m here today. We must turn up or all goes pop—And yet I find my...
‘For Better or for Worse?’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society November 10, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . For Better or for Worse? Poetic genius, swallowed from a bottle; Ingested from an opiate-filled pipe; Imagination speeding at full-throttle; A pleasure-domed Romantic archetype. No LSD or fentanyl...
‘Biden Has an Accident at the Vatican’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society November 9, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Biden Has an Accident at the Vatican Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia: Where Peter is, there is the Church. Ubi Bergoglius, ibi merda: Where Bergoglio is, there is excrement. I came to see the Pontiff. He is a head...
‘Let’s Go, Brandon…’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society November 4, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 22 Comments . "Let's Go Brandon" People don’t want to say “F--k” When dealing with President Schmuck. So they say “Let’s go, Brandon” instead To a leader who’s nearly brain-dead. They know that the...
‘Vitamin DC: In Praise of Dark Chocolate’ by Jeff Kemper The Society November 3, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 29 Comments . When I crave from my enclave something to eat (Not apples or peas or muffins or meat) I steady my stare at my pantry’s archive And spot a great lot that’ll keep me alive. In my haste for a taste of the...
‘Tokens of the Liberal Artist’ by Sarban Bhattacharya The Society October 31, 2021 Art, Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments . The cats are creatures of a liberal kind, For on the laps of commie artists, you’ll find Them. Coffee too you’ll find in their domain, Not to drink so much as to maintain Their fashion, always looking...
‘BOO!’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 30, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 29 Comments . BOO! I feel a fleshless...
A Poem on Fauci and ‘Dead Puppies,’ by Joe Tessitore The Society October 29, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Dead Puppies On a break from the propaganda mill I found puppies I thought I could kill, So I shot them with zombie-rich juice--- I am Fauci, I need no excuse. I just couldn’t believe how they screech, So...
‘The Asinine Armoress: Hannah Gutierrez Reed’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 28, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . To all the tough women in Texas who actually know how to handle guns. My daddy got the job for me. He wanted me to work. And daddy’s got a lot of social clout. I told him “When it comes to guns, I’m...
‘It’s Raining Now in New York City’ by Martin Rizley The Society October 27, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . It's raining now in New York City; Yes, I know that's true. For like that dreamer, Walter Mitty, Daydreams take me, too, To fabled places far away Upon a lazy, rainy day Where I can see and do and say What...
‘Face-to-Face’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society October 26, 2021 Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . Face-to-Face Meeting up, Darjeeling tea, So familiar, you and me. Here’s your cup, you raise it up Do a little "cheers" to me, Joke on "hospital-it-tea," Say, “How healing is a cup, More than a mask,...
‘Pope Sylvester II and Meridiana’ by Joseph S. Salemi (and an Essay on Dramatic Monologues) The Society October 24, 2021 Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . Pope Sylvester II and Meridiana Pope Sylvester II, born Gerbert de Aurillac (946-1003), is said to have had a demonic succubus named Meridiana who not only satisfied his sexual needs but also served as his...
‘Perfect Apples’ and Other Autumn Poems, by C.B. Anderson The Society October 20, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Perfect Apples The Law of Perfect Apples says it all:A malic acid tang pervades the crispAnd shocking mouth appeal that tells you fallIs under way. If you should catch a wisp Of summer turning winter in...
‘I Took a Notion’ (A Man’s View and Then a Woman’s), by Norma Pain The Society October 20, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . I Took a Notion (A Man’s View) I took a notion once in life, To find myself a willing wife. A wife who’d cook and clean and mend And to my every need attend. I had a momentary lapse Within my mind that...
‘Prince Albert in a Can’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society October 17, 2021 Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . Prince Albert in a Can What can I say? I wore a mask and did The social distance thing, got Pfizer-vaxxed And tested negative five times (I kid You not!), did online research, asked A lot of questions,...
‘Pareidolia’ by Beverly Stock The Society October 15, 2021 Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Pareidolia: The science of seeing faces in everyday objects. Apophenia: The human tendency to seek patterns in random information. Long-nosed creature In my tile, As I shower All the while, Nose that’s...
‘Alfred the Great’ and Other Limericks by Peter Hartley The Society October 12, 2021 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 25 Comments . Alfred the Great Alfred the Great was a shy king Who found it not much to his liking __Making do with cornflakes __‘Cos he’d burned all the cakes While hiding his face from the Viking. __ Sweyn...
‘Geronimo the Alpaca – In Memoriam’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society October 11, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau 3 Comments . read about Geronimo here Geronimo! That is my name; I’ve garnered international fame because I haven’t got TB, or have I? That’s the quandary which has become a running game. Results of skin tests say...
‘What Did Paul Revere?’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society October 10, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . What Did Paul Revere? Listen, my children, and shed a tear, Because everything that he held dear Did vanish in the blink of an eye And banished, those who dared to defy The Bill of Lies of the Reign of...
‘Love Thy Neighbor’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 9, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . . Love Thy Neighbor Make no excuseIf sheer abuseIs all you giveTo those who live Around you. OwnThat you aloneMust bear the shameAnd take the blame For having doneTo anyoneThe slightest wrongThat all...
Three Sonnets on Contemporary Poetry, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 8, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments . Prerequisites for a Trendy Poetry Reading Casual clothes, streetwise but debonair: Knit sweater, denims (slightly dishabille); A tentative, apologetic air, As if you told what you would most...
‘Discrimination by Who?’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society October 8, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . Discrimination by Who? YMCA basketball for 7-year olds It’s not the least bit personal, But kids who have no skills at all, Will often seem to find themselves Without much chance to touch the ball. Still...