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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...

‘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...

‘Media’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain

The Society
January 29, 2023
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire
18 Comments
. Media You told us lies, ignored our cries. __Your platforms you abused. You cancelled truth; you damaged youth, __And we are not amused. You took big bites from human rights, __Dissenting voices...

‘Greta’s Smorgasbord of Hate’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
January 18, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
61 Comments
. Greta's Smorgasbord of Hate I love the pretty trees, the trees love me! They make me dance and sing, they make me shout And sulk and give loud speeches: blah, blah, blah How dare you feed on cow meat and...
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Poems on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
January 13, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
29 Comments
. Out, out, brief candle! ---Macbeth I am black-dog blue and blinded by the glitzy gaze of stars. Lucent moons will never light __my skyless eye. I am frequently reminded of my fear __of future scars--- when...

A Poem On the Banning of the Word ‘Field’ by the University of Southern California, by Paul A. Freeman

The Society
January 12, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
22 Comments
. On the Banning of the Word 'Field' by the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work See the related news story here. In Southern California they’ve declared that field’s a word to...

‘Cambridge Dictionary Women, 2040’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
January 6, 2023
Culture, Poetry, Satire
10 Comments
. Cambridge Dictionary Women, 2040 In 2040 leftist sports fans Realized their greatest joys, With legendary women’s records Smashed by athletes born as boys. Serena Williams’, Brittney Griner’s Records...

‘Shams’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
January 3, 2023
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire
18 Comments
. Shams Shams-i Tabrizi was Rumi’s intimate friend and spiritual mentor. I stayed awake those short midsummer nights When naked druids danced beneath the moon’s Hypnotic glow performing pagan rites And...

Two New Year’s Eve Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 31, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire
30 Comments
. Same Old New Year   I bid adieu. You shuffle out. A new you shimmies in--- A you without the frown and pout, A happy you of zip and clout, And once again I’ve little doubt You’ll make me rich and...

‘Continuation’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
December 20, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
26 Comments
. Continuation You and I are of two discrepant minds: We disagree on all that matters—plus, Our separate brains are not quite sure what kinds Of things they favor, making four of us. The four of us engage...
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On Cambridge Dictionary Expanding Woman Definition: ‘There She Goes’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 19, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
76 Comments
. There She Goes When Everyone’s a Woman, No One’s a Woman upon reading the news story here. There she goes, erased from Cambridge pages--- An instant relic wafting on the fringe Of lunacy as sybils,...

‘In a Soviet Gulag’ and Other Humorous Poems by Evan Mantyk

The Society
December 13, 2022
Humor, Poetry, Satire
16 Comments
. In a Soviet Gulag from an oft repeated joke There was a break in the relentless cold And then the guard stepped out for quite a while. Such changes made the prisoners grow bold: Two yelled their thoughts,...

‘The 2022 State Dinner’ by Cheryl Corey

The Society
December 10, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
17 Comments
. The 2022 State Dinner Elites come to Washington and dine On lobster harvested in Maine. (They plan To regulate the catch, create a ban, Because enviros claim the fishing line Is killing whales.) Also on the...

A Poem on the Harry and Meghan Netflix Show, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 8, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle
54 Comments
. A Right Royal Circus a villanelle  Roll up! Roll up! Come hear the desperate call Of sparkless Markle and her spurned buffoon. With pleas for privacy, they welcome all. They welcome all like flies upon a...

On CBS Confirming Hunter Biden’s Laptop, and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
December 7, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
25 Comments
. CBS Has Now Verified CBS says it’s now verified, The laptop Hunter took in for repair. And other breaking news that it’s supplied Is Washington has crossed the Delaware. . . Plan Needed Republicans...

‘Grifters’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
December 6, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire
19 Comments
. Grifters With smug, aggressive faux urbanity __They do their worst to seize control. They think it signals perfect sanity __When they adopt a regal role, Expecting us to stroke their vanity, __Lest our good...

Inspired by the ‘Trans’ Jesus Sermon: ‘Check Out Your Church’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 1, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
38 Comments
. Check Out Your Church inspired by this article: Queen's former chaplain, others slam 'perverse' Cambridge sermon about 'trans' Jesus: ' Repulsive and shameful' Are the pronouns in the Bible ripe for...

‘Pope-Lion’ by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi

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November 30, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
8 Comments
. Pope-Lion by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863)translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi Before Pope Genga went down to the grottoTo be four slabs of cured ham on the bone,He was thought by everyone in...

‘FTX & Other Damn Scams’ by James A. Tweedie

The Society
November 28, 2022
Poetry, Satire
8 Comments
. FTX & Other Damn Scams If you want to make some money Dangle golden dreams like honey And then claim that you can turn dross into gold. When you claim the future’s sunny Don’t let on you think it’s...

‘Clowns Teach Writing Classes’ by Janice Canerdy

The Society
November 20, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
25 Comments
. Clowns Teach Writing Classes Students’ attitudes were dismal; composition skills, abysmal! Desperate to make things better, teachers asked expert go-getters, “Will you please get their attention? What we...

‘Blake’s Tyger’ by Paul Buchheit

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November 14, 2022
Poetry, Satire
18 Comments
. Blake's Tyger Tyger Tyger, burning bright, sorry if I'm impolite: What immortal put a hand to verse we'll never understand? Face it, face it, Mister Blake, 'Tyger' was a big mistake. What good reason could...

