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‘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

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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

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October 16, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
24 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

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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

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October 9, 2022
Clerihew, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests, Satire
79 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,...

A Poem on Taxes: ‘Give and Take’ by Norma Pain

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August 12, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
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. Give and Take Mr. Taxman, you’re a peach, Fill your pockets we beseech. Having money is a curse, Please take freely from our purse. We may catch up some time later, Certainly your need is greater. Money...
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  1. Yael on ‘News of a Coup’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis BryantAugust 19, 2025

    Very fine work Susan. Notwithstanding the supplied picture, I read News Of A Coup to be about every coup anywhere…

  2. Yael on ‘To the Ancient Mariner’ and Other Poems by Brian YapkoAugust 19, 2025

    These poems are amazing and all 3 go exceptionally well together with their theme of repentance of sin, self righteousness,…

  3. Laura Schwartz on ‘To the Ancient Mariner’ and Other Poems by Brian YapkoAugust 19, 2025

    Brian, you revived the mariner’s anguish with tides of raw emotion, intersecting cosmic guilt with intimate remorse, transforming the albatross’s…

  4. Brian Yapko on ‘To the Ancient Mariner’ and Other Poems by Brian YapkoAugust 19, 2025

    Thank you very much indeed, Joe, for this generous comment. It’s true that the Ancient Mariner poem is harsh in…

  5. Margaret Coats on ‘There Was a Time I Tried to Love the Sun’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers CrozierAugust 19, 2025

    Patricia, you (or your speaker here) may have "loved the Moon beyond all reasoning," and the couplet offers a succinct…

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