‘Whatever Is, Is Right’ by Don Shook The Society November 17, 2018 Poetry 16 Comments …a contemporary application of Pope’s wisdom I’ve sent illegal immigrants to splash around your pool, to raid your pantry, watch...
Poetry Found: ‘The Battery Horse’ by E.R. Henry The Society November 16, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Found Poem, Poetry 33 Comments Presented by Monty Phillips Given that the recent days have been rightfully occupied by the remembering of the humans who never made it home from...
‘The Garden of Life’ and Other Poetry by Satyananda Sarangi The Society November 15, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments The Garden of Life In wee, assuring spans of sunlit day, The sun awakened, rides his carriage fast To paint with crimson every corner...
‘The Cost of Higher Education’ by James A. Tweedie The Society November 14, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 7 Comments I am a university in the U.S. of A. Becoming more dependent on Red China every day. We seek out Chinese students for the money that they...
“When Clouds Roll In” by Michael Charles Maibach The Society November 13, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments On sunny days We’re filled with “me.” “I’m on my own And feeling free!” We have our job, And casual friends. The world feels...
‘To Cast Aside the Worldly Fishing Net and Join the Glorious Race’ by Joe Spring The Society November 12, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments inspired by the Book of Hebrews To carry close a fishing net of gold or sea-green thread, __a-woven by some skillful hands, with ruby borders...
‘Let’s Take the Other Bus’ by Amy Foreman The Society November 11, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 29 Comments (A liberal-socialist primer for our youngest, most impressionable comrades) Note: 'take the other bus' is a slang term for homosexual...
‘At Dusk’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Leach The Society November 10, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments At Dusk At dusk, when high above the darkening trees, __The swallows in the deep blue dip and soar, As if in flying higher, still to...
An Open Letter to Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, by Dusty Grein The Society November 9, 2018 Chant Royal, Poetry 39 Comments Choose Wisely Calling for the next U.S. Poet Laureate to be a traditional rhyming poet A double refrained chant royal in iambic pentameter O...
‘U.S. Midterm Election 2018’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society November 7, 2018 Poetry 11 Comments (All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) U.S. Midterm Election 2018 by Brice U. Lawseed There wasn't any blue wave, nor a red wall; but instead the...
‘Heritage’ by C. David Hay The Society November 7, 2018 Beauty, Poetry, The Environment 10 Comments Behold the cloud-graced monoliths That stretch against the sky Into the boundless sanctity Where wind swift eagles fly. Primal...
‘Write On! The Masters From the Shadows Cried’ by Ted Hayes The Society November 6, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments "Write on!" the Masters from the shadows cried. "By your thin air we breathe, nor ever died; Your modest dress, our glorious raiment...
Essay: ‘Down with the Suck-Ups’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society November 5, 2018 Culture, Essays, Poetry 13 Comments When formal poets come to me for advice, I do my best to be helpful. I can comment on metrics and diction and syntactical choice. I try to avoid...
‘The Age of Poetry’ and Other Poetry by Michael Skau The Society November 4, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments The Age of Poetry They say that poetry’s a young man’s game, indulged while still limber, lithe, and healthy enough to dance all night...
Review: In the Measuring, Carol Smallwood, Shanti Arts 2018 The Society November 3, 2018 Beauty, Essays, Poetry, Reviews 12 Comments by James Sale Carol Smallwood In the Measuring is a substantial new collection of 77 poems by Carol Smallwood. Carol is well-known to readers...
‘Sonnet XXX’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society November 2, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 24 Comments In Officio Exsequarium Come, let us bid the last of our farewells To one who sleeps on the retiring ship; November’s breath respires...
Two Autumn Poems The Society November 1, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Translation 9 Comments Autumn Wind by Yuan Xi, translated by Jennifer Zeng and Damian Robin From far off, Autumn wind runs at us in a rush! Across a thousand miles,...
Two Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) Poems The Society October 31, 2018 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments Hallowe’en by Sheri-Ann O'Shea Oh! Hallowe’en is not about the grave __Or ghosts or horrors fit to make men rave It’s not about black...
‘John of the Mountains’ and Other Poetry by Tonya McQuade The Society October 30, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments John of the Mountains To him we owe a mammoth debt, our grateful thanks and praise, For the lasting conservation trails with foresight he did...
‘Morning Dew’ by David Paul Behrens The Society October 29, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments This universe of ours will end As we then return to the source. No more wounds to tend or to mend, As the source will chart a new course. When...
