‘Consumer Rights’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 22, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 18 Comments All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise. Originally published by the SCP 9/26/18 Consumer Rights by Cal Wes Ubideer Accountability, transparency, and search control, consumer advocates are fighting Big-Tech's...
‘Uncle Joe’s Last Stand’ by Rob Crisell The Society February 10, 2020 Culture, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 19 Comments “Lying, dog-faced pony soldier!” Blurts out Biden, as he scolds her. Eyes unfocused, can’t walk upright; Goes not gentle into that night. Mind adrift, his brain a rebel. Voice reverts to...
A Poem on Li Wenliang, Doctor Who Exposed the Coronavirus, by Bruce Dale Wise The Society February 6, 2020 Coronavirus, Culture, Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry 14 Comments Li Wenliang (1985 - 2020) by Dr. Weslie Ubeca Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist, worked in Wuhan; and when he saw the new coronavirus coming on, attempted to alert the public to the dread disease; but he...
Joseph Charles MacKenzie’s Sonnet 5 Inspires the World of Pop (Video) The Society September 9, 2019 Beauty, Culture, News of Note, Poetry, Readings, Video Originally published here. ALBUQUERQUE, NM — July 27, 2019 — Sonnet 5, a marriage poem from MacKenzie’s Sonnets for Christ the King, has inspired award-winning producer, composer, and vocalist D.G. Hall...
‘For Dayton and El Paso’ by James A. Tweedie The Society August 5, 2019 Beauty, Culture, News of Note, Poetry 5 Comments Two mass shootings took the lives of twenty-nine this afternoon. Fifty-one (at least) were injured, every life cut short too soon. Exiting a downtown bar or looking for a loaf of bread, Simply...
A Straight Shooter: Interview with C.B. Anderson The Society July 31, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Interviews, News of Note, Poetry 2 Comments Roots in the Sky, Boots on the Ground: Metaphysical Poems C.B. Anderson, Kelsay Books, 107 pages paperback, ISBN-10: 1949229688 2019, $17.00 by Carol Smallwood Smallwood: Joseph S. Salemi commented on...
‘Króliki (Rabbits),’ dedicated to Tommy Robinson, by Denise Sobilo The Society July 24, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, News of Note, Poetry 14 Comments Króliki (Rabbits) dedicated to Tommy Robinson, who was recently sentenced to more time in prison Króliki they called us (Polish having no word for guinea pig)* and so we were: scared, little white...
Winners Announced: A Line of Shakespeare Poetry Contest The Society July 1, 2019 Beauty, Culture, From the Society, Humor, News of Note, Poetry, Poetry Contests 2 Comments Judges: Michael Curtis, Amy Foreman, Reid McGrath, Adam Sedia A few words from Judge Michael Curtis: In apology: If you, fair writer, did not win, take heart, This juror read for craft more than for...
The Rebirth of Poetry Is Here: First SCP Symposium Held The Society June 28, 2019 Essays, From the Society, News of Note, Poetry, Symposium 21 Comments The Society of Classical Poets successfully holds its first symposium in New York City (Press Release) NEW YORK—A growing movement is calling for the return of meter and rhyme in poetry in a bid...
Poetry Celebrating President Trump’s 73rd Birthday The Society June 14, 2019 Culture, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 22 Comments The Limerick I’d Love to Write by Joe Tessitore There once was a President Trump And many thought he was a chump. ____But none was more shrewd ____Than this big-city dude, Now back over his wall...
‘Forgetting the Tiananmen Square Massacre for 30 Years’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society June 4, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry 40 Comments Forgetting the Tiananmen Square Massacre for 30 Years Robbed of life and liberty in open air, Young citizens ran out of breath inside the Square. Hot bullets opened skin to pump bright flesh holes...
Journal VII Released The Society May 24, 2019 From the Society, News of Note, Poetry 3 Comments We are pleased to announce the publication of The Society of Classical Poets’ Journal VII. The new journal is larger and more impressive than any past year, with dozens of color paintings inside, greater...