‘Cop27—A Sonnetised Summary’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
November 10, 2022
Poetry, Satire, The Environment
54 Comments
. Cop27---A Sonnetised Summary upon reading the Cop27 VIP jet dinner menu  A swarm of jets belch fumes that blight the blue As contrails stripe the skies of Sharm el-Sheikh, Where greedy gluttons gorge on...

‘Hell Rising’ by C.B. Anderson

The Society
November 8, 2022
Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire
29 Comments
. Hell Rising They’ve come with a purpose: to numb or perturb us __By infecting the already-sick, And with them they bring a more tangible thing: __A nice carrot along with a stick. They live in The Palace...

‘Think (Ideo)logically’ by Daniel Magdalen

The Society
November 5, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
11 Comments
. Think (Ideo)logically Say---friend or foe? What else could people be? … Stop thinking, since it’s useless, and it’s hard. We’ll do your thinking for you---play our card! These glasses will now show...

‘CDC: Save the Planet from Poison CO2!!’ by Mike Bryant

The Society
November 4, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science, The Environment
113 Comments
. CDC: Save the Planet from Poison CO2!! “We used to think CO2 was a harmless trace gas… How wrong we were!” ---Dr. Dillard “Sparky” Barker, SMFS, The CDC’s Second Most Famous Scientist Your...
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‘Halloween—The New Normal’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 31, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
29 Comments
. Halloween---The New Normal The maskless masses mingle on the street Pooh-poohing overreaching, grouchy rules. The granny-slaying, unvaxxed ogres meet As curtain-twitching witches eye these ghouls From...

‘The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election’ by Phil S. Rogers, after Macbeth

The Society
October 29, 2022
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare
18 Comments
. The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election after Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1 Scene: Thunder illuminates a 2020 calendar page in an undisclosed conference room where a pot bubbles on an electric...

‘The Polls’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

The Society
October 27, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire
17 Comments
. The Polls The polls are looking up right now, __But my faith’s not complete, Because no poll can measure how __The Democrats might cheat. . . The Boulder Field The glacial remnant boulder field, __A...

‘Playing with Matches’ by Aidan Casey

The Society
October 25, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
20 Comments
Playing with Matches "We don’t seek conflict with Russia but we are ready." ---Antony Blinken, March 4, 2022 We don’t seek conflict with Russia but we are ready, make no mistake. The finger that pushes the...

A Poem for Atheist Evolutionists: ‘Asinine’ by Damian Robin

The Society
October 18, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
8 Comments
. Asinine to atheist evolutionists When your science cannot put to rights The special wrongs of our divinity, Your exasperation reaches heights That challenge all the laws of gravity. When you talk at us and...

‘The Modern Cardinal’s Song’ by Adam Sedia

The Society
October 16, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
23 Comments
. The Modern Cardinal’s Song after “The Major General’s Song” from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance from a faithful Catholic scandalized at the men purporting to lead the Church. I...

‘Dr. Quack’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain

The Society
October 14, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
24 Comments
. Dr. Quack My name is Dr. Henry Quack and in my little room out back, Are lots of pills and potions. There's drugs for this and drugs for that; if you’re too skinny or too fat, And drugs to cure...

Metrical Clerihew Poetry Challenge

The Society
October 9, 2022
Clerihew, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Satire
77 Comments
. The clerihew is a relatively new poetry form introduced by Edmund Clerihew Bentley in 1905. It is usually a single quatrain of light verse rhyming aabb, without a standard meter. The first line usually ends...

A Poem on the Busing of Illegal Immigrants, by Russel Winick

The Society
October 8, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
42 Comments
. Sincerity of the Left The sanctuary cities said: “Undocumenteds may come here, It’s merciless to keep them out, We welcome them with open arms!” “We’ll grant your wish,” DeSantis said, "Take...

‘Never Argue with a Progressive’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
October 7, 2022
Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
15 Comments
. Never Argue with a Progressive They never tell the truth, except by accident, And when they do, they’ll tell you that they really meant The opposite, so what’s a trusting man to do? Admittedly, such...

‘Equal Schmequal’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
October 5, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire
34 Comments
. Equal Schmequal   The traits of men were glibly mocked __By those who thought men strange--- Those who thought the world half-cocked __ And fought for chop and change--- All those who chose to rise and...

‘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...

On Insects and Worms for Food: ‘Snub the Grub’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
August 24, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
61 Comments
. Snub the Grub upon reading news of a beetle burger, The Daily Mail, August 24, 2022 I scan the menu (a la carte) To find that I can take no part In scarab chowder with a pinch Of millipede. It makes me...

‘An Anti-Evolution Song’ by Evan Mantyk

The Society
August 15, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science
31 Comments
. An Anti-Evolution Song Evolution Is False. God Is True. inspired by the writings of Zhang Tianliang How probable is it, however you spin it, __That man has evolved out of nothing? Do I look like a schmuck...

‘Images of Darwin, post-1859’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
August 15, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Satire
13 Comments
. Images of Darwin, Post-1859 1859: The year the ponderously titled On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle For Life was published. A fat,...
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  5. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘If You Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. FrankNovember 29, 2023

    We are living in a society of androids masquerading as people! They are flesh and bone but have crossed over…

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