‘The Ballerina’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society October 28, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 33 Comments The Ballerina Just before the break of day she woke from dreams of grand jeté and knelt beside her bed to pray. Like a feather, then she...
‘The Choice Is Yours’ by C.L. Clickard The Society October 27, 2018 Humor, Poetry 22 Comments There are kingdoms to rule if your foot’s the right size _____or your beauty is flawless and rare. With a tune and a tower, you’ll capture brave...
‘Desolation’ by James A. Tweedie The Society October 26, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments Blasted granite marks the trail Guttered through eternal rock. Windborne smoke and ashes veil Mountain peaks through which we walk. Upward blue...
‘To a Blank Page’ by M. P. Lauretta The Society October 25, 2018 Culture, Humor, Poetry 27 Comments As yet untouched by any writer’s thought you’re still pristine and perfectly unspoiled. Just like a botox-frozen face that ought to pull and...
Rediscovering Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ The Society October 24, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Education, Epic, Essays, Homer, Poetry 27 Comments by Evan Mantyk Where is Homer? The epic poems of the famous Greek bard were the cornerstone of education for young Socrates, Alexander the Great,...
‘The Migrant Caravan’ by Lud Wes Caribee The Society October 22, 2018 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments (poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) The Viacruces del Migrante, migrant caravan, which started out two hundred strong has grown to thousands, and keeps on...
‘Birthday Greetings’ and Other Poetry by David Hollywood The Society October 22, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments Birthday Greetings As themes show signs of nature's stay, And time’s propitious dates hold sway, The evidence augurs your bloom, From...
Two Sonnets by Andrew Barker The Society October 21, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 33 Comments Sonnet 201. The Force that Through the Green Fuse Pulls the Poem. Written in the Dylan Thomas Museum, Swansea. July 2017 Oh to be the Poet! Love...
‘No Luck’ by Martin King The Society October 19, 2018 Humor, Poetry 17 Comments Why is it when you’re down and out, you’re also out of luck? Success they say is easy, “you’ll find it in a book.” I waded...
‘Solid Ground’ and Other Poetry by Clinton Van Inman The Society October 18, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 27 Comments Solid Ground Our greatest philosopher David Hume, Whose logical doubts leave naught to assume, Used skeptical arguments he had found To leave...
Review: Selected Poems from Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal, Translated by Helen Palma The Society October 17, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry, Reviews 10 Comments by Joseph Charles MacKenzie Read the Selected Poems from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal online. Email [email protected] for details on...
‘The Two-way Wye’ by Mike Ruskovich The Society October 16, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments I woke this day beside the two-way Wye, at peace with wars too often waged inside between the push of how, the pull of why. The...
‘United They Fall’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 15, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments United They Fall Exhausted armies cling to noble trees along the margin of a meadow mown two weeks ago. It's fifty-five degrees, and summer's...
‘The Mellow Season’ by Carole Mertz The Society October 14, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 45 Comments Ah, now comes the mellow season, Marks its time with jackdaws caws. Autumn with its rusty reason Offers forth its season’s laws. Now no more...
A Brief History of Riddles The Society October 13, 2018 Culture, Essays, Poetry, Riddles 7 Comments by Manfred Dietrich The world is riddled with riddles. Riddling is as old and as ubiquitous as language itself. When God invited Adam to name the...
‘The Swallows of La Cienega’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio) The Society October 12, 2018 Beauty, Poetry, Readings 92 Comments For Elizabeth La Cienega slept on a muted afternoon At old Las Golodrinas, when I spied a nest Of swallows beneath the age-worn...
‘The Concert’ by Dr. Emory D. Jones The Society October 11, 2018 Poetry 7 Comments So delicate at first, the music swells And fills with brilliance of a dawning sun Each listener and cracks the callused shells The world...
Three Limericks by Nivedita Karthik The Society October 10, 2018 Children's, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 11 Comments An acrobat named Larry Loops was best among all circus troupes, But he quit one day and was heard to say, “My boss made me jump all...
‘Squandered Wealth’ by David Whippman The Society October 9, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments In his bedsitter years, he was alone And all his dreams were haunted by some girl More wonderful than any precious stone Who’d bring fulfilment...
‘Tweedie of Drumelzier’ by James A. Tweedie The Society October 8, 2018 Culture, Poetry 21 Comments Dark Devil’s Pool, where Spirit of the Tweed __Conceived the first-born of the Tuede clan; __Each maiden fair, and muckle braw each man, __With...
