Poetry

A Fragmentary Introduction to the Geo-Political America of the Progressive Left Exuding virtue-signaling savoir-faire, "The Vanguard of the Proletariat,” Like...

  Twelve-year old Maxwell Schollenberger was found dead in a home in Annville, Pennsylvania, in May 2020, where he had...

In British folklore, the Beast of Bodmin Moor is a phantom feral cat. Bodmin Moor (Cornwall, England) is a hub...

Is this a werewolf’s trick, or witch’s treat? A devil’s joke? Humanity’s defeat? Who would have thought we’d live to...

  Nothing Ventured an office romance "What more do you want?" he inquired without guile. ---Can it really be true...

  Autumn Ecstasy In ecstasy has autumn come With burning bush, chrysanthemum, And quaking aspens shaking fast While crackling oak...

  A family that I read about Lost everything acquired. Their house, collections, photographs, All vanished in a fire. Thank...

  Now when you get to sixty-five, your memory starts to slip, But when you get to seventy, you have...

  The constant growl of battles down the ways, The daily angst that never seems to stall, The hate of...

  Renowned but wayward Troy, vain Babylon, Harsh Nineveh, and languid Rome were felled; Long ago they exercised dominion, But...

  You’ve grown up in the public school system, and it shows. You are sensitive to the world around you,...

Post your answers in the comments section below. I. A place that never is in its own place And where...

  On voting day, we hope the nation’s __red---a bright vermilion. Let’s count the reasons to choose Trump. __There are...

  Vocations Always there are things we should be doing; Others, though, are better left unfinished. Also, there are ends...

All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise. Originally published by the SCP 9/26/18 Consumer Rights by Cal Wes Ubideer Accountability, transparency,...

  The Immigrant As his ship now departs to cross over the sea, He looks back as he fondly remembers...

  “Hunter, you’ve disgraced the name of 'Biden.' Your laptop’s in the hands of some porn cop! I’ve told you,...

  after Chesterton's "Lepanto" Note: Cahaba Run is a river in Alabama Dogs dash in black and tan through clouds...

Ego Feci Hoc A man, I was, of flesh and blood and bone, Nine-hundred years ago, I lived and died;...

  There are smiles that we will never see. There are kisses that will never be. There are songs that...

  The Reindeer The reindeer winter-cries in vain for his lost mate His cry turns brittle frosty-mist, ascends the clouds....

Newspeak During a hearing held on October 13, Senator Hirono informed Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett that the...

  On the PBS TV Series 'Bob Ross, the Joy of Painting' I float, as happy as the clouds, Upon...

  “Censorship is to art, as lynching is to justice.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Caud Sewer Bile Joe’s never...

Retired K-9 When I was young, you kept me in a cage. But as I got a little calmer, older,...

What if I do compare you to a rose Or summer’s day or beauty like the night, Or drone of...

. The Tweeter Strikes Back At midnight, Don was not asleep, and so, he rose to eat and tweet. He...

Juvenalia by Reid McGrath, Kelsay Books, 2019 by James Sale Regular readers of The Society of Classical Poets’ pages will...

  No Signal, Please Stand By by Lu “Reed ABCs” Wei Perhaps the most intriguing thing about the past debate...

  Brave, brave, Charlotte Corday, took upon herself to slay that man of revolutionary violence, Jean-Paul Marat. On July thirteenth...

  When springtime has come to the high mountain ranges The melting of snow bares the landscape to changes; And...

  While Sitting by Her While sitting by her sometimes I would eye Her dextrous fingers plying to and fro...

See the winners here. Above is a recent photograph of Chateau Boswell, a winery, vineyard, and tasting room located in...

  Eternal Apocalypse I’ve managed to escape a coming ice age; A mammoth hasn’t tossed me to my death. I’ve...

  News of the Revolution Revolt or riot? Both? Or civil war? No matter what, who hasn't realized the revolution's...

  The harvest of an ancient past can waft to mind as we enjoy a measured taste of last year's...

  a parody of Tennyson's "The Eagle" Upon the bronze haired statue head Enringed in evening’s smoggy spread She beak-pecks...

  To write of love, or speak of other things Like life or death, or such philosophy As might stir...

…anulbaṇáṃ vayata jóguvām ápaḥ. Weave ye the singers’ work without a knot. —Rigveda 10.53.6 Those pale cream swaths of handmade...

  Ethics Lesson 101 by Caud Sewer Bile Kenosha, Portland, Oakland. Minneapolis, New York: Don’t blame their Democratic mayors; they...