‘I Love This Life’ and Other Poetry by Janice Canerdy The Society June 12, 2018 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau 19 Comments I Love This Life a rondeau I love this life in spite of all the trying times and every wall I must tear down to find success, although...
‘Curtain Up!’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society June 11, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments Curtain Up! Sunset and the robins sing, nightingales reply song that summer evenings bring, weeping willows sigh from lawns and from thickets a...
‘As Promised’ by Linda Imbler The Society June 10, 2018 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments The sky boiled, As the earth ruffled, Clouds blew past, And the soil buckled. The dead came forth, And stood in wait, Believers...
‘Hard To Believe’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society June 9, 2018 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 9 Comments These three sonnets come from the newly released poetry book Organ Harvest, by Damian Robin, which exposes the murder of prisoners of conscience,...
Essay: ‘Frog-Marched Into the Prison of Poetry’ The Society June 8, 2018 Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments by Con Chapman Nyla Matuk and I have a few things in common; we are both poets (or in my case, claim to be), and we both know what sumptuary...
‘Canto 2’ by James Sale The Society June 7, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 39 Comments Canto 2 is part of a sequence of 33 Cantos called The English Cantos that James Sale is attempting to write in the style – and using the terza rima...
‘Wild Strawberry’ and Other Poetry by John Grey The Society June 6, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Wild Strawberry On summer strolls, I often find. Wild strawberry flowering in the wood, White leaf, gold bud, my cheerless mood Is ruffled...
‘The Things I Have Not Done’ by Anthony Wang The Society June 5, 2018 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 14 Comments I have not been to Medford, nor Milan; I have not seen a war, nor won the peace; I’ve risen to six thousand cloudy dawns that – not once –...
‘Poems Unwritten’ by Daniel Leach The Society June 4, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments Sometimes, when the light and the mists of the day _Settle holy and soft on the edge of the night, When the sights and the sounds of the world melt...
‘Philosopher’ by Leo Yankevich The Society June 3, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments for Czesław Miłosz For a moment as brief and long as eternity he sees what the blind man sees in the blink of an eye: a sun that never sets,...
‘The Cat in the Red MAGA Hat’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society June 2, 2018 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments (All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) The Cat in the Red MAGA Hat by Carb Deliseuwe Eugenior Joseph took girlfriend and mom on Mother's Day to...
‘My Garden’ and Other Sonnets by Adam Sedia The Society June 1, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments My Garden Lush, fresh-pruned verdure shades the cobbled path, It bursts with rich-hued blossoms strewn about Whence sweet aromas waft, blend, and...
‘The Book of Kells’ by Jane Blanchard The Society May 31, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments The intricacies of script and figure are amazing. Kudos to the faithful who made contributions large or small. By far this volume is the greatest...
‘The Seabirds’ and Other Poetry by David Paul Behrens The Society May 30, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 33 Comments The Seabirds Seagulls, on the air they glide, Over the waves to the land; Soaring across the sky, so wide, To softly land on the...
A Translation of ‘Longing’ by Friedrich Schiller The Society May 29, 2018 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 13 Comments Translation by David B. Gosselin If I from this darkened valley Where the gloomy vapors creep Might by some wonder swiftly flee My soul...
‘Boasted Viridian’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society May 28, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . . Boasted Viridian Said Viridian Green to Cerulean Blue, “The waves would be boring without me and you, The crashing unflashing, the sheen...
‘Song of Us’ and Other Poetry by by Amy Foreman The Society May 27, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Riddles 25 Comments Song of Us Face to face, polite and careful, Tentative we were, and prayerful, Neither one of us would dare pull More from this than met the...
‘Napoleon in New Orleans’ and Other Poetry by Robert McLean The Society May 26, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments Napoleon in New Orleans So the sun of Austerlitz has set. I had many triumphs, but it’s the few defeats – Leipzig,...
‘The Revving Roar of Rolling Thunder’ by E.V. Wyler The Society May 25, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments Poet's Note: In this sonnet I'm paying tribute to the patriotic bikers who make their annual pilgrimage to Washington DC to participate in Rolling...
10 Favorite Shakespeare Sonnets The Society May 24, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry, Shakespeare 16 Comments By James A. Tweedie Call me a snob but I am generally attracted to what is commonly referred to as “great art” or the “masterpieces.” Over...
