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A Sonnet for the Feast of the Three Kings (with Audio) by Joseph Charles MacKenzie

The Society
January 6, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings
16 Comments
Sonnet XLI - Gifts of the Magi A grander throne than Solomon’s of old, Though wrought of rough-hewn wood and winter hay, Received the royal deference of gold From one who watched a star, by night and...

‘A December Wish’ by Leo Yankevich (with Audio)

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December 23, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video
10 Comments
  https://youtu.be/dVnGlUaitiY   You hear the sound of carols from afar. Bright bulbs and tinsel, cinnamon and cloves. Beyond a hill of snow you see a star. Here you can look at stacks...

‘Ode to Autumn’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)

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October 31, 2017
Beauty, Poetry, Readings
7 Comments
Sonnet XXV: Ode to Autumn Of shadows long and light of rarest gold, Abundant bringer, harvester of land, Receive, O Autumn, as in days of old, This wreath of olive from a poet’s hand! I sing the...

‘On a Bodegón of Zurbarán’ and Other Poetry by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)

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July 19, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry, Readings
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LVII. On a Bodegón of Zurbarán From carbon darkness, splendor! Light comes forth. A painter knew the warm fidelity Of lemons pointing east and west and north, And praised the Thornless Rose’s...

A Prayer for England by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)

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June 3, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives, Readings, Terrorism
80 Comments
  Sonnet IV. Edward the Confessor Edward, the Cross no more on England’s shores Thy people blesses. The light of faith is gone. From stolen thrones the foes of Christ wage wars Against thy...

Inaugural Poem for Donald J. Trump (with Audio)

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January 15, 2017
Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives, Readings
107 Comments
Pibroch of the Domhnall   By Joseph Charles MacKenzie Author’s Notes: § The refrains at the end of each stanza are to be recited by the Inaugural crowd. § A Pibroch is a rallying bagpipe...

‘Falun Dafa Hao’ by Courtney Dowe (with Audio)

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September 21, 2016
Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings
1 Comment
"Falun Dafa Hao" is Chinese for "Falun Dafa is good." Falun Dafa, also known as a Falun Gong, is a peaceful spiritual practice that has been persecuted in China since 1999. The world will wonder how We let...
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  1. Laura Schwartz on ‘On the Existence of Two Genders’: A Poem by Brian YapkoJuly 1, 2025

    "Only the Brave". Brian, those emperors of new-age fiction have no clothes, nor the legs to stand on. The "woke"…

  2. Michael Pendragon on ‘An Update for Dylan Thomas’s Aunt’: A Poem by Joseph S. SalemiJuly 1, 2025

    Greetings Dr. Salemi. Your poem ably expresses many of my own thoughts regarding the current state of poetry. I've also…

  3. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘Bayesian Hubris v. Mercy Seat 11A’: A Poem by James SaleJuly 1, 2025

    Amen! I believe in divine intervention!

  4. ABB on ‘Bayesian Hubris v. Mercy Seat 11A’: A Poem by James SaleJuly 1, 2025

    Like Roy, I also studied Bayesian networks in college, in a theories of causality class. While the specific concept has…

  5. Mike Bryant on ‘On the Existence of Two Genders’: A Poem by Brian YapkoJuly 1, 2025

    Brian, it’s a blessing that this poem is back! It gives people who care for the truth a chance to…

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