A Poem on Recent Shooting Heroes Lori Kaye and Riley Howell, by James A. Tweedie The Society May 2, 2019 Beauty, Culture, News of Note, Poetry, Terrorism 10 Comments For Lori Kaye and Riley Howell I sing in praise of Lori Gilbert Kaye. When racist hatred paid a deadly call On Congregation Chabad of Poway, She stood and “took a bullet for us all.” I sing of...
Remembering John Whitworth (1945–April 22, 2019) The Society April 30, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 5 Comments Read the poetry of the recently departed John Whitworth at Trinacria or The Poetry Archive. by Sally Cook Any ordinary poet composing a landscape piece might easily imagine a dull blue sky, one small white...
A ‘Birthday Apology’ to Shakespeare on his 455th, and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society April 26, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 8 Comments Birthday Apology William Shakespeare was born April 26, 1564 If all the world’s a stage, and all the men are women, myne eye be true, I gauge; her beard doth need a...
‘The Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka, Easter, 2019’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society April 21, 2019 Culture, News of Note, Poetry, Terrorism 16 Comments O, curse Zahran Hashim and, yes, Abu Mohammad too, for evil at the Shangri-la and Batticalao, just two, of all those vicious men, who hit Sri Lanka's calm. O, Lord, the people cry aloud; they long...
Three Poems on the Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris The Society April 16, 2019 Beauty, Culture, News of Note, Poetry 31 Comments The Cathedral, Burning by T. M. Moore Flames wreck the walls and ceilings that had stood for centuries, scorch ancient timbers, raze to ash that sanctuary made for praise, and cruelly crumble sacred...
SCP Poetry and Culture Symposium 2019 The Society April 15, 2019 Culture, From the Society, News of Note, Poetry, Symposium 2 Comments The Society of Classical Poets is holding its first Poetry and Culture Symposium at the Princeton Club in Manhattan, on Monday, June 17, 4 to 8 p.m. Register here. The Symposium will feature prominent poets...
‘The Current State of Brexit’ by Damian Robin The Society March 28, 2019 Culture, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 28 Comments When May became P. M., she had a doggéd view - Her Parliament majority would fly us through: All Brexit documents on leaving the E. U., All Acts of Parliament, all formal how-d’ya-do, All...
A Poem for Tommy Robinson: ‘The Lad of Luton’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society March 22, 2019 Culture, News of Note, Poetry 15 Comments Though all the world should grovel and bend To the minions of deepest hell, Our days of glory shall not end Where brave men fought and brave men fell! We’ll take a stand to save our land And...
Announcing the 2019 Poetry Competition Winners The Society February 1, 2019 For Educators, From the Society, News of Note, Poetry, Poetry Contests 13 Comments Thank you to everyone who participated! We have had more quality submissions this year than in any past year and it has been a privilege to read and judge them. Congratulations to the winners! First...
‘The Anchor’ by Steven Shaffer The Society December 7, 2018 Humor, News of Note, Poetry, The Raven 10 Comments after Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" __Once upon an evening dreary, I searched for news, at least in theory, Over many a dubious and mendacious channel that I abhor— __While I surfed, nearly barfing,...
On the California Wildfires, by Tonya McQuade The Society November 19, 2018 Culture, News of Note, Poetry, The Environment 14 Comments AQI: Hazardous Outside, the air is filled with smoke and ash So thick the nearby mountains can’t be seen; Bright red and purple colors on the map Warn that the air we breathe’s no longer clean. In...
‘The Cost of Higher Education’ by James A. Tweedie The Society November 14, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry 7 Comments I am a university in the U.S. of A. Becoming more dependent on Red China every day. We seek out Chinese students for the money that they bring, While the Confucius Institutes keep...
‘The Migrant Caravan’ by Lud Wes Caribee The Society October 22, 2018 Culture, News of Note, Poetry 12 Comments (poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) The Viacruces del Migrante, migrant caravan, which started out two hundred strong has grown to thousands, and keeps on increasing as it travels north through Mexico, on foot, on...
‘On the Kavanaugh Hearings’ by Joe Tessitore The Society October 2, 2018 Culture, News of Note, Poetry 17 Comments I . The Accused: “Your Honor… And if I were a troubled lad and if indeed I did go bad, it matters not what I've done since? No point in trying to convince when crushed between the iron jaws of...
