‘A Shen Yun Holiday Sonnet’ by Evan Mantyk The Society December 10, 2017 Beauty, Children's, Performing Arts, Poetry 9 Comments When Santa’s sleigh took to the sky, He saw a wonder by him fly: A Chinese Fairy dance on clouds And point to where there gathered...
‘The Buds of Life’ and Other Poetry by David Watt The Society December 9, 2017 Beauty, Poetry, The Environment 6 Comments The Buds of Life On Nightly News I saw a sight obscene: A seahorse in embrace with cotton bud, Soon causing me to ask, ‘What does this...
‘The Watcher’ by B. L. Perez The Society December 8, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments For Bishop Berkeley & for Madman Blake First, the wind; then, the waves; then the shore —but the Mind—yes, the Mind—long...
Essay: A Tribute to John Keats by Sam Gilliland The Society December 7, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 1 Comment Any treatise claiming critical review of verse, whether in the widest sense, or, as in this case, the result of compressed choice, purely down to the...
‘Summer Showers in the African Savanna’ by Nivedita Karthik The Society December 6, 2017 Beauty, Poetry Slowly yet steadily the heat starts to soar as the sun’s first rays glimmer in the east sky. With no breeze to cool down the forest...
‘Justice Rendered’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society December 5, 2017 Human Rights in China, Poetry, Terrorism 3 Comments Justice Rendered by Cal Wes Ubideer "Sanctuary cities help protect undocumented aliens." —"Weird" Ace Blues July 1st, 2015, Miss Kate...
‘Desolate Ocean’ by Gleb Zavlanov The Society December 5, 2017 Poetry, The Environment 2 Comments The silver masses rising in huge numbers, The ship alone upon the sprawling sea, The snores of men found tossing in their slumbers, And...
‘The Morning Muse’ and Other Poetry by Craig Daniel Koon The Society December 4, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment The Morning Muse This time of day the Muses pass As rolling clouds and dewy grass, To see their handouts properly bestowed. How much I’ve...
‘For Patricia Smith’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society December 3, 2017 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 11 Comments Joseph Pulitzer Junior High September 1959 – June 1961 I think we spoke but fifty words, all told. No more than that, and most were just...
‘What Tolkien Said’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society December 2, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments . . What Tolkien Said “...together through the ages of the world we have fought the long defeat.” Galadriel, of Celeborn Together we fought the...
Essay: My Predecessor, Fray Angelico Chavez Part I by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society December 1, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 4 Comments The poetry of Fray Angelico Chavez can be read here. By Joseph Charles MacKenzie Fray Angélico Chávez, O.F.M. (1910-1996) remains the most...
‘A Slice of Eden’ and Other Poetry by G.M.H. Thompson The Society November 30, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment A Slice of Eden A mango tart broke my heart dark one stormy day because it said I'd be dead if I touched its glaze, & lotus cake made me ache...
‘The Adobe Building – New Mexico’ by Sam Gilliland The Society November 29, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments For Joseph Charles MacKenzie Herein lies silence and serenity, Along with untold tales of many men, Mixing mud and straw, soon to be a...
‘Another Cakewalk’ and Other Poetry by Peter G. Epps The Society November 28, 2017 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Riddles 2 Comments Another Cakewalk Mark Twain may not be safe to read, at least in public places, Because he gawks with foolish words at human folly's...
‘Far Across the Plains’ by Zachary Dilks The Society November 27, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments For honor! For valor! The battle stole and won Where up the soul arises down the barrel of a gun The courses set and forces met with...
‘Untitled’ by Edward Hoke The Society November 26, 2017 Poetry 5 Comments I could but of thy outward parts compose A symphony of sensuality, Thy subtler habits then to serve as notes, Thy carvéd edges dictating the...
‘The Hill’ by Dr. Emory Jones The Society November 25, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments The swollen hill is pregnant with the Spring, A promise of a resurrection day, A warm renewal, life in everything Is bursting forth like...
Ten of the Best Poems by Robert Frost (that you’ve probably never read) The Society November 24, 2017 Beauty, Best Poems, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry 18 Comments by Dusty Grein The Man The American poet Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, CA. He spent his first 40 years mostly...
‘Hand in Hand’ by Nicholas Froumis The Society November 23, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment She remembers the first time his hand closed around her fingers, the smooth skin of youth and a slight dampness like when he...
‘Narcissus Saw Himself Only Once’ and Other Poetry by Phillip Whidden The Society November 22, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Narcissus Saw Himself Only Once “Due to the poor quality, high cost, and small size of these ancient glass mirrors, solid metal-mirrors...
