‘A Love Sonnet’ by Jan Darling The Society January 18, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments after the style of Petrarch The aching of your leave clings sadly, still And pangs of emptiness I lone endure But slowly I ascend towards love...
‘In Memory of Romeo and Juliet’ by Victor Tyne The Society January 17, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Education, High School Submissions, Poetry 7 Comments These twain ephem’ral lives were fraught with woes When they, a boy and girl in morn of life, Defied their due inheritance as foes And...
‘Listening to the Lark’ by Daniel Magdalen (with Video) The Society January 16, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Video 24 Comments On Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, a romance for violin and orchestra inspired by George Meredith’s poem of the same title (see both...
‘The Pointless Voice of James Joyce’: A Sonnet by James A. Tweedie The Society January 14, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments Author's Note: This Sonnet, formatted as both prose and poetry, is written as a parody of James Joyce; specifically, his final two novels, Ulysses...
‘A Poet’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society January 13, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments A Poet's Prayer My words are lying, cold and still; reproaching me, their silence shrill. With emptiness, my heart they fill. Inspire me, Lord,...
‘Tbilisi თბილისი’ by Ralph C. La Rosa The Society January 12, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 7 Comments (1976-1978) In Soviet Georgia, I feel linguistic shock. At first assuming residents speak Russian, I say Nyet, not Ara, igniting discussion of...
‘To Old Friends’ and Other Poetry by Joshua Philipp The Society January 11, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments To Old Friends Around the bonfire, we were brothers who sang Of joys that are gone, and the flame turned to ash And blew on the wind to where...
‘Rosettes’ and Other Poetry by David Hollywood The Society January 10, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments Rosettes When seasons pause in moments cast, By visions of each flower’s past, The rose amongst all florae kissed, Appears within my...
Odysseus Strings His Bow: Translation of Homer by Mike Solot The Society January 9, 2019 Culture, Homer, Poetry, Translation 27 Comments The Odyssey, 21.388-22.125, translated with an eye on Homer's instinctively cinematic style. by Mike Solot The cowherd, Philoetius, quickly but...
‘Time for the B.S.: Susie and Johnny Go to College’ by Amy Foreman The Society January 7, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments a sequel to “Let’s Take the Other Bus” Welcome, young friends, to this great university. I am your counselor, Dr. Diversity, here to advise...
‘Armed with Imagination’ and Other Poetry by Randal A. Burd, Jr. The Society January 6, 2019 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments Armed with Imagination Imagination armed this youthful knight— a plywood shield and sword of sapling wood created echoes in the...
Sonnets on the Arts Today, by Peter Hartley The Society January 5, 2019 Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 38 Comments Poetry Today If elevated thought had ever beenThe least criterion of excellenceIn poetry, why should it then be seenToday as...
‘Dirty Hands’ and Other Poetry by Connie Phillips The Society January 4, 2019 Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 14 Comments Dirty Hands on Communism’s evil specter The evil specter’s dirty hands Have soiled the windows to the world. It’s smeared them with the...
‘Shattered Prospects’ and Other Poetry by David Watt The Society January 3, 2019 Poetry 20 Comments Shattered Prospects Pursued by every shadow,He rode the winding wayTo where his love lay waiting:Trunk packed for ocean stay.An owl looked...
‘You Poor, Unfortunate Woman’ and Other Poetry by Janice Canerdy The Society January 2, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments You Poor, Unfortunate Woman Last Monday was a special day for me. You got that big promotion and the raise! I pity you, for now your life...
‘Arise, You Bones’ and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society January 1, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 15 Comments Arise, You Bones “Come, spirit, from the four winds, and blow upon these slain, and let them live again.” –Ezechiel 37:9 Arise, you bones of...
‘Late Winter Sunset’ by M. P. Lauretta The Society December 31, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 24 Comments Written on Two Tree Island The golden fingers of the setting sun bestow their last caresses for the day. Although this present day may be...
‘Old Glory’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Nicholson The Society December 30, 2018 Poetry 26 Comments Old Glory It’s just another job—another day At work in dismal districts of this world. She sorts out shapes and strips of cloth...
‘The Demosthenian Literary Society’ and Other Poetry by Alexander King Ream The Society December 29, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments The Demosthenian Literary Society The nobler and loftier days, gone by, The auld lang syne of the decades that fly, The vast contemplation of time...
