‘Henry Knox in His Bookstore’ from Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem The Society September 17, 2024 Epic, Poetry, Readings, Video 22 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNh_jWAzKU . Henry Knox in His Bookstore ---from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 The chiming of a doorway’s silver bells Announced the timing of a late arriving Patron to...
Tools for Writing Classical Poetry—Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown The Society August 25, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Education, Essays, Poetry, Video 26 Comments . https://youtu.be/o4TS45A7KEM . Tools for Writing Classical Poetry ---adapted from the video by Andrew Benson Brown Do you want to be forgotten forever? Do you want to be obscure in the annals of history,...
Classical Poets Live: The Problem with Arts Grants The Society October 22, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Video 13 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 1: The Problem with Arts Grants If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the...
CPL: Why Are Trendy Poets Weirdos? Eccentricity vs. Creativity (Part 3 of 3) The Society September 13, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Video 15 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 6 Part 3 of 3: Why Are Trendy Poets Weirdos? Eccentricity vs. Creativity If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support...
CPL: The Problem with Prestigious Poetry Journals (Part 2 of 3) The Society September 8, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Video 30 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 6 Part 2 of 3: The Problem with Prestigious Poetry Journals If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the...
CPL: Against the Critics of Conservative Poetry (Part 1 of 3) The Society August 20, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Video 55 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 6 Part 1 of 3: Against the Critics of Conservative Poetry If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the...
Appreciating Shakespeare Video & Intro to Hollow Crown’s Richard II Production The Society August 19, 2023 Education, Essays, Poetry, Shakespeare, Video 8 Comments . . . . . Appreciating Shakespeare by Evan Mantyk Why do people think Shakespeare is so great? Why do they keep returning to his plays 400 years later? And for other classical literature, even thousands...
CPL: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet, and an Interview with Adam Sedia The Society June 30, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Video 18 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 5 Parts I & II: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet / Building a Renaissance If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to...
CPL: ChatGPT Poetry Quiz, Lillian-Yvonne Betram, Interview with James A. Tweedie, and More The Society June 11, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Reviews, Video 13 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 4: Poetry in the Age of AI If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the...
CPL: Reading of FoFG Poetry Competition Winner, Interview with James Sale, and More The Society May 30, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Epic, Human Rights in China, Interviews, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings, Video 13 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 3: Embrace the Epic, Not the Opaque If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to support the production. . Podcast on Spotify:...
A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 27, 2023 Poetry, Readings, Satire, Triolet, Video 93 Comments . Target If you’re too young to take a marriage vow, Stuck at an awkward age that won’t allow A dizzy dose of liquor-laden brew Or puffs of buzzy stuff… just one or two--- __Target beckons...
‘In a Soviet Gulag’ by Evan Mantyk: Read by Andrew Benson Brown The Society May 22, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Satire, Video 13 Comments ...
CPL: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Sally Cook, Interview with Susan Jarvis Bryant, Thomas Gray, and More The Society May 13, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Video 38 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 2: Fake Poets and Hollow Prestige . Audio version available here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nbFbs2YtvlgZ2B4RtQOcG Apple Music:...
‘Byron Swims the Hellespont’ by Joseph S. Salemi: A Reading by Andrew Benson Brown The Society May 6, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 8 Comments . If you enjoy this video from Andrew Benson Brown's Classical Poets Live, please click on "Watch on YouTube" and then press like and...
Classical Poets Live (CPL) with Andrew Benson Brown – Episode 1: Why Classical Poetry? The Society April 28, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Video 16 Comments . This inaugural episode features an interview with Society of Classical Poets' co-founder and editor Evan Mantyk who talks about the founding of the SCP and its growth. He also discusses the FoFG Poetry...
Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega, Translated by Martin Rizley The Society February 8, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Translation, Video 16 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDSWs61Ye0E . Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega (1562-1635) translated by Martin Rizley What have I, that you’d seek me as a friend? What interest draws...
The Classical Figures Poetry Reading – Video The Society June 26, 2022 Poetry, Readings, Video 5 Comments . https://youtu.be/DIhS6QTHh90 . Hosted by British poet James Sale and held by the Society of Classical Poets, the theme of this reading is classical figures in the broad sense. The 100 Days of Dante Poetry...
‘Ozymandias’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Reading by S.A. Todd The Society May 14, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Readings, Video 6 Comments . https://youtu.be/6gDs63kyLhc . CREDITS Poetry: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Voice-Over: S.A. Todd Photos/Footage: Photo of Pharaoh by ArchaiOptix, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share...
Christmas and New Year Poetry Reading Video Now Available The Society May 5, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 5 Comments . A recording of our Christmas and New Year Poetry Reading in December has just been made available. Thank you again to the host, James Sale, and all of the poets and...
A Reading of ‘The New Colossus’ by Emma Lazarus The Society April 10, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 7 Comments . https://youtu.be/PguXX2PRzvI . CREDITS Poetry: Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) Voice-Over: Katy Mantyk Photos/Footage: “Unveiling the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” by Edward Moran, 1886...
A Valentine from Geoffrey Chaucer, Margaret Coats, and James A. Tweedie The Society February 14, 2022 Beauty, Chaucer, Culture, Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Readings, Rondel, Translation, Video 21 Comments . https://youtu.be/3XWcnISYGSE . Rondel for Saint Valentine's Day by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340–1400) | modernized in the original lyric form by Margaret Coats Now welcome, springtime, with your gentle...
