‘August, at Your Pleasure’ and Other Poetry by Paul A. Freeman The Society September 17, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . August, at Your Pleasure The year, by August, late in middle age,gives knowing winks to autumn as the goldof summer sun and wheat fields turn the...
‘Follow the Miracle’: A Poem on the Trump Assassination Attempts by Brian Yapko The Society September 16, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Follow the Miracle A random head-turn? Vector wind deflection? Or was it truly heavenly protection? His head came close to being torn asunder Yet...
‘Viracocha’: A Poem on the Incan Sun God by Daniel Pugh The Society September 16, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments . Viracocha Viracocha made the world, __He made it in a day. A day in Viracocha’s life __Would leave you old and gray, So when he’d finished...
A Poem for Helen Vendler (1933-2024): ‘Valediction for a Critic’ by Margaret Coats The Society September 16, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments . Valediction for a Critic "She can second-guess the sixth sense of a poem." —Seamus Heaney "I thought—and still think—that all people would...
Two Anapestic Poems on Summer’s Heat, by C.B. Anderson The Society September 15, 2024 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Light Wave Heatwave When the temperature rises, a worker despises __The withering glare of the sun. When the sweat’s so profuse that our skin is...
‘Kristallnacht—The Night of Broken Glass’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society September 15, 2024 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 31 Comments . Kristallnacht---The Night of Broken Glass I tell my son he must not make a sound. I whisper, “Karl, this attic is our haven. Don’t cry! Don’t...
‘To September’ and Other Autumn Poems by Adam Sedia The Society September 14, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . To September Your fields and groves are lushly emerald still; Your flowers still waft their scents and vaunt their flair; Your blazing rays still...
‘Let’s Laugh at Leftists’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank The Society September 14, 2024 Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . Let’s Laugh at Leftists with a nod to Joseph S. Salemi Step right up and see the freaks, Who call sane values mere antiques! Hear them weep and...
‘Catullus XI’: A Translation by Joseph S. Salemi The Society September 13, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry, Sapphic Verse, Translation 14 Comments . Catullus XI Furius and Aurelius, my two friends, Whether I go to farthest India, The shore by ever-pounding Eastern seas Beaten by tide-waves, To...
‘When Your Foe Is Perilously Strong’: A Villanelle by Maria Panayi The Society September 13, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 13 Comments . When Your Foe Is Perilously Strong When your foe is perilously strong It mightn’t be too preposterous or wrong To let him think that you’re a...
‘Solitaire’ and Other Poetry by Stephen M. Dickey The Society September 12, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . Solitaire A fresh tableau gives hope of gaining traction In the builds. Shortly, though, you see you’re beat. It’s like life: strangely rich...
‘There Are Masters and Then There Are Masters’ and Other Poetry by Phillip Whidden The Society September 12, 2024 Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . There Are Masters and Then There Are Masters The moth’s desire for muzziness of moon Looms large in some men’s minds. They seem to think That...
‘Over the Hill’: A Trimeter Villanelle and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society September 11, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle 12 Comments . Over the Hill Now that you’re "over the hill," Relax. Enjoy the view. Life’s a beach, so chill. Work? You’ve had your fill. It’s time to...
‘Flora’s England’: A Poem by Isabella Simmonds The Society September 11, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Flora's England The hedgerows droop with bulbous berries black As feathers of the Raven in the sun Of August, glowing hot upon his back. He soars...
‘A Prayer in Three Quatrains’: A Poem by William Harrison The Society September 10, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . A Prayer in Three Quatrains Too well I know, I am a son of error; Too well I know the weakness of my frame. Yet still I plead, Lord, save me from...
‘The Traveler’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai The Society September 9, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments . The Traveler I walked along a dusty road, The night was long and cruel and cold. When suddenly upon the path, I came across a speck of gold. I...
‘Common Brief’: A Poem by T.M. Moore The Society September 9, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Common Brief I watch the leaves awaken in the wood behind our home, as daybreak crawls along the trees, and shafts of sunlight penetrate the...
‘An Awkward Endorsement’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 8, 2024 Poetry, Satire 32 Comments . An Awkward Endorsement on Putin's recent endorsement of Kamala Harris for president There's no disputing, Putin's put the boot in. In rooting for...
‘Crystal Spires or Lake of Fire?’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society September 8, 2024 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Crystal Spires or Lake of Fire? The day shall come. For some, just like a thief That sneaks unknown. An accident and grief. __Our flesh and spirit...
