‘It’s Fall, Y’all!’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 24, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . It’s Fall, Y’all! Autumn is here and I’m swathed in a sweater, A snug fluffy scarf and warm mittens. My Ugg-cuddled feet have never felt better; These boots are as cute as soft kittens. Autumn is...
‘El Chapo’ and ‘Jack the Hat’ by Jeff Eardley The Society September 18, 2021 Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . El Chapo El Chapo was a criminal, a very nasty bloke. A dealer in Amphetamines, along with Crack and Coke. He plied his trade in Mexico, where guns and drugs are rife. He made a pile of money and enjoyed the...
‘California Wildfires’ to the Tune of ‘California Dreamin,’ by Margaret Coats The Society September 17, 2021 Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry 25 Comments . California Wildfires to the tune of “California Dreamin’” All her landscape bronzed, Her breezes ashen gray, What can Cali dream on, Despoiled and rechauffée? Never safe, too sultry In her disarray ....
‘Cancel Madame Butterfly’ by Brian Yapko The Society September 17, 2021 Culture, Humor, Performing Arts, Poetry, Villanelle 30 Comments . Cancel Madame Butterfly today! Such racist music cannot soothe the soul. Let’s never show another hate-filled play. The King and I must also cause dismay Since white composers can’t know ethnic...
‘The Lyme Brain’s Refrain’ and Other Poetry by Jack DesBois The Society September 16, 2021 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . The Lyme Brain’s Refrain, or At the Cupboard What am I doing? What am I doing? What am I, what am I, what am I doing? I’m doing something—something I’m doing— But what am I, what am I, what am I...
‘Oh No… UFOs’ by Mike Bryant The Society September 14, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ---H.L....
A Poem on Vaccine Mandates: ‘Freedom Blighters’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 12, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 51 Comments . “Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” ---C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology It’s said that life’s a bitch and...
On An Australian Desert Town: ‘The Station View Itch’ by David Watt The Society September 12, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Where meagre rains are tinted red From dust the Western winds have borne, The publican to stranger said: “We’re fortunate that here is shorn A class of wool unique in hue— The pre-dyed fleece of...
Two Literary Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society September 10, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . A Summary of Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and Notes This play, no doubt to Sophocles’ surprise, When first performed took only Second Prize. Summary King Oedipus of Thebes, both good and wise— Or...
‘Prayer of the Guilty Poet’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society September 4, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Prayer of the Guilty Poet Before I put these words to ink, Be still, my pen, and let me think. Are they the balm to expiate, Or bomb indeed, to detonate? . . A City Short Make no excuse, I heard a...
‘Know How to Mow’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 3, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Know How to Mow __You want to raise your rates, you say? __Your crying poor is killing me, __for what it’s worth. Just yesterday, __when you were blithely billing me __for services you rendered on __a...
‘Allgibberish’ and Other Poetry by Phil S. Rogers The Society September 2, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . Allgibberish (I Saw a Man Who Wasn't There) after “Antigonish” (“I Met a Man Who Wasn't There”) by William Hughes Mearns Yesterday in great despair, I saw a man who wasn't there. He's on the news...
‘One or the Other’ by Norma Pain The Society August 28, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 22 Comments . “Make a decision,” is what me ma said, As she wearily plucked at each feather, ‘Er old gnarled fingers rough and red And clumsily workin’ together. “Yer’ll not get another chance like this, Two...
‘The Gospel According to Galahad’ by Julian Woodruff The Society August 27, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . The arrogant are all about these days. How disrespectful are their callous ways! They go about as freely as you please— No mask, no vaccine, carrying disease And likely death wherever they may go (Which...
Bedtime Prayer Poetry Challenge The Society August 26, 2021 Humor, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 108 Comments . This challenge comes form poet James A. Tweedie: Perhaps the most familiar of all formal, English-language poems is the classic 18th century bedtime prayer that reads: Now I lay me down to sleepI pray the...
A Brief Poem on Joe Biden and Afghanistan, by British Poet James Sale The Society August 20, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . The Commander-in-Chief How Biden sucks---I mean the man, Who being wholly characterless Will criticize Afghanistan "Cowards"---when he can’t face the Press! . . James Sale is a worldwide thought...
Review: Legends of Liberty Volume 1 by Andrew Benson Brown The Society August 18, 2021 Culture, Epic, Essays, Humor, Poetry, Reviews 3 Comments Reviewed Book: Legends of Liberty Volume 1, by Andrew Benson Brown, T A J Classics, 2021 by James Sale Legends of Liberty is an important new poem from the American poet, Andrew Benson Brown. The nearest...
‘The Worst of Rhymes’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society August 13, 2021 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . The Worst of Rhymes No matter where we choose to sit, A fool, alone, would not admit, We’re living in a world of shit And I have more than done my bit. Here by the guillotine I knit Caps for the heads...
What Rhymes with Orange? Poetry Challenge The Society August 11, 2021 Humor, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 109 Comments . Write a poem rhyming the word "orange" with something else. Post it in the comments below. This challenge comes from Cheryl Corey, who provided the below poem as inspiration: . Nothing Rhymes With...
‘Tales of Tales of Tales’ by Luca D’Anselmi The Society August 11, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . We can’t remember. After years of war that thing once known as “poetry” was lost. We know there was a Greek named Robert Frost; we don’t know what “pentameters” were for. In rotting libraries...
