‘Sophisticated Stupidity’ and Other Poetry by James Bontrager The Society February 18, 2025 Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . Sophisticated Stupidity Preserve the fish, defend the trees_And save the wilting daisies;Protect the coral in the seas_But kill the unborn babies.Such is the logic on displayBy science “experts” of...
On an Attempt to Tie Free Speech to the Nazis: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society February 17, 2025 Poetry, Satire 22 Comments . Margaret Brennan’s Plan to Stop Genocide “Well, he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide" ---Margaret Brennan, February 16, 2025 on “Face the Nation” Miss...
‘Aged Elation’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society February 17, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . Aged Elation When reaching that age where you fear getting slow, The advent of faculties starting to go, It’s great inspiration---you can’t ask for more--- To figure out something you couldn’t...
A Poem for the Birthday of Charles Darwin: ‘Dog Eat Dog’ by Warren Bonham The Society February 12, 2025 Poetry, Satire, Science 39 Comments . Dog Eat Dog As cells get divided, if outcomes are guided _completely by rolling the dice, the fit must survive so their genes stay alive, _while the weak pay the ultimate price. So students of Darwin, say...
‘A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 10, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 39 Comments . A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer My prayer is not pitched heavenward _To fall upon deaf ears. It’s lashed to Earth for greater good. _It cashes in on tears. It's feathered several nests for years--- _I'm...
A Poem on USAID, by Warren Bonham The Society February 5, 2025 Poetry, Satire 24 Comments USAID USAID Mission Statement: On behalf of the American people, we promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad, and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world. We are funding a world that’s more...
Two Poems of Judgment by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 4, 2025 Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . The Judge Addresses the Defendant "Living in America is like serving in the army; ninety percent of conduct is prescribed by law and the remaining ten percent by the esprit de corps." —Albert Jay Nock Of...
‘The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam’ and Other Poetry by Susan Steele Rives The Society January 31, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 6 Comments . The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam I received the somber news __as sun set low today. My beloved Uncle Sam __by death was swept away. It wasn’t on the battlefield that __he met his demise. ‘Twas...
‘The Discharge of the Woke Brigade’: A Poem by Peter Lillios The Society January 30, 2025 Poetry, Satire 6 Comments . The Discharge of the Woke Brigade ---after Tennyson Half a mil, half a mil, __Half a mil onward, __All from the Treasury ____Filched the encumbered. __‘Forward, the Woke Brigade, __Mooch till the end!’...
‘Wisdom and Sway’: A Poem by Mark F. Stone The Society January 28, 2025 Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Wisdom and Sway Life was tranquil and calm, not a care, not a qualm, in a town not too near you, but not far away. It was led by a mayor, a powerful player, a grandiose mayor with wisdom and sway. We’d...
‘Pearls or Swine?’: A Rondeau Redoublé and a Villanelle by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 17, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé, Satire, Villanelle 22 Comments . Pearls or Swine? Pray show me how to tell a pearl from swine. I have a thirst for sanity to slake. I seek a clue---a firm not fluid sign To steer me from the sway of all that’s fake. While Einsteins whine...
Four Newsy Limericks by James A. Tweedie The Society January 15, 2025 Limerick, Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . Four Newsy Limericks . A pedophile, if you should see one, Must not be reported. The reason? __It could be your fate __That you’d be charged with “hate.” A crime worse by far than to be...
A Rondeau on the Fish Behind the California Water Shortage, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 14, 2025 Poetry, Rondeau, Satire 28 Comments . O Delta Smelt O Delta Smelt of silver scale, O threatened gem of fin and tail, In brackish waters made just so By crimson hands as ill winds blow, Your saviors sing of Toad and Whale. As fires rage and...
‘Payday’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 13, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Payday Before the crash, the market looked so strong. I doled out cash and credit, buying in While others sold. But, sadly, I was wrong About this, confidence my greatest sin, And I have duly suffered, if...
‘A Hero in My Head’: A Villanelle by Phillip Whidden The Society January 7, 2025 Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 31 Comments . A Hero in My Head Though never even in the war he loomed A hero there. At least in my blond head, Our father braved it out where Jap planes zoomed And zapped his buddies. All but him were doomed To bit...
‘Kill or Cure?’ and Other Healthcare Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 3, 2025 Poetry, Satire 31 Comments . Kill or Cure? “The art of medicine consists of amusing the patientwhile nature cures the disease.” ---Voltaire . Possible Side Effects: May cause lacerations to lobes of the brain__Or clusters of...
‘Americans in Florence’ and Other Poems by Mary Jane Myers The Society January 2, 2025 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . Americans in Florence Ooo David! Whoa, you’re well-hung! But why a foreskin, underslung? Your left hand, do you hold a sling or dead Goliath's severed thing? Stop giggling, girls, show some respect. You...
‘Twas the Day After Christmas’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 26, 2024 Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . 'Twas the Day After Christmas ‘Twas the day after Christmas. Mom went to the store To return all her presents and gift herself more. The stockings still hung on the big mantle there, While she was out...
‘The Interview’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society December 22, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . The Interview “Respect my grammar rules or else,” K said, “This interview will be extremely short. Or better yet, I’ll summon you to court.” My pulse raced. I could feel my face turn red. K said,...
‘Song of the Sophist’ and Other Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 20, 2024 Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau, Satire 37 Comments . Song of the Sophist a pantoum I tiptoe past all that is true--- The facts never matter to me. My aim is to wheedle and woo. I peddle malarkey with glee. The facts never matter to me. I fib as I fox and...
‘Journalists Live in a Fantasy World’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 16, 2024 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Journalists Live in a Fantasy World If you like fiction, then turn on the news. You will hear journalists giving their views. Facts are conveniently pushed to the side; Truth becomes something that they may...
