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‘Green Energy’ After Dr. Seuss’s ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ by Dan Ward

The Society
October 4, 2022
Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire
35 Comments
. Green Energy with apologies to Dr. Seuss I do not like green energy Don’t subsidize it, AOC. I do not like it in the dark, My solar panels will not spark. I do not like it with no breeze, Wind generators...

‘Sonnet 89’ by Richard Craven

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October 3, 2022
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Sonnet 89 I passed her on the footbridge (underneath, the cars rushing pell-mell to Hades’ mouth). Backwards flowed time then as I scoped her face: lineaments of smack; thin, whorish, thief up for the...

‘Elysium’ by Adam Sedia

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October 2, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. Elysium O golden hour, soft denouement of day, O mystic time of quietude and peace, When boughs and rushes whisper as they sway, Twirled by the sighing zephyrs’ soft caprice; When, fallen from his...

‘A Woodstock for China’ by Talbot Hook

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October 1, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. A Woodstock for China You sit within a public Chinese bus, And out the window: buildings, concrete, dust, Which all are perfect—life is simply thus. You stare with shining eyes, soft-spoken trust. A face...

‘Uncontrolled’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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October 1, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Environment
19 Comments
. Uncontrolled When my behavior needs to change, __But I can’t make that be, Such lack of self-control seems strange, __And I’m ashamed of me. Sometimes the angst I feel inside __Was planted long ago, And...

‘Bergerette’ by Marguerite de Navarre, translated by Margaret Coats

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September 30, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
21 Comments
. Bergerette by Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), translated by Margaret Coats O shepherdess, my friend,On love alone I live.True love is life’s true end,My heart can comprehend,And therefore I intend_My...

‘Lay of the Oak’ by William Heard

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September 30, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. Lay of the Oak I now recall a lay for you, A Briton’s tale of love made new. A humble knight rode through light morn, Until dark clouds made blue skies mourn. Lost he was soon in a dreadful storm, Fair...

‘Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison)’ by Mary Gardner

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September 29, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison)  Vicente el Bisonte used to live in Mexico He said, “I do not like it here, it’s time for me to go. For lunch they give me Bison Chow, Purina mixed with hay, I’m...

‘Fire on Ice’ by Anna J. Arredondo

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September 28, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry
26 Comments
. Fire on Ice How shall I serve my anger up to you? Shall I become like one most distant star Burning intensely, far from where you are, Incinerating---infinite degrees Made a mere twinkling to the earthly...

A Toothbrush Poem: ‘Ill-used’ by Paul A. Freeman

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September 28, 2022
Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Ill-used I’ve been ill-used, no other word will do; pristinely packaged, sanitised and new a month ago I stood upon display till someone paid to carry me away. Once home, he placed me in a cup whose...

‘Congratulations and Homage to Giorgia Meloni’ by Joseph S. Salemi

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September 27, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
61 Comments
. Congratulations and Homage to Giorgia Meloni Italy rises up and overthrows The stench of leftist tyranny at last. Rage among the EU’s pooh-bahs grows— They realize that their heyday is now...

‘The Last Detail’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

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September 27, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Last Detail Two cocksure, loud–mouthed lads one day set out, Intent on catching perch. “No,” Jim said, “trout.” The hole they headed for neither one knew: All for adventure, they sought...

‘Sex in the English Garden’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook

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September 26, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. Sex in the English Garden Light, feathery Astilbe Sways gently in the breeze Afraid she always will be Faint fluff beneath the trees Concealing dear Sweet William, Who rings each foxglove’s bell Mid...

‘Sentimental Song’ and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva

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September 26, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry
3 Comments
. Sentimental Song A pad and pen lie by his side __This moonless night of fall. And though he tries to hush his pride, To only see the tears she cried, His hands refuse to breach the wall, __A pithy line to...

‘Cruise Control?’ and Other Poetry by Tonia Kalouria

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September 25, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
11 Comments
. Cruise Control? based on a real incident in San Francisco on April 1, 2022 (though not an April Fool's joke) A well-mannered Cruise driverless-car Drove light-less, but didn’t get far. Its empty seats...

‘The Recollected Dream’ by David Watt

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September 24, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Recollected Dream When midsummer rain is spearing From storm clouds darkest grey That provide no hint of clearing To reveal the blue of day, The scent from marshland grasses Permeates each breath of...

Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge: Fireplaces

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September 23, 2022
Ekphrastic, Poetry, Poetry Contests
19 Comments
. This photo comes to us from Joshua C. Frank of Texas. Write an ekphrastic poem based on it and post it in the comments section...

‘What I Learned from Tolkien’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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September 23, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
32 Comments
. What I Learned from Tolkien The darkness comes and all seems bleak and wrong, My calm is rent, right burdens can’t be borne And Evil holds an iron grip so strong It seems it must prevail. With all hope...

‘Milking the System’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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September 22, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
18 Comments
. Milking the System We waited, we have waited, and we wait. Delays continue to increase the cost Of doing business.  Every magistrate Can understand the hours and dollars lost But yet cannot, according to...

‘Illusion’ by James A. Tweedie

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September 22, 2022
Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
. Illusion At times we can’t tell what we’re looking at. It could be this or else it could be that. A beautiful young woman? Or old hag? Do lines run parallel or zig and zag? Two silhouetted faces...

