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‘Unveiled, They Appear’: A Poem by David Hollywood

The Society
October 19, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. Unveiled, They Appear Reminiscence, and longings, and echoes unseal, from the depths in the ground which has covered, concealed, recollections of those who you meant to reveal. What your senses revere, neath...
poem/coats/culture

‘Salome’s Soliloquy’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
October 19, 2023
Culture, Poetry
38 Comments
. Salome's Soliloquy John the Baptist rebuked Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, for an incestuous and adulterous union with his brother’s wife, Herodias. Herodias therefore wished to kill John, and found an...

‘Avoidance’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
October 18, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
19 Comments
. Avoidance I don’t sign up for group Zoom calls __With folks I know are boorish. I don’t go visit galleries __Where art is amateurish. I don’t make plans which likely will __Cause me to have to...
poem/benson brown/epic

The Battle of Bunker Hill in Epic Poetry, by Andrew Benson Brown

The Society
October 18, 2023
Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Bunker Hill an excerpt from the forthcoming Legends of Liberty, Vol. 2 . The Eve of Battle The midnight moon. The month of June. A neck Of land. A hill of sand. A group of shadows With...

‘Words of Wisdom’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 17, 2023
Poetry, Satire
22 Comments
. Words of Wisdom  “The only true wisdom is knowing  you know nothing.” ---Socrates She knows the what. She knows the why. __She knows the when and where. Her tireless tongue will testify __She knows...

‘A Petless State’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers

The Society
October 17, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
14 Comments
. A Petless State after Katherine Philips' A Married State, 1664 A house with pets affords but little grace. The best of dogs or cats destroy the place. Note when you visit friends you can detect foul odors,...

SCP Poet Paul A. Freeman Wins Queen’s English Society Poetry Competition

The Society
October 16, 2023
Chaucer, Poetry
23 Comments
. Congratulations to Society of Classical Poets Member Paul A. Freeman who won the Queen's English Society Poetry Competition. His winning poem was "An Apple for Geoffrey Chaucer." Read the official...
poem/yapko/culture

‘My Brother in Galilee’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
October 16, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
38 Comments
. My Brother in Galilee I had a fearsome dream---I saw my friend -- My teacher-brother---nailed onto a cross. I wept with sorrow at my brother’s feet. He said his mother henceforth would be mine. Unearthly...

‘A Leftist Rebukes Hamas’: A Satirical Poem by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
October 15, 2023
Poetry, Satire
35 Comments
. A Leftist Rebukes Hamas Hey, Hamas, you silly dolts, You need to mow down more adults. Keep fighting for your patch of sand, Since Jews do not deserve the land, But chopping off their babies’ heads And...
poem/peterson/beauty

‘Autumn Winds have Come Again’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
October 15, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
33 Comments
. Autumn Winds have Come Again Autumn winds have come again, Whistling wafts are dithering, Trees are shedding leaves like rain, Garden vines are withering. Looking from my window sill Out into the snowy...

Three Epiphanic Poems (and a Short Note) by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
October 14, 2023
Beauty, Education, Essays, Poetry
23 Comments
. Epiphany It stays in your memory like a pealing bell, A smallish thing, an unimportant fact— The mute suggestion of a random act. What do I speak of? Listen, I shall tell: A kindness from someone you...
poem/cooper/haiku and senryu

Two Trump Haiku, by Monika Cooper

The Society
October 14, 2023
Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
10 Comments
. Trump in Asia the carp glows in dark waters, remembering the time that Trump fed him . . White House Advent Melania walks in her orchard of glass fruits her Christmas forest . . Monika Cooper is an...

‘Autumn in Pennsylvania in 2023’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper

The Society
October 13, 2023
Poetry, Satire
12 Comments
. Autumn in Pennsylvania in 2023 In response to Susan Jarvis Bryant’s poem on "Autumn in Texas" If Autumn is a bummer down in Texas, Up north it casts forth some contrasting hexes. Fall has befallen us in...