‘Sharpton’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society December 14, 2024 Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . Sharpton He talks his walk and walks his talk and then He walks his talk and talks his walk again. The walk he talks goes nowhere I can see. The talk he walks seems jabberwock to me. But everybody thinks...
‘Homemade Halos—An Election Reflection’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society December 13, 2024 Poetry, Satire 21 Comments . Homemade Halos---An Election Reflection “Celebrity endorsements say a lot: they say you’re a liberal, an elitist, and a cultural progressive,” Mr. O’Reilly said. “An Oprah or Clooney endorsement is...
‘When Fervid Female Stoops to Folly’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society November 30, 2024 Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . When Fervid Female Stoops to Folly after Goldsmith’s “When lovely woman stoops to folly” When fervid female stoops to folly and starts insisting she is male, proclaiming that she’s Paul, not...
‘Black Friday Before Christmas’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society November 29, 2024 Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . Black Friday Before Christmas Many of the stories are real ones from the Internet. ‘Twas the month before Christmas right after Thanksgiving.I ate lots of turkey. I really was living.I decided to go to the...
‘The Ballad of Mark and P’Nut’ by Geoffrey Smagacz The Society November 25, 2024 Poetry, Satire 13 Comments . The Ballad of Mark and P’Nut The lamp is lit, computer’s on, __My coffee has been brewed. I scroll to find the harrowing tale, __The story millions viewed. At twelve o’clock, October’s end, __A rap...
‘A Colossal Event of Avoidance’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society November 19, 2024 Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . A Colossal Event of Avoidance “This is a colossal event of avoidance not just in the state of Florida, but you will find avoidance in the Carolinas.” ---Marn’i Washington, FEMA Supervisor, November...
‘Saint Andrew’: A Poem by Robert Nachtegall The Society November 18, 2024 Poetry, Satire 5 Comments . Saint Andrew My Uncle Andrew lived his lifeInflicting others pain and strife.‘Twas always said by mother dear“No good shall come of it, you hear!”He’d swill the hooch and whop his wifeOr kids within...
A Poem on Trump Making Susan Wiles Chief of Staff, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 10, 2024 Poetry, Satire 26 Comments . Feeding the Alligators The orange king of lava tongue has won. He sings a spangled song that rings throughout A plundered land where dreams and gold once sprung. He's here to nourish hope and conquer...
An Election Day Poem: ‘Voting Advice’ by Warren Bonham The Society November 5, 2024 Poetry, Satire 15 Comments . Voting Advice When we vote in each election,few with brains will ever run.So, when we make our selection,we elect a simpleton. When a massive problem’s brewingthat can tear apart the state,since they...
‘Hey Gen Z, There’s a Huge Inheritance Coming Your Way’: An Election Poem by Mark F. Stone The Society November 1, 2024 Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . Hey Gen Z, There’s a Huge Inheritance Coming Your Way Inheritance? What could it be? __A house? A yacht? A jet? No way. It’s much, much bigger. __It’s called the National Debt. The debt is 35 trillion...
‘The Knucklehead Defense’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham The Society November 1, 2024 Poetry, Satire 15 Comments . The Knucklehead Defense If you’ve implied that you have fought in war,but meant your statements more as metaphordesigned so you’ll appear to be less lame,the Knucklehead Defense will clear your name. If...
‘Sonnet 83’ by Richard Craven The Society October 29, 2024 Poetry, Satire 4 Comments . Sonnet 83 A thankless task. You churn them singly out. They’re ordered chronologic’ly. And when someone asks idly what they’re all about, you can’t avow a single theme. But then you add as...
‘Not So Grand Poo-bah’: A Poem by Frank Rable The Society October 24, 2024 Poetry, Satire 5 Comments . Not So Grand Poo-bah Middle brother with lesser brain, Descended from the killer Cain. More grasping man you never saw, Believes he is the Grand Poo-bah. He flew down south to get his Dad, But he was not a...
‘Contemporary Logic’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society October 23, 2024 Poetry, Satire 16 Comments . Contemporary Logic Tattoos were blanketing her skin, Pierced everywhere, objects put in, Eyelash extensions, purple-haired, “I love my body,” she declared. . . Stolen Land I heard two liberals talk at...
‘Mother Government’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society October 18, 2024 Poetry, Satire 25 Comments . Mother Government We modern people don’t believe that pointless rituals relieve the crushing angst felt deep within, that we once thought was caused by sin. But Mother Government has shown to all of us...
‘The Waste Land: 2028’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society October 17, 2024 Poetry, Satire 35 Comments . The Waste Land: 2028 You said you loved her---everything about her---Her color, accents, laugh, that she was woke.Her joy outweighed all duty and was louder!America, you said, should go for broke.You...
‘It Must Be True’: A Poem by Daniel Freeman The Society October 11, 2024 Poetry, Satire 22 Comments . It Must Be True In The Jungle Book Kipling describes the “Bandar-log”—the monkeys of the Seeonee Jungle—whose scatterbrained chatter is epitomized by their slogan, “We are great... We are the most...
‘Carcinoma’: A Poem on the UK’s National Health Service by Clive Boddy The Society October 7, 2024 Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . Carcinoma The NHS, though poised and calm, Have so far done no hurt or harm, Towards this cancer on my arm. They saw it there a month ago, And told me it would have to go; Since then I’ve sat and watched...
‘Political Musings’: Couplets by Cheryl Corey The Society October 6, 2024 Poetry, Satire 16 Comments . Political Musings . While bumbling Biden’s basking on the beach, The Donald’s dodging bullets in the breach. . Abortion this, abortion that—it’s 24/7; But not a word about the smash and grab at...