‘Letters We Wrote’ and Other Poetry by Tonya McQuade The Society December 28, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 22 Comments Letters We Wrote dedicated to Diane Fournier Across the months of summer and the states, We wrote our lengthy letters, wrote our lives...
‘How to Plant a Tree’ by Alan Sugar The Society December 27, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments Allow for growth; dig wide—but not too deep. Add soil amender to the raw red clay. Remove the rope. Take burlap bag away. Surround the...
‘The Great War’ and Other Poetry by Janice Thompson The Society December 26, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments The Great War The world abruptly shattered Colossal was the war And of it’s better victims The gentler arts of yore. Such shards of glass,...
7 Poems for Christmas 2018 The Society December 25, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 31 Comments Sancta Dei Genetrix by Joseph Charles MacKenzie Pure Mother of divine Simplicity, Being-in-Himself now slumbers in thy creche, For, thou hast...
‘Happy Holidaze’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society December 24, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments Happy Holidaze Our holidays we sanitize. They don’t offend or stigmatize. In fact we made them squeaky clean, but what, by jingle, do they...
‘Penthouse Bolsheviks’ by Dylan Price The Society December 23, 2018 Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 5 Comments They look at you with contempt and sneer, A haughty air permeating there. "Equality" is their pernicious cheer; Floating up high on...
‘The Finite Prairies Under Boundless Skies’ by Alessio Zanelli The Society December 22, 2018 Beauty, Poetry, The Environment 23 Comments The angler knows the stream, exactly where to cast the line. The fish in turn suspects what offers food disguises danger though it's urged to...
‘Weaknesses’ by Charlie Bauer The Society December 21, 2018 Human Rights in China, Poetry 10 Comments I read that Christ said: “Turn the other cheek,” And told good friends I held that notion, but Still wondered if that turning made me...
‘Heart’ and Other Poetry by Beverly Stock The Society December 20, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Heart Bleeding heart, a kindly soul Drives demand, you give your gold, Not for the cause they imbue, Guilt sequestered deep in you. Heavy,...
A Translation of ‘Snow in Spring’ by Han Yu (768–824) The Society December 19, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 3 Comments Translated by Jarek Zawadzki Upon the New Year's Day no fragrant flowers came out, Not till the second month did buds begin to sprout. The snow...
‘The Chinese Bill of Rights’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 18, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 27 Comments The Chinese Bill of Rights In China, laws regarding human rights May keep a simple man awake at nights, Suspecting that a Mand'rin guten...
‘Ancient Melodies’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society December 17, 2018 Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 10 Comments (All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) Ancient Melodies by Ercules Edibwa No longer are they heard, the ancient melodies of Greece, so beautiful and...
‘As I Grow Old’ by Martin King The Society December 16, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments As I grow old and frail, you will support me still. If I should shout or rail, calmly, you peace instill. If I judge...
7 Classic Christmas and Seasonal Poems, and More The Society December 15, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry A Visit from St. Nicholas, 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was...
‘Those Who Do Not Remember the Past . . .’ by James A. Tweedie The Society December 14, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments Of Roland and of Kings I sing of Arthur and Excalibur, The Table Round and fealty professed By knights devoted to a noble quest For what...
‘Ode to the Lats’ by Connie Phillips The Society December 13, 2018 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments Oh Lat, dear Lat, where art thou at? Methinks thou seem a bit too flat... On Superman, and blokes like that, Your rippling mass is no...
‘Advice to an Aspiring Careerist’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society December 12, 2018 Culture, Humor, Poetry 22 Comments —from A Gallery of Ethopaths Schools are diploma mills that provide Credentials for people who have to hide In the small chinks of some...
‘A Poem’s Truth’ by Michael Stutz The Society December 11, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments A poem's truth, when presently revealed Inside its lines where they had first congealed Will fill you with a youthful ardent joy— Like...
‘To Write of Death’ by Jeffrey Essmann The Society December 10, 2018 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments If poets are supposed to write of death then let me O! poetically regret the beating heart abruptly stopped, the breath that falls like lead...
‘Dryads’ Winter Lament’ by Wandi Zhu The Society December 9, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments As autumn breezes blow away The warmth of summer’s sun, Then shortened is the light of day When we had danced as one. The prelude to...
‘There are No Long-Term Consequences When the End is Near!’ by Lee Goldberg The Society December 8, 2018 Humor, Poetry 11 Comments A wondrous thing that happens as your exit becomes near, is that “long-term” consequences need not cause you fear! Bottom line:...