‘Nehemiah Questions Robert Frost About Walls’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson The Society September 8, 2024 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Nehemiah Questions Robert Frost About Walls “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” ---Robert Frost, “Mending Wall” “Jerusalem...
‘I Have Waited for September’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society September 7, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 26 Comments . I Have Waited for September I have waited for September When the stars shine silver white; When the sun with trepidation Chases off the cold of...
‘Empty Words’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society September 7, 2024 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Empty Words There was a time not long agoWhen insults led to deadly duels.Today, on streaming videoI saw men call each other fools. And women did...
‘Cicada Serenade’ and Other Summer Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 6, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 27 Comments . Cicada Serenade Boys hang their beat on the heat of the summer. Sticky days twang with their thick, tinny ring. Banshee crescendos and thrums from...
‘Supply and Demand’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz The Society September 6, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments . Supply and Demand Infinite happiness isn’t available. Something so precious just isn’t that scalable. Boundless dismay, though, is much more...
‘Where Virtue Dies’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham The Society September 5, 2024 Poetry, Satire 9 Comments . Where Virtue Dies In the city of Washington, where virtue dies in the immoral sewage as it putrefies, those who tell the most brazen, despicable...
‘Dante in Modern Times’ and Other Poetry by Rob Fried The Society September 5, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Dante, Poetry 14 Comments . Dante in Modern Times If I were Dante, and the quest were mine To reprise chapters of his Comedie For modern times, perhaps no less Divine For...
‘Recipe for a Poem’ by Sally Cook The Society September 4, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 30 Comments . Recipe for a Poem Scraped clean of glib and warty observation, On pristine paper place one piercing thought. Add in the fragrant oil of...
‘Coupled in Rhyme’: A Poem by Jonathan Kinsman The Society September 4, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . Coupled in Rhyme She sees me better than I do, so in her sight I strive to be worthy to lie with, never to lie to. She knows me better than my...
‘The High Priest’s Homily’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society September 3, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Science 20 Comments . The High Priest's Homily Once Man, in thrall to ignorance, believed the world was round, But now we know that everything is one vast sea of...
‘Clouds Over Skye’: A Poem by Martin Rizley The Society September 3, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Clouds Over Skye Vast mounting clouds rise over peak and vale; Their shifting billows filter noonday´s beams, Which pierce the spectral haze, so...
‘Circling In’: A Poem in Terza Rima by Jeffrey Essmann The Society September 2, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 9 Comments . Circling In It’s time (I tell myself) we circled in;Gave up at last the overwrought concernThat pulls us this-way-that till we begin To lose the...
A Poem for Labor Day and Others by Christine de Pisan, Translated by Margaret Coats The Society September 2, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 25 Comments . For All Who Labor by Christine de Pisan (1364-c. 1430) Lady, fair branch where God’s grace blooms,Our labors, Saint Bernard assumes,Are benefited...
‘Garden Party’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society September 1, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Garden Party The sparrows near the feeder flit and preen While predators politely quit the scene. A mockingbird is chirping up a storm, And soft...
‘Married to the Mob’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society September 1, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . Married to the Mob He’s going out again today. What for? His hundredth chance to settle some old score? “Damn this! Screw that! Free cash! Free...
‘Government Waste’: A Poem by Warren Bonham for the Reagan Movie Premiere The Society August 31, 2024 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Wisdom of Reagan: Government Waste “Government is like a baby: with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.” ...
The 2024 Society of Classical Poets International Poetry Competition The Society August 31, 2024 Poetry, Poetry Contests 16 Comments . "Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument." ---John Milton, "On Shakespeare" First Prize: $2,000. Publication...
The 2024 SCP International High School Poetry Competition The Society August 31, 2024 High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests . “Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.” —John Milton, “On Shakespeare” First Prize: $200....
‘Observation’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society August 31, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 9 Comments . Observation ____Comes morning, __And fog fills the forest Where bluebirds are wet on the wings. ____The toadstools __Are soaking up moisture, One...
‘Ode to the Zeer’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society August 30, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Ode to the Zeer Across the Sahel states, the humble zeer, A pear-shaped or full-bellied earthen pot Strains muddy water, turns it cool and...
‘Autumn Fades’ and Other Poetry on Death by Joshua C. Frank The Society August 30, 2024 Alliterative, Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle 20 Comments . Autumn Fades The orange leaves decay to crinkling gray, And sunsets sink and fade the clouds to black. “You’ll see them all in Heaven,” so...
