‘Blind Watchmaker’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society March 11, 2025 Poetry, Science 21 Comments . Blind Watchmaker A blind watchmaker tinkered for billions of yearswithout blueprints for making his intricate gears.So, he failed many times but...
‘Pumpkin Spice’: A Poem by Michael Pendragon The Society March 11, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . Pumpkin Spice The scent of Autumn lingers in the air With hints of ginger, cinnamon, and clove; At 42nd Street and Herald Square, On 8th Street,...
Three Poems on War, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 10, 2025 Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 14 Comments . The Core of War a pantoum The trickster charms and arms both sides--- He funds the ally and the foe. His hype unites and it divides. He’s oh so...
‘Of Elizabeth Bishop’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society March 9, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Of Elizabeth Bishop Ms. Bishop is one able–eyed observer;her vision is acute, that’s plain to see.Staring at her, I doubt I could unnerve...
‘An Ode to a Hymn’: A Poem by C. Walker The Society March 9, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry . An Ode to a Hymn “Like aught that for its grace may be Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery” ---Percy Shelley in “Hymn to Intellectual...
A Poem for International Women’s Day: ‘Kitchen-Sink Musings’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 8, 2025 Poetry, Satire 26 Comments . Kitchen-Sink Musings It’s International Women’s Day today But as a flunkee in biology I’m told I’m far from qualified to pay Fair tribute...
‘Nishijin Weaving’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society March 8, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . Nishijin Weaving In the tranquil heartThere is no scattering ofBlossoms once gathered. ―Satomura Jōha, master of linked verse The shining...
‘Gossiping Hinges’ and Other Poems by LaVern Spencer McCarthy The Society March 7, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle 7 Comments . Gossiping Hinges Some think we hinges only squeak __because we seek __an oily drop __to make us stop, but hinges gossip day and night, __our...
‘Craft’: A Poem by T.M. Moore The Society March 7, 2025 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Craft ---a conversation between Beauty and Productivity "You don't have time for this, you know." "Says who?" "That daily checklist down there in...
‘A Token of Espousal’: A Poem on Saint Catherine de’ Ricci, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society March 6, 2025 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . A Token of Espousal Sister Elisabetta Dardinelli Speaks Concerning the Token of Espousalof Saint Catherine de’ Ricci (1522-1590) Dixit mihi...
‘Ode to the Sun’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society March 5, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Ode to the Sun . I Oh first and longest-lasting of my friends, Helen Aurelia, how can I express Through this guitar o’er which my finger...
A Poem for Ash Wednesday, by Jeffrey Essmann The Society March 5, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Ashes Before the Lenten ashes fade and thin, I might remind myself of those regrets More earnest than a taste for sweets Or bad TV and that my...
‘Seeing the Forest’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society March 4, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Seeing the Forest Listen to the rustle of the foliage in the forest, _And note the motes of pollen floating there; Muscle headlong through the...
‘Give Praise for These Days of Old Age’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley The Society March 4, 2025 Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . Give Praise for These Days of Old Age You’re up in the morning, you moan and you groan, You’re feeling the grinding of bone against bone. When...
‘The Greatest Time of Fatherhood’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society March 3, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . The Greatest Time of Fatherhood I know that I’m supposed to say The finest time is now—today. And with all their accomplishments, That would...
Three Poems Dealing with Death, by Brian Yapko The Society March 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Terza Rima 22 Comments . A Brief Return Hey, little girl. I’ve come to check on you;To hear your voice, to see your face anew.Can it be true? Has it been seven...
‘We Already May Be in Purgatory’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society March 2, 2025 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . We Already May Be in Purgatory The Peterson Postulate "What if this life is just a test so we can become better people?" ---The White Lotus HBO TV...
‘Zelensky Gets a Hard Lesson’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society March 1, 2025 Culture, Poetry 67 Comments . Zelensky Gets a Hard Lesson Zelensky comes strutting, in hope of a payout— Trump and young J.D. are trusting that he’ll Accept their...
‘Snapshot’: A Poem by Steven Frattali The Society March 1, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Snapshot It's morning and you rise. You shake your hairAnd stretch yourself a bit, your elbows high,Your blue night gown illuminated byA slant of...
‘Winter at the Pond’: A Poem by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano The Society March 1, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Winter at the Pond I scan the pond. Young birches standing there Have given up their leaves. I set my gaze On trees in water and on trees in...
Poems Inspired by DOGE Cuts, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 28, 2025 Poetry, Satire 16 Comments . Bloat A warrior is battling the bloat Of bulging skivers bleeding strivers dry--- The gloating glut of grubbers kept afloat By worn out workers as...