‘Two Bugologues’ and Other Poetry by Donald Mace Williams

The Society
October 13, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Two Bugologues . Moth Onto a wall in chilly gloom I fold myself, all silk and dust, and then, from half across the room, the candle flickers: Come. You must. I am well past my crawling days when, wingless,...

‘Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans’ by Joseph S. Salemi

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October 12, 2023
Poetry, Satire
38 Comments
. Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans Columbus bumped into this wondrous land— Out of his ships came a little band To offer up thanks on the golden sand. Chris found three things that...
poem/bonham/satire

‘Uninvited Guest’: A Poem on Immigration, by Warren Bonham

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October 12, 2023
Poetry, Satire
33 Comments
. Uninvited Guest A man came by my house one day. I smiled and said he couldn’t stay. He smiled right back and said “OK,” but then he didn’t go away. Instead, he walked right through my door and put...
poem/freeman/culture

‘The Number 235: The Fall’: A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman

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October 11, 2023
Poetry, Satire
11 Comments
. The Number 235: The Fall Sludge in extremis  ‘Twas on the 235 at Feltham Station, It happened in the very recent past, That Sludge began to think about salvation And how he really ought to find it...

A Psalm of Lament for Israel, by James A. Tweedie

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October 10, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. A Psalm of Lament So says the Lord: A voice is heard on high, lamentation, bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, she refuses to be comforted for her children for they are not. ---Jeramiah 31 In...

A Poem on Great Sacandaga Lake, in New York, by Brian Cook

The Society
October 10, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
. Sacandaga I go, I go to the lake so blue, Tree-lined shore in autumn hue. This place, my heart, my Shangri-la-da— The deep blue lake of Sacandaga. The morning dawns upon the scene; Its peace replaces...

The Man from Porlock Poetry Challenge

The Society
October 10, 2023
Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests
41 Comments
. One of England’s best-known poems, “Kubla Khan,” was written by Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Waking from an Opium-induced dream, he was 55 lines into this epic when he was...
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‘Ode to the Cello’ and Other Poems on Music by Joshua C. Frank

The Society
October 10, 2023
Beauty, Music, Poetry
27 Comments
. Ode to the Cello Fingered strings upon the cello Vibrate by the moving bow. Autumn tones in red and yellow Echo from the to and fro Through the eight-shaped box’s hollow, Out the narrow, curving...
poem/yapko/culture

‘For Israel Under Siege’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

The Society
October 9, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
84 Comments
. For Israel Under Siege Imagine that you live in fear of violent Acts of terror daily---bombs may kill Your friends and family---all you love grows silent As hatred of the Jews makes more blood...
poem/essmann/culture

‘The Man in 2C’: A True Story in Poetry, by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
October 9, 2023
Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. The Man in 2C I’m trying not to make too much of this, But someone in 2C (the floor below) Has walled himself within an edifice Of waste, a rank malodorous abyss In which he sits as insects skitter...
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Two Poems in the Style of Robert Frost, by Dusty Grein

The Society
October 9, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. Morning Witness To greet the dawn, I crossed a meadow green, still blanketed in jewels of morning dew. I sat upon a rock, still and serene, and watched the sky transform from black to blue. Even before the...
poem/bryant/satire

A Poem on Alexa’s 2020 Election Fraud Analysis, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 8, 2023
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire
69 Comments
. Not Alexa's President a pantoum on the news story here “The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence.”  —Stephen Hawking Alexa says election fraud took place. She says the 2020 vote was...
poem/bonham/satire

A Poem on Biden Backing the Border Wall, by James A. Tweedie

The Society
October 8, 2023
Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. It’s All for Show The Big Guy’s going to build a wall. He’s going to build it strong and tall "Because," he says, "we cannot leave Our border leaking like a sieve." He used to say, “It isn’t...
poem/mckee/beauty

‘The Cabin’: A Poem by Nathaniel Todd McKee

The Society
October 8, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
1 Comment
. The Cabin _Atop the plateau’s rise, __I’m homeward bound, When sights familiar strike my eyes. Come with me---see the scenes I've found. _Turn right off highway 8, __Mount Pleasant Church, Then left,...

