Four Poems of a Theological Nature, by C.B. Anderson The Society April 7, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 27 Comments . The Faithful Who Have Chosen Not to Wait He rose and told us He would come again To supervise a world of righteous men And women who believed in what He’d said, That both the living and the wakened...
An April Fools’ Day Poem for ‘Government-Anointed Experts’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 1, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 26 Comments . A Screw ‘Em Sermon for Government-Anointed Experts “Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give solidarity to pure wind.” ---George Orwell Dish up...
‘Reality Check’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 23, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . Reality Check __The bars we frequent have been raised too high, Not calibrated to the greatest common factor: __The will to let things slide. Who can deny This, save for someone who is such a polished...
‘How to Write Contemporary Poetry’ and ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ by Brian Yapko The Society March 21, 2023 Culture, Education, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare 35 Comments . How to Write Contemporary Poetry a pantoum in free verse composition keep letters lower case. dump classical tradition then cite the marketplace. keep letters lower case make use of ampersands then cite the...
‘Ex-Freedom of Speech’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society March 19, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 36 Comments . Ex-Freedom of Speech In fact, most liberals don't support free speech today, And often see a need for censorship instead. They claim “misinformation” causes broad decay, So free speech ends if they...
A Poem on Thales of Miletus, by Stephen M. Dickey The Society March 15, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 16 Comments . Θαλῆς 2.0 In days of yore, Thales, the famous sage, Went out on a stargazing walk and fell Straight down an overlooked and vexing well. A passing woman mocked him: “At your age You ought to know...
‘The Very Best Business’ by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi The Society March 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . The Very Best Business by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863) translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi First I was a gardener (a disaster), Then a bookseller. I made even less. So did I change my...
For Jerks Who Gossip: Two Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 5, 2023 Poetry, Rondeau, Satire 34 Comments . Gossip “There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly becomes any of us to talk about the rest of us.” ---Edward Wallis Hoch Its spice, its ire, its hot...
A Poem on Aging Gracefully: ‘Evolution’ by Russel Winick The Society March 5, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 25 Comments . Evolution I can’t run fast or jump high anymore. Mistakes I make I never made before. Some maladies and aches don’t have a cure, Alertness and reflexes are less sure. My memory is challenged on most...
‘Civics 101’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 3, 2023 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire 23 Comments . Civics 101 Jejune excuses used too many times Do not undo the doer from the deed: A miscreant accused of many crimes Is not the type of model children need. A partisan devoted to a cause Who votes his...
‘Eulogy for a Them’: Poem on a Transgender Burial by Jeffrey Essmann The Society March 2, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 33 Comments . Eulogy for a Them We gather here to celebrate a him Or her (an it? a they?) and in the end A prophet of the present who could bend Reality to suit their loosest whim. For whatsoever they had been or...
A Poem on the Covid Lab Leak, by Brian Yapko The Society February 27, 2023 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire 58 Comments . Born in a Wuhan Lab Newsflash: U.S. Energy Department says it was probably a lab leak. Those men in suits and labcoats thought it worth The lives of millions from their ivory tower To falsify the truth...
A Poem on the Loss of Free Speech: ‘Bite Your Tongue’ by Norma Pain The Society February 26, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 73 Comments . Bite Your Tongue If you should feel the sudden urge __To put forth your opinions, Letting sundry thoughts diverge __To influence the minions. Just take a moment to reflect __On whether to opine, Or shut-up...
A Poem on Roald Dahl Revisions: ‘Willy Wonky’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 22, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 65 Comments . Willy Wonky on the revision of Roald Dahl’s works The whacky wokester clowns employed at Puffin Are wrecking classics with exciting stuff in. They’re ditching all the derring-do and...
A Poem on Ronald Reagan: ‘The Reagan’ by Paul Buchheit The Society February 22, 2023 Humor, Poetry, Satire, The Raven 60 Comments . The Reagan with apologies to Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a long and weary voting day with chances dreary for a quaint and curious choice, a nominee we all adore; while I gauged the sense of voting, suddenly I...
‘Troll’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 18, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé, Satire 52 Comments . Troll "Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow." ---Matshona Dhliwayo A witch! A witch! Let’s hush the wicked witch! His spleen slid through the...
A Poem on the Chinese Spy Balloon and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society February 15, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . The Chinese Spy Balloon From that balloon botch I’m most wondering, Why Biden stalled to shoot it from the sky. Was it more fecklessness and blundering, Or might some hidden issue underlie? Did hearing it...
‘Odysseus Begs?’ and Other Poetry by Bob Schildgen The Society February 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Homer, Poetry, Satire 7 Comments . Odysseus Begs? He’s leaning on a Pluto niche machine: an ATM, balanced on his good leg— a fresh appearance in an ancient scene— a bandaged hand gropes slowly out to beg. Was he Odysseus, sail raised...
On Australia Announcing Fifth Covid Shot: Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 8, 2023 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire 77 Comments . Today Australia has announced that it will roll out a fifth dose of the Covid shot later this month. . Fat Cats and Lab Rats The fat cats began with a scam of a plan To shame every pestilent...
‘Fear for the Future’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society February 6, 2023 Humor, Poetry, Satire 32 Comments . Fear for the Future When I ponder the future I get so distraught For the Leftists control Most production of thought. . . To Better Protect Democracy The WAPO and the New York Times Should move all their...
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...
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...
On Cambridge Dictionary Expanding Woman Definition: ‘There She Goes’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 19, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 79 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 27 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 39 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 The Society 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...