The Dark Wood: Canto I of Dante’s Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society February 28, 2025 Dante, Poetry, Translation 7 Comments . The Dark Wood: Canto I of Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Midway along the journey of our days __I...
‘A Show Tonight’: A Poem for Shen Yun by Brian Marple The Society February 27, 2025 Performing Arts, Poetry 6 Comments . A Show Tonight The young dawn pierces languid night And dips the theater in newborn light. The Shen Yun trucks are at its doors, For there will be...
‘The Vice’ and Other Poems by Gigi Ryan The Society February 27, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 12 Comments . The Vice Worse than the addiction of a smoker, And harder to get over than cocaine, More drawing than to gamblers their poker Is a vice that never...
‘Distance Kills’: A Poem by Michael Charles Maibach The Society February 26, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Distance Kills Distance kills. It’s always true. In time and space, In all we do. Those on our team, Who leave the sport. Those at our work Who...
‘Old Man at the River’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero The Society February 26, 2025 Art, Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments Old Man at the River Old man's at the river painting the scene.He's working on boats and feeling serene.Unnoticed, a person's drowning out...
‘If I Could but Touch His Hem’: A Poem by Rohini Sunderam The Society February 25, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . If I Could but Touch His Hem ---Mark 5:25-34 Forgive me, Lord, you know it’s true That I have prayed twelve years to you, To stop the bleeding...
‘Trumped by Reason’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society February 25, 2025 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Trumped by Reason Our elitists loved extolling all their virtues while controlling each dimension of all nations through new laws and...
‘Mr. Bluebird’ and Other Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 24, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Satire, Triolet, Villanelle 28 Comments . Mr. Bluebird Your spirit rose before I spied your form. It dulled the winter sting and stilled the storm. Your warming warble quelled the bitter...
‘Winter Midnights’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society February 23, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Winter Midnights Old numbers on the radio; Through foggy panes, a street lamp's glow; Some aircraft's feebly buzzing sound; Barks of...
‘Renaissance’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey The Society February 23, 2025 Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry 9 Comments . Renaissance for Rob Salminen I am as old as I have ever been, And I've not seen all that I'd hoped to see— But every day my life begins...
‘As Hamas Celebrates Dead Babies’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society February 23, 2025 Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . As Hamas Celebrates Dead Babies The Bibas deaths... how do I tell this news? A mother and her sons---all blameless Jews--- Killed senselessly. My...
‘Enamoured’: A Love Poem by Margaret Coats The Society February 22, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 25 Comments . Enamoured String me a strand of pure white pearls supernal, Warming my throat as quivering fingers do, Roughened but figuring tenderness...
‘My Heart’s Desire’: A Poem by Susan Steele Rives The Society February 22, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . My Heart's Desire There is one thing that I long for, _and another that I need. One essential to my soul, _the other made of dreams. My heart...
‘Howl at the River’ and Other Word-Play Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society February 21, 2025 Humor, Poetry 4 Comments . Howl at the River Howl at the river, cry me a moon; Blow up on a drum, and beat a balloon; Smirk like a sailor, drink like a prig’ Eat like a...
A Poem on Wyeth’s ‘Distant Thunder’, by Carl Kinsky The Society February 21, 2025 Ekphrastic, Poetry 3 Comments . At the Ready ---Distant Thunder, Andrew Wyeth (USA), 1961 The coming storm won’t let young Rattler lie asleep, but he’s not ready yet to...
‘Der Knecht’: A Poem in German by Peter Lillios, with Translation The Society February 20, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry, Readings 4 Comments . . Der Knecht An einem Teich in einem Tal, am Felsenfuß entlang, Da steht ein Mädchen ohne Schal, als Decke nur der Hang. Vorbei bin ich schon...
‘Truths Be Known’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society February 20, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Truths Be Known _A cryptical dawning _This foggy gray morning With images drifting about. _Deceptive impressions, _Opaque are the...
Wanted: A Verse Curriculum and Pedagogy: An Essay by David J. Rothman The Society February 19, 2025 Essays, Poetry 8 Comments . Wanted: A Verse Curriculum and Pedagogy David J. Rothman discusses the curriculum of the Poetry Concentration in the Graduate Program in Creative...
‘Chasing COLAs in a Hard World’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society February 19, 2025 Culture, Limerick, Poetry 6 Comments . Chasing COLAs in a Hard World COLA: cost-of-living adjustment We learned, each time we tried to file a claim, _That dealing with the Demiurge...