A Poem on Writers’ Block and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
October 7, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. Blocked Though honeyed breezes warm the marble halls on Mount Parnassus, vainly do I search for writing on my January walls— molasses clogs my veins.  A different church, perhaps a fresh sodality of...
poem/binns/dante

The Lowest Heaven: Canto III of Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
October 7, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Poetry, Translation
10 Comments
. The Lowest Heaven: Canto III of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns The sun which with first love had warmed my breast ____Beatrice __now showed, in her reproving, proving...
poem/tweedie/beauty

Two Poems Inspired by Donner Lake, California, by James A. Tweedie

The Society
October 6, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
23 Comments
. Winter Storm in May A High Sierra snowstorm passes through, Injecting winter into springtime May; As frozen fluffs of ermine drift into A world remade in black and white and gray. The once-blue sky anneals...
poem/rizley/beauty

‘Village Home’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley

The Society
October 6, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry
26 Comments
. Village Home after George Enescu's Orchestral Suite no. 3, “Villageoise” Along the tree-lined lane he walks at dusk; What brought him here, he cannot now remember. The chilling breeze, the scent of pine...
poem/beauty/cook

‘Hybrid and Wild’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook

The Society
October 5, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. Hybrid and Wild All of her life had a meaning, Each section in its compartment. Tenants went through a close screening— Somehow, I got the apartment. She was a prickly old lady— I, a rambling young...
poem/coats/translation

‘With a Smile of the Heart’ (Circa 1200), Translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
October 5, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
18 Comments
. Introduction This long lyric of short lines has pairs of stanzas linked in rhyme. It is a sequence honoring Gilbert of Sempringham (1083–1189, canonized 1202), founder of the Catholic Church’s only...

‘Late Changes’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
October 4, 2023
Poetry, Satire
28 Comments
. Late Changes Though older people may proclaim __That they intend to change, One should by no means find it strange __If they remain the same. . . Reunion Conversations with dear, old friends sharing Key...
poem/rosenbaum/culture

‘The Song of the Woman Who Bled’: A Poem by Philip Rosenbaum

The Society
October 4, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. The Song of the Woman Who Bled Mark 5:25-34 When you have no more money you can spend, Then men will tell you, “You cannot be cured.” Though Jesus makes it better in the end, First tribulation has to be...
poem/bryant/humor

Two Autumn Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 3, 2023
Humor, Poetry
28 Comments
. Season of Gall and Sticky Listlessness Autumn is upon us here in Texas. Her shy arrival’s destined to perplex us. Just like the voiceless aria of Spring, Fall’s muted presence doesn’t change a...

‘Massacre of the Innocents’: An Ekphrastic Poem by V. Paige Parker

The Society
October 3, 2023
Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry, Readings
7 Comments
. . Massacre of the Innocents Matt. 2:18, 10:28, 18:10; Psalm 116:15; 2 Mac. 7:29 Why are the fish and fruit stands closed today— Too many soldiers, stationed all around. My God, they’re pulling out...
poem/sarangi/beauty

A Poem for Susan Jarvis Bryant: ‘The Fairy Godmother’ by Satyananda Sarangi

The Society
October 2, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Fairy Godmother for Susan Jarvis Bryant The fairy sings so far away and lifts My spirit, day by day through fading light; With every word well measured, clear inspite Of distance, space and time. The...
poem/yapko/satire

‘The Idealist Who Became an Ideologue’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
October 2, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
42 Comments
. The Idealist Who Became an Ideologue a rondeau redoublé To heal the world he treasured this ideal: Unite the many into one great whole. He preached the view that truth is what you feel, Convinced he played...
poem/peterson/music

‘Writers of the Purple Sage’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
October 1, 2023
Culture, Music, Poetry
35 Comments
. Writers of the Purple Sage What happened to the music? The writers of the West? The legends of the cowboys? The songs I loved the best? The outlaws and the posse? Please tell me where they went? The ones who...
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