‘Letting Go’ by Michael Glassman The Society November 21, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments The birch, the elm, the aging spruce Cannot restrain the restless roots Of saplings drawn to the silent sound Of brother’s heading...
‘Lord Tennyson’s Scissors’ by James A. Tweedie The Society November 20, 2017 Humor, Poetry 6 Comments Note: Years ago I read an essay by R.P. Blackmur entitled “Lord Tennyson’s Scissors” which cited Tennyson for saying that “he knew the...
‘Progress’ and Other Poetry by Ann Christine Tabaka The Society November 19, 2017 Humor, Poetry, The Environment 7 Comments Progress We fill our landfills That we build sky high With electronic gadgets That we must all buy ... All in the name of Progress We...
‘When I Speak of History’ by Leonard Dabydeen The Society November 18, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 5 Comments When I speak of history I speak well; I leave behind the past where broken bones Lay scattered on blistering sands to tell Of atrocities that are...
Translation of ‘La Function du Poet’ by Victor Hugo The Society November 17, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 3 Comments The Function of the Poet Tanslation by David Bellemare Gosselin God summons him in times gone awry When each can’t will, but serves his...
Poetry on Communism’s Crimes in Europe by Leo Yankevich The Society November 16, 2017 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 13 Comments Tikkun Olam* His mouth agape, as though still asking questions, the Tsar lies at the end of his long reign. (Blue lips almost struggle...
‘A Country Song’ by Joe Tessitore The Society November 15, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 11 Comments A Country Song (for my wife's birthday) I'm no longer young and strong and things take me twice as long Might not hear you when you...
‘Haunted’ by Sam Gilliland The Society November 14, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments Haunted, by a recurring memory, Suffocating, where gladioli grow, Gaunt, with grief, heart stilled, ever passionless, Those dream-filled nights,...
‘The Train of Thoughts Returns to Tradition’ by David Watt The Society November 13, 2017 Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 8 Comments With sun seductive, blinding, thoughts of open rail reminding Of adventures held in albums, slightly faded, fondly worn; I departed with...
‘Safe Passage’ by Linda Imbler The Society November 12, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment To do no harm, no deeds with base intent, To this end we must teach the little ones The way of safe passage. In lieu, so spent Time...
‘Kudzu’ and Other Poetry by Don Shook The Society November 11, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Kudzu* Yes, I creep to cover, smother, choking greenery like no other. I am Kudzu taking over places once filled deep in clover, trees...
‘Winter Whispers’ by Carter Davis Johnson The Society November 10, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments Upon a winter’s evening, The sun sits out of sight, While all the stars are dreaming, I peer into the night. My footsteps slowly...
‘A Deserted House’ by Kathleen Farrell The Society November 9, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments Today I saw a little nest fashioned neat and trim, with plastic wrap, and grass and leaves entwined in feathered rim. What bird had...
‘Rows of Steps’ by Rajnish Mishra The Society November 8, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments Row after row, steps rising from the river, Row after row, steps falling to the same, Rising, going westward, falling, coming – a...
10 Greatest Poems Written by John Milton The Society November 7, 2017 Best Poems, Culture, Epic, Essays, Poetry 9 Comments John Milton (Born December 9, 1608 – died November 8, 1674) was an English poet of the late Renaissance period. He is most noted for his epic poem...
‘Another Mass Murder in the News’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society November 6, 2017 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 2 Comments (All poems by Bruce Dale Wise) Another Mass Murder in the News by Bilee Wad Curse He was an atheist who called churchgoers "stupid" on his...
‘A Hardcover Book’ and Other Poetry by Carol Smallwood The Society November 6, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments A Hardcover Book Carrying a hardcover book instead of a small electronic tool I get polite, benevolent smiles seemingly reserved for the...
‘Inscription on the Golden Gate, Constantinople (Translation)’ and Poetry by Morgan Downs The Society November 5, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 1 Comment Inscription on the Golden Gate, Constantinople (Translation) Commemorating Emperor Theodosius' Victory over the usurper, Maximus, at the...
‘November’ by Lorna Davis The Society November 4, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 29 Comments The golden days of late October fade As bleak November’s iron skies descend. When tresses, like the leaden clouds, have grayed, We see...
‘From the Top’ by Timothy Richardson The Society November 3, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments on a Maine mountain Here, my mind can cross the thoughts of birds; ___land on a summit’s fingertip or drift into clear blue until it's...
