‘Saint Patrick Was a Green Alien’ by Damian Robin The Society March 17, 2017 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Saint Patrick was a green alien, He came from other parts. He was not a native Irishman But was taken to their hearts. On oceans of...
‘Celestial Teevee’ and Other Poetry by R. Bremner The Society March 16, 2017 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment Celestial Teevee Something that’s always puzzled me: Does the Creator watch us on celestial teevee the way we watch Modern Family? If...
Remaking Education From the Poetry Up The Society March 15, 2017 Deconstructing Communism, Education, Essays, Poetry 8 Comments By Evan Mantyk Last year, the College Board released a significantly redesigned Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The SAT is used by millions of...
‘Flying Coast to Coast on the Anniversary of 9/11: Courage, In-Flight’ by Alan Salé The Society March 14, 2017 Poetry, Terrorism 1 Comment Cold and Uncertain shaken and stirred; Flying through clouds so quickly they’re blurred. Hold, comfort and buckle me in; Make us trust in...
‘Songbirds Sing’ and Other Poetry by Debbie Johnson The Society March 12, 2017 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments Songbirds Sing (Triolet Sonnet) As songbirds sing with joy of spring, unfolding blossoms show their hues. From my front porch the wind...
‘On the Press-ident’ by Caud Bile Sewer The Society March 11, 2017 Culture, Poetry 3 Comments The Press is not the enemy, but Donald Trump is right; the Press is disingenuous; they cannot get it right. Left in the midst of overladen,...
‘All the Poets Who Rhymed Are Dead’ (A Short Story) The Society March 10, 2017 Humor, Poetry, Short Stories 3 Comments By Dona Fox It was Friday night. I fought my way across the campus through special effects left over from a Grade-B horror movie. Lightning...
‘Upon the Pompeii Exhibition at the National Gallery’ by David Essex The Society March 8, 2017 Culture, Poetry or Mutatis Mutandis The mode of most catastrophe is gradually, then suddenly. Time slowly ratchets up the stress in states that tend to stay at...
On Robert Frost’s ‘The Pasture’ and William Carlos Williams’ ‘The Red Wheelbarrow’ The Society March 7, 2017 Essays, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives 49 Comments By Wilbur Dee Case One of the most unlikely poems of the Modernist period is that by Robert Frost: "The Pasture." It is unlikely for many reasons....
‘The World Is Still Too Much’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society March 6, 2017 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, The Environment The World Is Still Too Much Too much, and much too much, it still goes on: The men and women who covet wealth and bling, And acquisition...
Interview with Unofficial Trump Inaugural Poet Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society March 5, 2017 Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Interviews, Poetry 13 Comments By Evan Mantyk One week in mid-January this year, in the relatively obscure world of poetry, Joseph Charles MacKenzie’s “Pibroch for the...
‘Insomnia’ by Joshua Lefkowitz The Society March 4, 2017 Humor, Poetry 1 Comment When I struggle for sleep, I dust off a classic and try counting sheep: Trouble is, my sheep show off, they leap like Olympians over their...
Poetry on the Photography of Mark Wyatt The Society March 3, 2017 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry All photos by Mark Wyatt / All poetry by Neal Dachstadter Chant of the Wooded Hall Chlorophyll concordant eaves Soaring ceiling, verdant...
‘Sonnet for an Arabian Autumn’ and Other Poetry by Diane Woodcock The Society March 2, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 1 Comment Sonnet for an Arabian Autumn After William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 This time of year you will in me perceive When all things green take on...
‘A Note on Rumi to the Global Diversity Committee’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society March 1, 2017 Culture, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments Teaching the Inner Couplets of one Rumi Has left me truly desolate and gloomy. They say he’s great, this Sufi poet Rumi, But...
‘By Design’ by David Sloan The Society February 28, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment This time of year makes it hard to believe in randomness. Maples flame up, then out, visible symmetry undressed as roots-in-air...
‘Unseen Universe’ by Rena Velasquez The Society February 27, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment Often I ponder things unseen Eons of light and mysterious beings The breathtaking fallout as stars collide A silent womb where souls...
Poetry Based on Holocaust Testimonies The Society February 26, 2017 Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 2 Comments A Million Thoughts Based on the Holocaust testimony of Bertha Haberfeld By Surina Patel A million thoughts are rushing through my brain, The...
‘Darkness’ and Other Poetry by Christine Lawson The Society February 25, 2017 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 2 Comments Darkness No longer did they see the need For things called books they used to read. Music—no longer symphonies, But simple tunes composed...
‘Console Her With the Atheist’s Philosophy’ by Samuel Johnson The Society February 24, 2017 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 2 Comments Console her with the Atheist’s philosophy: ____Never mind! Your grandma’s dead. It’s Nature’s way of denoting an atrophy ____In...