‘Carcassonne’ and Other Poetry by Gustave Nadaud, Translated by Joshua C. Frank

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September 21, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry, Translation
18 Comments
. Carcassonne by Gustave Nadaud (1820-1893) Translated by Joshua C. Frank “At sixty years, I’m getting old, And I’ve been working all my days Not being able to behold Fulfillment of my wishing gaze. I...

‘The Night’ by Gary Borck

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September 20, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Readings
18 Comments
. . The Night When most have fled the day and sought their beds Pre-empting stealthy onset of the night; When every corner holds its store of dread And the courage my soul held has taken flight; When my...

StairWell Canto 10 Extract 2 by James Sale

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September 19, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry
44 Comments
. StairWell Canto 10 extract 2 Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell. Now in the 10th Canto of StairWell, we meet another 4 poets stuck in Purgatory. This extract takes us to...

‘Wanton Wandering Winds’ and Other Petrarchan Love Sonnets by Daniel Howard

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September 19, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
4 Comments
. Wanton Wandering Winds Those wanton wandering winds, my darling fair, Whose western currents comb in several ways And lose themselves within the marvellous maze Of locks luxuriant that you loosely wear; So...

‘Paracelsus’ by Adam Sedia

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September 18, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. Paracelsus Creating man demands not much: Combine the four base elements In right amounts; the lodestone’s touch At once should jolt him into sense. First Earth, in greatest quantity: For what is flesh...

‘To a Cloud’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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September 17, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle
40 Comments
. To a Cloud  You’re a pillow of marshmallow. You balloon and bob and billow As I sprawl beneath the willow __On the grass. You’re a swish of whitest feather. You’re...

‘Last Place Winner’ by Guy Warner

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September 17, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
9 Comments
. Last Place Winner after winning the 30-34 age group with a last-place finish in a 5K Inhaling frozen oxygen, he rounds The final turn. No cheers, just muffled sounds. He barely wobbles ‘cross the finish...

A Poem on Gun Control and Other Poems by Stephen M. Dickey

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September 16, 2022
Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. I. Lefties, in fact, are cool with using guns. Their Mayakovsky howled The floor is yours, Comrade Mauser! as they came for the sons of their serfs, knocking grimly on their doors. What leftists won’t...

‘Mid-September Reverie’ by Roy E. Peterson

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September 15, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
32 Comments
. Mid-September Reverie from the book Eternal Spring Moonbeams at midnight and frost on the pole; Wind in the willows to tickle the soul; Roses in gardens still share their perfume; Peonies offer the last of...

Athena Emboldens Telemachus: Book 1 of The Odyssey Complete Text, Translated by Mike Solot

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September 15, 2022
Culture, Epic, Poetry, Translation
6 Comments
. The Odyssey Translator's Note: The Odyssey, Book 1, which exemplifies an essential feature of Homer's art as a storyteller, the way he composes the books of his epics as wholes, each with its own beginning,...

‘The Salt Spring Island Trolls’ by Norma Pain

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September 14, 2022
Humor, Poetry
30 Comments
. The Salt Spring Island Trolls I have a boat In Fulford Bay. She does not float To my dismay. She lies forlorn Upon the shore, Ragged and torn To sail no more. An invalid All full of holes, Inhabited By empty...

‘Obedience’ by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi (with a Long Note)

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September 13, 2022
Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry, Translation
16 Comments
. Obedience by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863) translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi It’s not true, Christians, what you have been told— That you need endless patience to obey. Obedience...

A Poem on Drug Abuse: ‘An American Tragedy’ by Phil S. Rogers

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September 13, 2022
Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. An American Tragedy In his mind the purple walrus __mutated to a bat, its unstable form evolving __till it became a cat. "Old cat," said he, "you frown at me, __it seems you are annoyed." "I am your mind,"...

‘The Beginning of Wisdom’ by T.M.A. Day

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September 12, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. The Beginning of Wisdom Within the passing noon of our own life, I saw through woodlands dark and traces grim, Those words upon the graven arches rim, Whose clarity compounds immortal strife. They claimed...

A Poem for Those Affected by the Mill Fire in Siskiyou County, by James A. Tweedie

The Society
September 11, 2022
Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. In Silence I Sing for those affected by the Mill Fire, September 2022 Uplifted to God as with wings of a bird In silence I sing without music or word. Though once filled with praise I no longer rejoice, For...

‘The Adjudication’ and Other Poetry by Anthony Watts

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September 11, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Adjudication “I weep for you,” the Walrus said: __“I deeply sympathise.” With sobs and tears he sorted out __Those of the largest size, Holding his pocket-handkerchief __Before his streaming...

‘The Way of the World’ by Jeffrey Essmann

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September 10, 2022
Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. The Way of the World Some horrid truth seems now made manifest: __Some nothingness tucked in the human core Parades itself as fullness and the best __In us—our grace, our reason—sore distorts. __In...

‘The Morning’s Crest’ by Stephen Ramsek

The Society
September 10, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. The Morning’s Crest The morning’s crest is in its youth, The dawn has yet to lose a tooth, The virgin firmament is dark, The sun’s no more than a tired spark Transcended by the cold, brash moon. But...

‘Drunk on Compassion’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
September 9, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
48 Comments
. Drunk on Compassion How good it feels to open up your heart And groove on how compassionate you are! You advertise your causes on your car And list your Facebook “likes” upon a chart. You march in...

A Poem on the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II: ‘For My Queen’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
September 8, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
62 Comments
. For My Queen Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor April 21, 1926 - September 8, 2022 My symbol of nobility, stability and grace, Who reigned yet never ruled---she was my constant caring face On TV screen,...
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