‘Heritage as Hope’ and Other Poetry by Phillip Whidden The Society May 23, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 30 Comments Heritage as Hope I saw the cricket scene in evening light, In Windsor light with calm men moving through The evening air and dressed in cricket...
Three Poems by Mikhail Yu. Lermontov, Translated by Don Mager The Society May 22, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments All poems translated from Russian. The Rock A gold cloud rested the whole night Upon the breast of a huge rock; And cheerfully at dawn it...
‘Joy Comes’ and Other Poetry by Rachel Holbrook The Society May 21, 2018 Beauty, Poetry, Terrorism 9 Comments Joy Comes Softly silent; kindly kept, ___the haunted hours crept. Moonlit minutes—marked and mute, ___the lonely doubt takes root. The...
‘Bridge of Memories’ and Other Poetry by Dusty Grein The Society May 20, 2018 Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry 16 Comments Bridge of Memories a symmetrelle in mixed syllabic meter A bridge built of memories spans the gap between future and past. Although life may...
‘Prince Harry to Meghan Markle on Their 20th Wedding Anniversary’ by Joe Tessitore The Society May 19, 2018 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments I remember our marriage the horses, the carriage the millions we spent on your gown we threw out the book the foundations we shook as...
‘The Archaeological Gardens at Giardini-Naxos’ and Other Poetry by William Ruleman The Society May 19, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments The Archaeological Gardens at Giardini-Naxos 7 March 2018 The stones are overgrown with clover now, Drowned by daisies, fresh cape sorrel...
‘Out on a Limb’ by David Watt The Society May 18, 2018 Humor, Poetry, Short Stories 17 Comments In an old timber town lived a man of renown; With a chainsaw he couldn’t be beat, And as quick as you’d say “What’s for dinner...
‘Pika’ by André Le Mont Wilson The Society May 17, 2018 Beauty, Poetry, The Environment 9 Comments The pika climbs the snowless slopes in hope of finding cooler climes. A tailless kin to hares, he shelters under stones to cope with rising temps...
‘Tulip Tree in Bloom, January’ and Other Poetry by Tim J. Myers The Society May 16, 2018 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 38 Comments Tulip Tree in Bloom, January Every working day I pass a tulip tree on yellow grass and strain to see, when it appears, petals out this...
‘The Fairies Danced’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society May 15, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments The Fairies Danced The fairies danced and shone like diamonds on __The lake below. My pole across my knees; __My creel on my lap; the sun...
‘The Devil’s Details’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges The Society May 14, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 12 Comments The Devil’s Details There’s a devil in the details, Those traits we like to sort; There’s a devil in the details, The minutiae we...
A Poem for Mother’s Day ‘Lullaby’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society May 13, 2018 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 29 Comments Lullaby When you sang to your baby boy did other hearts not fill with joy those few who just happened to hear? for even on their darkest...
A Poem for Mother’s Day: ‘Birth Pangs’ by Rohini Sunderam The Society May 12, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 29 Comments The painful birth of motherhood So few have really understood Is but a shadow that foretells The pain our parents knew so well Of...
Essay: A Defense of Poetry The Society May 11, 2018 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 7 Comments ''A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around...
‘Complications’ by James B. Nicola The Society May 10, 2018 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments I used to be politer, but more boring, my friends say. They could take me anywhere. My conversation wasn’t overbearing. My actions seemed as if...
Shortest Poem Poetry Contest The Society May 9, 2018 Poetry, Poetry Contests, Popular Poetry Archives 192 Comments Update: Winners announced: https://classicalpoets.org/shortest-poem-contest-winners-announced/\ Scroll down and read the comments section to...
‘Am-air-ica’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society May 9, 2018 Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Environment 17 Comments (All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) Am-air-ica by Eber L. Aucsidew Die Welt proclaimed the biggest drop in CO2 was in America, in the first...
‘The Warrior’s Song at Dusk’ by Ramón Rodriguez, LC The Society May 8, 2018 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments At last, some time to catch my breath – a rest, a respite in the fight – How many times I parried death! Bask now in this...
‘A Snowy Day in Spring’ by Yuan Xi The Society May 7, 2018 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments From the White Cloud Poetry Society. Translation by Jennifer Zeng, rendition in formal verse by Damian Robin With all the trees in shrouds...
‘The Composition Teacher Addresses His Class’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society May 6, 2018 Culture, Education, Poetry 13 Comments When naming things, you have to use a noun; A verb shows action or a state of being. An adjective describes—that is, marks down The...