‘Death in the Desert’ by Michael Glassman The Society February 23, 2017 Poetry, Terrorism 4 Comments Heat waves frolic along the desert’s endless edge I hear the shuffling of camel’s toes The soft landing of camel dung The smell...
‘Riven’ and Other Poetry in Traditional Bardic Forms by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins The Society February 22, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, The Environment 2 Comments Riven (A Rannaigheacht Ghairid) Once I dreamed Ospreys soared where salmon teemed. Frigid streams and waterfalls Frosted walls where glaciers...
‘Layoffs at the Antiquities Museum’ by Seth Thomas The Society February 21, 2017 Humor, Poetry After college, in my job search I found A prestigious post in antiquities At the historic museum downtown (As a gift shop clerk, more...
‘Winter’s Passing’ and Other Poetry by Dona Fox The Society February 20, 2017 Beauty, Poetry, Terrorism 6 Comments Winter’s Passing Now I can see no sky above your space, For dark clouds hide the blue that may be there. The air is full of rain that...
‘Where is Alice’ by Paris Michael The Society February 19, 2017 Children's, Poetry 1 Comment Where was it that Alice went, One bright and shining day, A rabbit's lair, beneath the blare, A restless child at play, And where was it that...
‘Humble Shant’ and Other Poetry by Neil Dachstadter The Society February 18, 2017 Poetry 5 Comments Humble Shant My humble shant be free of strife Untroubled see my simple life Skiff and paddle, hat and brim Gift unaddled bright, not...
‘Education: To Be Continued…’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society February 17, 2017 Culture, Education, Poetry 3 Comments Education: To Be Continued ... There is no lack of opportunity For education in this spendthrift age, And boys who wish to earn a decent...
‘Says Simon Cowell (A Villanelle)’ and Other Poetry by Agnes Bookbinder The Society February 16, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 1 Comment Says Simon Cowell (A Villanelle) “Which came first, the egg or fowl? This is what I’d like to know.” “Who cares?” says Simon...
‘Once Flew and Flown No More’ and Other Poetry by Zachary Dilks The Society February 15, 2017 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Once Flew and Flown No More Such heights I once had seen and gusts of winds that caught my caution Through clouds above a world I didn't...
‘Time (for Children)’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society February 14, 2017 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 3 Comments Time (for Children) Time flies, as everyone knows and time marches on, as the saying goes and time will stand still now and then when we...
‘Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Wendy Lee Klenetsky The Society February 13, 2017 Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry Haiku "You are what you eat!" That's what all of the books say Then I guess I'm nuts! Naturally You walk into the beauty...
‘For Prithivi’ by Frank De Canio The Society February 12, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments (thanks for your kindness) How like a star in a darkening sky, appears an unexpected friendly deed. How much more so when storm warnings...
‘Mozart’s Whisper’ by Robert Phelps The Society February 11, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments Mulched beyond bones, but reprieved, Wolfgang has a home in my mind, and he’s still bereaved. From his pauper’s grave, and with a whispered...
‘On Super Bowl LI’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society February 9, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments On Super Bowl LI I went to bed. The Falcon’s made it 28 to 3 and yet I never should have doubted the poised Tom Brady. Halfway through...
‘The Earth We’re Leaving Behind’ by Niloufar Behrooz The Society February 9, 2017 Beauty, Poetry, The Environment 2 Comments There used to be a limpid lake Home to the finest birds you'd find. We'd watch their glory till daybreak. But now those days are far behind. I...
How to Write a Limerick The Society February 8, 2017 Education, Limerick, Poetry, Poetry Forms 5 Comments Related How to Write a Sonnet How to Write a Haiku How to Write a Rondeau How to Write a Villanelle How to Write a Poem Like the Raven by Dusty...
‘How Eden Weeps’ by Mark Sheeky The Society February 7, 2017 Poetry, The Environment 4 Comments How Eden weeps to see, the ache of every tortured tree. How Eden doth recoil, at bitter cancer of the soil. Man was placed as king of...
Whitworth Over Whitman: A Poem by Sally Cook The Society February 6, 2017 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 41 Comments What a Wit is Worth For John Whitworth, poet Oh, Whitman was a rhymer who enjoyed to play the part Of complicating everything. It's...
‘It May Be Better’ by Pierre Sotér The Society February 5, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment What thoughts has thinking hard put in my brain, that show a different world than my eyes see, before, things easier were, clear and plain, but...
‘Susan B. Anthony Upbraids Elizabeth Cady Stanton’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 4, 2017 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 10 Comments You’ve not come to a meeting in three years— Within the movement, there are buzzing fears That marriage has ensnared you in its cage. And...
