‘The Times’ and Other Poetry by Tiree MacGregor The Society February 18, 2023 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . The Times Madness clamours all around me, Brute unreason fouls the air, Rampant passion would confound me— Invitations to despair. Phantoms disperse! For reason’s terse And ancient sway Will have its...
‘And Every Dog His Day’ by C.B. Anderson The Society February 17, 2023 Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . And Every Dog His Day There’s no such thing as dog-years. You were fooled By sentimental nincompoops who don’t Know how to count correctly, twits unschooled In logic or in basic facts who...
‘So Much Depends upon a Dog’ by André Le Mont Wilson The Society February 17, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . So Much Depends upon a Dog So much depends upon a dog The earth revolves around the sun. Each day revolves around our jog— unclip your harness, watch you run, and sniff where other dogs have wet. So much...
‘Snowflakes’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey The Society February 16, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Snowflakes Now soft and white the snowflake clusters fall. The wind picks up and blusters. Millions drift Like powdered sugar shaken by a baker’s sift, All the same to the naked eye. A fractal, However,...
‘Poetic Influence’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society February 16, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 19 Comments . Poetic Influence true stories I His baby girl with Mom at home, The work bus carted him away. His mother emailed him a poem (Which he would read on break that day) About another doting dad, Who saw his baby...
A Poem on the Chinese Spy Balloon and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society February 15, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . The Chinese Spy Balloon From that balloon botch I’m most wondering, Why Biden stalled to shoot it from the sky. Was it more fecklessness and blundering, Or might some hidden issue underlie? Did hearing it...
Modernism and the Murder of the People’s Poetry and Art: An Essay by Phillip Whidden The Society February 15, 2023 Art, Essays, Music, Poetry 52 Comments . Modernism and the Murder of the People’s Poetry and Art In Response to “Poetry Died 100 Years Ago this Month” by Matthew Walther in the New York Times . by Phillip Whidden First, let’s have a sonnet...
Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society February 15, 2023 Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation 12 Comments . Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And so from that first circle I went down __into the second, where there is less space __and...
A Valentine’s Day ‘Appeal’ by C.B. Anderson The Society February 14, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 23 Comments . An Appeal I want to be a fiber on your loom, A constant fixture in your living room, A luscious morsel that you save for last. It's time for us to build a solid past, If only to secure a firm...
‘Ageless’: A Valentine’s Day Poem by Brian Yapko The Society February 14, 2023 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 28 Comments . Ageless Not in the golden mists of memory Nor in the colder mists of future years Shall I find love as true as yours for me--- A love so fair it banishes all fears. Your eyes, like sunlight, ever faithful...
‘The Ballad of Mrs. Pam Able’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Eardley The Society February 14, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . The Ballad of Mrs. Pam Able Mrs. Pam Able was very unstable, And loved to be tied to her dining-room table. Her friends were appalled, many names she was called, For her fatal attraction for men who were...
Two Valentine’s Day Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 13, 2023 Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry 34 Comments . Could it be Love? a pantoum My wits are kissed. Could it be love? My brain is drained of all but you. I’m cuckoo as a cooing dove. I have an over-rosy view. My brain is drained of all but you. A giggle...
‘Odysseus Begs?’ and Other Poetry by Bob Schildgen The Society February 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 7 Comments . Odysseus Begs? He’s leaning on a Pluto niche machine: an ATM, balanced on his good leg— a fresh appearance in an ancient scene— a bandaged hand gropes slowly out to beg. Was he Odysseus, sail raised...
A Picnic Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society February 12, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . The Number 128: The Picnic “Let’s go on a picnic,” the older one said; “We’ll take tins of salmon and slices of bread.” “We’ll set up a table away from the trees” “And sit in the sunshine...
‘The Signs’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society February 12, 2023 Poetry 18 Comments . The Signs I saw the signs, They read, This Way. I followed them For half a day, Until my feet grew tired, Whereat… I sat. I sat to rest, The time flew by Till all the birds Had left the sky. A million...
‘Instructions Set in Bone’: Poem by Peter Lillios Turned into Song The Society February 11, 2023 Beauty, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics 20 Comments . "Instructions Set in Bone" by Peter Lillios was first published by the Society of Classical Poets here. Now songwriter Joseph DeNatale has created a version with adapted lyrics below. . . Instructions...
‘Extinction Event’ and Other Poetry by Carey Jobe The Society February 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 14 Comments . Extinction Event The sky burned black the day the giants died. A flaming mountain pierced the turquoise bay. When doomsday comes, the clever know to hide. The thunder woke a mammal safe inside the burrow...
Pastoral Calls—Part 1 of 3: Poetry by Retired Pastor James A. Tweedie The Society February 10, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Pastoral Calls—Part 1 of 3 . Best Friends Three boys; best friends at school; now men with wives. Between them, seven children called them “Dad.” They drank, they drove too fast and lost their...
‘Morning Glory’ and ‘Empress of the Night’ by Martin Rizley The Society February 10, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Morning Glory The morning mist at last has dissipated. The noonday sun is climbing to its height In cloudless skies of blue, where larks, elated, Fly round the day’s bright beaming crown of light. All...
Baby ‘Miracle’ Born in Turkey-Syria Earthquake Rubble: Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society February 9, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Sonnet to a Miracle upon reading the recent news story here. They’ve named her Miracle, that new born child found in the earthquake’s rubble, still attached to she who gave her life though hers was...