A Poem on Life: ‘Wondrous Us’ by Alan Nordstrom (Reading) The Society January 10, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Readings, Video 4 Comments . https://youtu.be/RMcLVFNbueY . Complete poem text here. CREDITSPoetry: Alan Nordstrom (1939-)Audio/Visual Work: Society of Classical PoetsVoice-Over: Evan MantykPhotos/Footage:“Milky Way with Tree” by...
A Holiday Poem Reflecting on Slave Labor in Communist China The Society December 31, 2021 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Video 17 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4HH4MeT9Mo . Read the complete poem here: https://classicalpoets.org/2013/12/12/two-psalms/#/ CREDITS Poetry: Evan Mantyk (b. 1982) Audio/Visual Work: Society of Classical...
‘Auld Lang Syne’ by Robert Burns: Poem Reading for New Year’s Day by S.A. Todd The Society December 30, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 8 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okGcYTF8pHk . CREDITS Poetry: Robert Burns (1759-1796) Audio/Visual Work: Society of Classical Poets Voice-Over: S.A. Todd Photos/Footage: (1) "Drei Mönche bei der...
‘A Wretch Like Me’: a Christmas poem by Joe Tessitore, set to music by Jack DesBois The Society December 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Video 10 Comments . https://youtu.be/fx3NidSVFKk . A Wretch Like Me by Joe Tessitore To miss the mark, to lose my way,To choose the dark, on Christmas Day.No star I see, no Virgin Birth,No joy for me, no peace on earth. But...
‘There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie,’ Nursery Rhyme Sung by Jack DesBois The Society December 12, 2021 Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video 13 Comments . There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie sung to the tune of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" . https://youtu.be/luLcKkCHWFo There was a free nation that swallowed a lie. I don’t know why...
‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost: Reading by S.A. Todd The Society December 4, 2021 Beauty, Poetry, Readings, Video 8 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCmLSOndstY . CREDITSPoetry: Robert FrostAudio/Visual Work: Society of Classical PoetsVoice-Over: S.A. ToddPhoto: "Yellow Forest" by Eflon (used under creative Commons...
Video Poem for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: ‘Sinister Symbols’ by James A. Tweedie The Society November 28, 2021 Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Video 6 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxBbaZHU3qk . Audio/Visual Work: Society of Classical Poets Voice-Over: Evan Mantyk Photo: Hans Permana, “Meal time!” (used under creative Commons License CC BY-NC...
A Reading of ‘Endless Bloom’ by Angel L. Villanueva The Society October 17, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Readings, Video 15 Comments . https://youtu.be/eRp7_tqfxTs On Rumble here: https://rumble.com/vnvehl-a-poem-for-aging-beauties-endless-bloom-society-of-classical-poets.html?mref=iosaf&mc=6b8az Poet: Angel L. Villanueva of...
‘Why Freedom Had to Die’: A Song by Jack DesBois The Society October 6, 2021 Covid-19, Humor, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video 3 Comments . https://youtu.be/ErwnJkA4G68 inspired by a T-shirt at a Boston freedom rally You may be wondering why Freedom had to die. You may be wondering why Freedom had to die. If you were wondering why Freedom had...
A Vaccine Mandate Protest Song by Jack DesBois The Society August 30, 2021 Covid-19, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video 91 Comments . Waking Up (Freedom Doesn't Come in a Can) A Protest Song Written and Performed by Jack DesBois I was lying in my bed, Waiting for the day to start, Waiting for the sun to get me on my way, And I...
SCP Spring 2021 Poetry Reading Videos The Society May 23, 2021 Poetry, Readings, Video 19 Comments ...
‘Shisendo, Hall of the Poetry Immortals’ by Margaret Coats The Society November 24, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Video 23 Comments The Shisendō is a hideaway villa in the eastern hills of Kyoto, Japan, created by poet and calligrapher Jōzan Ishikawa (1583–1672) as a place where he could read and write classical Chinese poetry...
Poetry Readings from 2020 SCP Symposium – ‘A Celebration of Meter and Rhyme’ (Session II) The Society July 28, 2020 Children's, From the Society, Poetry, Readings, Symposium, Video 1 Comment All of the below poems were read on May 31, 2020 at The Society of Classical Poets Symposium, which was held online due to the pandemic. Below are poems from Session II....
Documentary on Pandemic Features The Iliad and SCP Member The Society July 12, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Homer, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Video 6 Comments ...
A Poem in Tribute to Dame Vera Lynn (1917-2020), by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society June 18, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Readings, Video 41 Comments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZUryvFffTQ Some Sunny Day A tribute to Dame Vera Lynn who died today, June 18, 2020 (aged 103). She was the British Forces' Sweetheart who sang to the...
Poetry Readings from 2020 SCP Symposium – ‘A Celebration of Meter and Rhyme’ (Session I) The Society June 17, 2020 From the Society, Poetry, Readings, Symposium, Video All of the below poems were read on May 31, 2020 at The Society of Classical Poets Symposium, which was held online due to the pandemic. Below are poems from Session I. Session II readings are...
A Poem for the George Floyd Riots: ‘The Second Coming’ by W.B. Yeats The Society May 31, 2020 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 10 Comments Video and reading by Rob...
Friends of Falun Gong 2020 Poetry Contest Winners Announced The Society May 13, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings, Video 2 Comments FIRST PLACE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F96xN0VV7JU The Virus and the Cure by Rob Crisell One hundred years of tyranny, One hundred years of pain and lies. If communists of China win, The...
A Reading of “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud (Daffodils)” by William Wordsworth The Society May 10, 2020 Beauty, Poetry, Readings, Video 10 Comments https://youtu.be/bYg-ITiEEyM "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud," also known as "Daffodils," the poem by former British Poet Laureate William Wordsworth (1770-1850) read by the President of...