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A Transgender Fable and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
July 22, 2021
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
10 Comments
. The Lion Who Thought She Was a Zebra a fable East Africa is where this lion’s tale Takes place---a land of rugged plains of grass, Acacia trees with thorns as sharp as nail, And wild beasts of every shape...

A Father’s Day Poem: ‘Our Father’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
June 19, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
34 Comments
. Our Father loves us, one and all. He lifts us when our spirits fall. He knows the song of heart and mind; He hears the fears of humankind In every earnest, earthly call. He guides us through the grind and...

‘The Dove Returned’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
May 18, 2021
Beauty, Children's, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
12 Comments
. The Dove Returned The dove returned! The Earth is dry; A golden sun lights up the sky. This ark shall rest on land again Each creature freed from cage and pen, Each yearning bird released to fly! The old...

‘A Woke Recipe for Disaster’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
May 15, 2021
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau, Villanelle
26 Comments
. A Woke Recipe for Disaster a villanelle Heap fresh and zesty chaos on despair. Rub salt in history’s wounds till hatred sticks, Then sugar discontent with bogus care. Pour rage and scorn on free-speech...

‘If He Came Now…’: An Easter Rondeau by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
April 4, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
20 Comments
. If He came now, God’s only Son, To save a world that’s come undone Would we continue to defy His truth, to stoke the ruthless lie That claims His name is not the One? His Word torments the twisted...

Three Poems on Photography, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 19, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
32 Comments
. Still   “Many eyes go through the meadow,  but few see the flowers in it” ---Ralph Waldo Emerson  I aim and shoot with fierce alacrity   As artistry unfurls before...

‘Where Are the Leaves?’: A Late Autumn Rondeau by Jeff Kemper

The Society
November 25, 2020
Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau
22 Comments
  Where are the leaves that branches bore? They’re falling fast on forest floor, A cornucopia outspread, Of orange, yellow, brown, and red: Reminders of a settled score. Ah this, my gloomy...

‘The Church is Locked on Easter Day’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Thomas Cepican

The Society
September 18, 2020
Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau
7 Comments
  The Church is Locked on Easter Day a rondeau The Church is locked on Easter Day Despite the stone being rolled away. The Christ awakes to greet the poor But they cannot get through the door To go...

‘Remember 9/11’: A Rondeau by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
September 11, 2020
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Terrorism
29 Comments
  They tried and failed. They’re trying still To steal our freedom; break our will--- The terrorists who torment days With ire and fire and Hades’ blaze. Our bones burn with their evil...
poem/frank/screens/phones

‘Your Smart Device (A Rondeau)’ and Other Poetry by Alan Steinle

The Society
July 14, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau
19 Comments
Your Smart Device a rondeau Your smart device was strange and new; It learned your voice and habits too; It played the songs you liked to hear; It answered your requests with cheer, And spat out facts...

‘Foolosophy’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
April 2, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau, Rondeau Redoublé
18 Comments
Foolosophy I know that I know nothing more than you, for neither of us know a single thing of relevance; I opt not to accrue vast knowledge as the price is danger’s sting. All blissful days are built on...

Three Translations of the Poetry of Jean Froissart, by Margaret Coats

The Society
January 18, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Rondeau, Translation
3 Comments
Translator's note: The following consists of three poems by Jehan (or Jean) Froissart (c.1335–c.1410), translated not very literally but as far as possible in the original form, with its elaborate repetition...

‘Doublespeak Denial’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 16, 2019
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau, Villanelle
20 Comments
Doublespeak Denial Rondeau Redoublé “Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.” —John Irving If I don’t care for words you have to share (a pitch which...

‘The Forlorn Hope—Vicksburg 1863’ and Other Poetry by Randal A. Burd, Jr.

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May 26, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
The Forlorn Hope—Vicksburg 1863 Back in Vicksburg, the town was surrounded With a battle line twelve miles long. U.S. Grant sought to conquer the city, But the rebel defenses were strong. An advance...

‘The Fall of the Fourth Estate’ and Other Poetry by Randal A. Burd, Jr.

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April 27, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
4 Comments
The Fall of the Fourth Estate a rondeau The Media: the Fourth Estate* Performed disgracefully of late: Delivering the news askew, Allowing certain viewpoints through To fuel the discontent and...

‘The Melancholy Snowman’ and Other Poetry by Theresa Zappe

The Society
April 6, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau
23 Comments
The Melancholy Snowman Though stony-eyed, I watched the finches glide. The chimney smoke, the builder slide, At night, I gave the constellations words, The House, the Builder, and the Birds. My silver...