‘Two Poems on U.K. Immigration’ by Damian Robin The Society September 11, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry, Terrorism 10 Comments My Wife Is Clad in Cloth From Head to Foot My wife is clad in cloth from head to foot. How deep her eyes, how vast and sane her eyes. As we leave, I drink her clear brown eyes Then she walks behind me by...
‘Venezuelan Woes’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society September 3, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry 6 Comments (All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) Venezuelan Woes by Lud Wes Caribee As Socialist experiment Venezuela sinks into far greater depths, a plunging country on the brink, Maduro, striving for an orderly...
Ten Best Riddles of 2018: Contest Winners Announced The Society August 13, 2018 Humor, News of Note, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Riddles 8 Comments Thank you to everyone who participated and made this a great year for rhyming riddles! —Evan Mantyk, Judge First Place ($100): Monty Phillips, France I’ve never been exactly sure How long I’ve been...
‘They Come For One, They Come For All’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society August 7, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, News of Note, Poetry 30 Comments On the recent and coordinated banning of Alex Jones' media outlet Infowars.com by Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Apple by Seer Ablicadew They come for one, they come for all, we see it on our phones. The...
‘Crossing the Swamp by Jon MacNaughton’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society August 3, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Humor, News of Note, Poetry, The Environment 9 Comments (All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) Crossing the Swamp by Jon MacNaughton by Caud Sewer Bile "If freedom of speech is taken away...we may be led, like sheep to...slaughter." —George Washington The boat...
Review: ‘Organ Harvest’ by Damian Robin The Society July 20, 2018 Culture, Essays, Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry, Reviews 5 Comments Organ Harvest by Damian Robin, published by Fulton Verse, 2018. Read three sonnets from the work here. by James Sale Damian Robin is well known to readers of the Society of Classical Poets web...
‘Letter to England: For Tommy Robinson’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society July 15, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, News of Note, Poetry 182 Comments I. But yesterday, your noble fathers bled Upon the fields of France, where countless dead Had found among the vines their final rest, To gild with fame a venerated crest Whose princely brandishing from...
Four Poems for the Fourth of July The Society July 4, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, News of Note, Poetry 7 Comments Two Lives by Michael Maibach When soldiers die, They give two lives. The one they had, And the one denied. The spouse not met, The child unknown, The life unsaved, The welcome home. The hill...
‘The Little Red Hen, a Good-Night, Bedtime Story for Our Time’ by Uclis Weebeard The Society June 29, 2018 Culture, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 14 Comments Guess who is not invited to come to a dinner here? Rights are just for some people. Others have to disappear. There is no bias in denials of our services; we shall not break bread with those who do not...
‘SonnetVision 27’ (Video) by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society June 21, 2018 Beauty, News of Note, Poetry, Readings, Video 9 Comments Note: Joseph Charles MacKenzie would like to offer a 25% discount on the first edition hardcover of Sonnets for Christ the King to his fellow poets and readers of the Society of Classical Poets, in gratitude...
‘The Cat in the Red MAGA Hat’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society June 2, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, News of Note, Poetry 17 Comments (All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) The Cat in the Red MAGA Hat by Carb Deliseuwe Eugenior Joseph took girlfriend and mom on Mother's Day to Cheesecake Factory, Miami, for a piece of cake. Though he was...
‘Prince Harry to Meghan Markle on Their 20th Wedding Anniversary’ by Joe Tessitore The Society May 19, 2018 Culture, News of Note, Poetry 8 Comments I remember our marriage the horses, the carriage the millions we spent on your gown we threw out the book the foundations we shook as traditions came tumbling down twas a modern affair each sex...
‘On the Killing of Falun Gong Mother and Child’ by Damian Robin The Society April 25, 2018 Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry 13 Comments Ms. Wang Lixuan and her son, Meng Hao, were detained on Oct. 22, 2000. Mother and baby both died at the Tuanhe Forced Labor Dispatch Division in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2000. The coroner’s exam determined that...
‘Socialism Kills’ by David Welch The Society April 4, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry 21 Comments Young people go marching, the boys and the girls, They’re thinking like once we did, they’ll change the world. They claim government is a cure for our ills, They seem to forget, in fact,...