Double Ballade by Conon de Béthune, Translated by Margaret Coats The Society February 9, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 33 Comments . Double Ballade of a Crusader by Conon de Béthune (c.1155–1219) translate by Margaret Coats It would be well to fight this zeal For making songs and penning poetry, Since I should conquer faults I...
‘That’s Where the Edge of Darkness Waits’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society February 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry 27 Comments . That's Where the Edge of Darkness Waits Antifascist agitators Sprinkled among demonstrators. Demon leftist fraudulence, Tries to spread the violence. Communistic perpetrators Lowlife scum are your...
On Australia Announcing Fifth Covid Shot: Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 8, 2023 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire 77 Comments . Today Australia has announced that it will roll out a fifth dose of the Covid shot later this month. . Fat Cats and Lab Rats The fat cats began with a scam of a plan To shame every pestilent...
‘A Wild Horse’: An Excerpt from Legacy: The Saga Begins, by Michael Pietrack The Society February 8, 2023 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 14 Comments . A Wild Horse Legacy: The Saga Begins is a 14-chapter narrative poem written by Michael Pietrack. In this excerpt, the young and fearful protagonist Abelbee receives guidance from his father,...
Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega, Translated by Martin Rizley The Society February 8, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Translation, Video 16 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDSWs61Ye0E . Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega (1562-1635) translated by Martin Rizley What have I, that you’d seek me as a friend? What interest draws...
Poetry Challenge: Equilateral Proverbs The Society February 7, 2023 Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Poetry Contests 57 Comments Equilateral Proverbs: A Poetry Challenge by James A. Tweedie Construct a rhyming, rhythmic intelligible proverb or saying where the first and last words in each line rhyme. Twin couplets are preferred but...
‘The Villainy of Icicles’ by Brian Yapko The Society February 7, 2023 Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . The Villainy of Icicles That sword of Damocles! That glacial Iago! A prism forged of ice, sharp and aloof; An icicle out of Doctor Zhivago Malevolently hanging from our roof... It waited for the perfect...
‘Fear for the Future’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society February 6, 2023 Humor, Poetry, Satire 32 Comments . Fear for the Future When I ponder the future I get so distraught For the Leftists control Most production of thought. . . To Better Protect Democracy The WAPO and the New York Times Should move all their...
‘Trust’ by R.M. Zimmerman The Society February 6, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Trust My life unfolds as time goes by. Some days I laugh. Some nights I cry. I yearn for peace, as all folks do. When stress prevails, my doubts accrue. Grim darkness lures my peace and hope. From deep...
A Poem on Estrangement from Conservative Parents, by Brian Yapko The Society February 5, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé 27 Comments . A House Divided Against Itself A rondeau redoublé inspired by Dennis Prager's piece here. In troubled times this will take place: A war of words, a cruel riposte; Deep truths that bleeding hearts won’t...
‘The City’ by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm, Translated by Dusty Grein The Society February 5, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 7 Comments . The City, 1852 by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (1817-1888) translated by Dusty Grein Past the gray beach, beside the gray sea, lies a wondrous gray city of old. Heavy fog blankets the roofs all around and in...
‘The Shadow of My Sorrow’ by Daniel Howard The Society February 4, 2023 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 18 Comments . The Shadow of My Sorrow As soon as day has dawned and night is done, The shadow of my sorrow follows me, Outgrows the shape by which it came to be, Consuming it when night is new begun; And being my...
Poems on Politically Correct Churches and Language by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 4, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 48 Comments . Church Mice a sonnet corona There is a tale that’s writ in German history. A church was passed each Sunday by a train. Its death-knell whistle blew as it flew swiftly To Hell as stricken souls shrieked...
‘Time Travel’: A Poem by Leland James The Society February 3, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 19 Comments . Time Travel I chance upon a sylvan glade, an Orphic place: moon threads, a lace of nightkin shadows. A trill of breeze awakes the guardian trees, live oaks in gowns of moss, tall runes of pine. I hear the...
‘Carnivore Picks a Fight and Vegan Responds’: A Dialogue by Mary Gardner The Society February 3, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 41 Comments . Carnivore Picks a Fight and Vegan Responds . CARNIVORE O man vegetarian with lifestyle agrarian, You’ve fallen as prey to a scam! We advise you to eat, every day, ample meat: Fish and beef, pork and...
‘Castile’ by Miguel de Unamuno, Translated by Cheryl Corey The Society February 2, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments . Castile by Miguel de Unamuno (Spain, 1864-1936)translated by Cheryl A. Corey O Castile! You raise me up in the rugged palm of your hand;To the sky that burns, that cools, that holds you under its...
‘The Snuff Box’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society February 2, 2023 Beauty, Children's, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . The Snuff Box from a true story told in My Mother by Fr. Bernard Vaughan (1847-1922) When I was just a little boy, My mother served us shepherd’s pie. We thirteen children sniffed with joy, With statue...
The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2023 Best Poems, Dante, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 14 Comments The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of the 11th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Evan Mantyk Past First Place Winners James A. Tweedie (2021) Susan Jarvis Bryant...
Winners of 2022 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced The Society February 1, 2023 High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests 2 Comments . First Place ($200 Prize) Christiana Thomas, homeschooled 12th grade student in Oregon. "Worth Disguised" . Second Place Laurel Aronian, 10th grade student at St. Luke’s School in Connecticut. "The...
‘Disemboguement’ by Anna J. Arredondo The Society January 31, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments . Disemboguement You woke something deep within me, not at first sight, but the second: When distractions ceased to spin me, my eyes focused; your eyes beckoned--- sheer perfection then I reckoned you to be,...