‘Before the Darkness’ and Other Poetry by Dusty Grein

The Society
March 1, 2019
Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau
4 Comments
  Before the Darkness  a rondeau Before the darkness brings about the night and steals the world’s colors from your sight, paint all your memories in vivid hues. Let not the darkness be the path...

‘Cape Disappointment’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
September 14, 2018
Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau
14 Comments
a rondeau Cape Disappointment, battered and distressed, Besieged, beset, by brute-force waves hard-pressed As broad and deep Columbia collides With Chinook-whipped Pacific Ocean tides— Leviathans...

‘A Life Well Lived’ and Other Poetry by Caroline Bardwell

The Society
September 7, 2018
Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau
4 Comments
A Life Well Lived a rondeau A life well-lived begins and ends surrounded by the love of friends. The air breathed in and out each lung are signals that songs should be sung, for life’s a blessing God...
poem/gardner/culture

‘The Fall Revisited’ and Other Poetry by Caroline Bardwell

The Society
June 30, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
9 Comments
The Fall Revisited The implications of the fall are endless in their reach; that lowly serpent had such gall, Eve's failure to beseech. Though what they chose when they did bite that infamous red...

‘I Love This Life’ and Other Poetry by Janice Canerdy

The Society
June 12, 2018
Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau
19 Comments
  I Love This Life a rondeau I love this life in spite of all the trying times and every wall I must tear down to find success, although sometimes my happiness is thwarted, slowing to a...

‘The Big Corn Field’ by Carol Smallwood

The Society
December 28, 2017
Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau
2 Comments
A Rondeau The big corn field was gone today: A machine crouched amid the fray Like a locust after a feast Near the side road facing southeast— Likely to be gone by Sunday. The corn had turned from...

A Shen Yun Review: ‘I Love the Dance’

The Society
December 8, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau
8 Comments
A rondeau on Shen Yun Performing Arts By Evan Mantyk I love the dance that can exalt The human form without a fault, Demeanor grand, inspiring pose; They’re swift yet seem in sweet repose And all my...

‘Hiding My Glee’ and Other Poetry by E.V. Wyler

The Society
November 9, 2016
Humor, Poetry, Rondeau
2 Comments
  Hiding My Glee (Rondeau) Hiding my glee, lest my spouse see the merriment mulling in me. I’ll deftly deflect our next fight by delaying my lone delight that the winner’s my...

How to Write a Rondeau (with “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae)

The Society
October 5, 2016
Education, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Rondeau
2 Comments
Related How to Write a Sonnet How to Write a Haiku How to Write a Limerick How to Write a Villanelle How to Write a Poem Like the Raven by E. V. Wyler Created by French troubadours during the Middle...

‘My Mirror Grinned’ (Rondeau) and Other Poetry by Sathya Narayana

The Society
September 27, 2016
Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau, Rubaiyat
6 Comments
My Mirror Grinned (Rondeau) My mirror grinned at my first grey. With rearing youth, it’s my first fray. Disturbed, with care I plucked that bane, next day to find one more, again! I cried and sighed...

‘Games of Gridlock’ (Rondeau) by E.V. Wyler

The Society
September 4, 2016
Poetry, Rondeau
2 Comments
"Games of Gridlock," people proclaim, "court our congress in shifts of shame!" If pay-to-play campaigns unlash a people-to-the-poles backlash, it's our Republic we'll reclaim! On "others" bureaucrats...

‘In Prison Cells: Rondeau for the Falun Gong’ by Bronwen Hudson

The Society
April 9, 2014
Poetry, Rondeau
1 Comment
In prison cells our aching calls go nowhere but around the walls, and bruising hands repress our cries, replacing truth with frigid lies. We are the lost. For in these stalls no life can reach. No...
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  1. Lee Evans on ‘Shakespeare’ and Other Poetry by Lee EvansJune 15, 2025

    Roy, Thanks for your comments. I seem to have been influenced by Emerson's essay, "The Over Soul,” in which he…

  2. BDW on Formal Aspects of Free Verse: A Video by Andrew Benson BrownJune 15, 2025

    The student sat up at his desk in that hard physics class. He would prefer a good grade, but he’d…

  3. Evan Mantyk on ‘Florida Beach Vacation 2025’: A Poem by Evan MantykJune 15, 2025

    Thank you all for your comments! This was fun to write... on the beach.

  4. Isabella on A Poem for Father’s Day: ‘The Weight of a Father’ by Susan Jarvis BryantJune 15, 2025

    These two poems are absolutely beautiful. The collective title is perfect, and both poems are a lovely nostalgic tribute on…

  5. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘Shakespeare’ and Other Poetry by Lee EvansJune 15, 2025

    On your first poem my mind was lost. Were you writing by the sea? Or maybe you were looking at…

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