A Short Poem for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, by Joe Tessitore The Society August 5, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . I’m Andrew Cuomo---I get a pass. If you don’t like it, kiss my ass! I’m Andrew Cuomo---I don’t resign. I’m governor---this state is mine! . . Joe Tessitore is a retired New York City resident...
‘Farmer,’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 4, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 34 Comments . Farmer, Unpack the dormant forces quiet days Have put aside and stoke the smothered fire Whose soot fanned out in lifeless carbon rays Upon the hearth of winter’s mild repose, But bear the fire...
‘Rondeau’ and Other Poetry by Rita Moe The Society July 29, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau 4 Comments . Rondeau The rondeau echoes its refrain in a subtle way, just as rain at times will fall, not in torrents, but in a fine mist, the wood fence, weathered gray, resisting the stain of water. So, the reader’s...
‘Big Shots’ by Mike Bryant The Society July 28, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 31 Comments . You’re glad you’ve nabbed The Covid jab That’s newly fabbed In some large lab Created by The jaundiced eye, The sneaky, sly, Big corporate guy. The slimy thug, Our taxes sent To make the bug More...
A Garrison Keillor Satire and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society July 28, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments . Guilty, Guilty, Guilty! That most sagacious Mr. K*Told listeners: “Back in the day—‘The Enlightenment,’ they call it; haw,No way! ‘Twas filled with moral flawBeside which our few failings pale.Yes,...
Winners of the First-Liners Poetry Contest The Society July 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Poetry Contests 30 Comments . ⬙ Judged by Cynthia Erlandson See all entrants here. ⬙ . FIRST PLACE WINNER ($100) . A Slight Deviation from the Canterbury Tales after Chaucer’s Prologue and other poems by Brian Yapko, Sante Fe, New...
‘Lucky’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society July 24, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Lucky It stormed around our house last night, The lightning turned the black sky bright. Tornadoes came to join the fray, The morning news led me to pray. Six houses leveled, not too far--- How vulnerable we...
Two Poems on Drinking and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook The Society July 23, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . O Happy Glass Another soul inside a glass deep red— I think on Provenance, effect and cause: Do you begin in wind? In sun, or rain? Inside a seed in bed, or in the grower’s head? In winter when your...
Two Mythological Poems by Joseph S. Salemi The Society July 19, 2021 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Heliotrope Phaeton, son of the god Helios, attempted to drive his father’s celestial chariot. His inexperience caused him to burn up part of the earth and the heavens, so he was killed by a thunderbolt...
‘With How Sad Steps’ and Other Petrarchan Sonnets by Peter Austin The Society July 19, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . With How Sad Steps from a Philip Sidney sonnet With how sad steps, O Moon, you climb the skies! How silently, and with how wan a face! What see you? Humankind’s excessive pace Getting from here to there?...
‘A Girl in Her Own Words’ by Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406), translated by Margaret Coats The Society July 16, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Translation 23 Comments . Am I, am I beautiful? Surely my face qualifies: Forehead pearly bright to rise Over sweetest lips cerise. Tell me if I’m beautiful! Cupid’s brows I have, green eyes, Rounded chin, nose small in...
‘Brimstone’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 14, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé 35 Comments . Brimstone I sniff a whiff of brimstone in the tone Of smooth effusions oozing from his tongue. A lick of sulfur clings like stale cologne To slickest syntax eloquently strung Like lustrous pearls...
Three Poems on Oölogists, by Peter Hartley The Society July 13, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . A Black-Listed Species The avian community is glad He’s dying out, the mad oölogist. With every species on the British list He always wanted more eggs than he had, And on his checklist those he had to...
Turn a Famous Poem into a Limerick: Poetry Challenge The Society July 11, 2021 Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 153 Comments . Choose a famous poem and write it in limerick form, putting the title of the original poem at the top. Please fit your chosen poem into one limerick (five lines) only. See "How to Write a Limerick." Post...
‘The Best and Worst of Times’ by Cheryl Corey’ The Society July 9, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . The Best and Worst of Times “It was the best of times, it was …” but how Can anyone forget those words once pearled By Dickens so very long ago; and now, Do we ourselves not live in such a...
‘Hunter Biden, New Millennial American Painter’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society July 6, 2021 Art, Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . Hunter Biden, New Millennial American Painter “It’s Generic Post Zombie Formalism Illustration” ---Jerry Saltz “a…vaguely psychedelic vibe…Tomaselli…for dermatologist waiting rooms”...
‘Bird of Prey’ by Raymond Gallucci The Society July 5, 2021 Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . In present, past and future, My parrot’s quite a moocher. She’ll eat whatever suits her __No matter whose it is. If what you’re eating tempts her, There’s nothing that preempts her From thinking...
Four Poems Possibly Written by Someone Else, by James A. Tweedie The Society July 2, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . On Death and Life not by John Milton Ere Death’s foul fetters drag me to my tombAs fodder for the very maw of hell,Should not my weary, failing soul rebelAnd seek release from sin’s eternal doom? For...
A Planned Parenthood Version of ‘I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General,’ by Julian Woodruff The Society July 1, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlTisI_HSgw . The Head of Health and Human Services after W.S. Gilbert’s “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General” We are the very humble head of Health and...
A Poem on Nevertire, New South Wales, Australia, by David Watt The Society July 1, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . What’s In a Name? Useless Loop is a small town in Western Australia. Nevertire and Come By Chance are both located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. There’s a place I yearn to live in, before...