Classical Book Review: A Brief Look at ‘The Kojiki’ (Tuttle) Joshua Philipp May 18, 2017 Essays, Poetry, Reviews, Translation 3 Comments By Joshua Philipp The Japanese creation story begins in a time of primordial chaos, and from this the god Izanagi and the goddess Izanami emerge...
‘Dandelions’ by Zachary Dilks The Society May 17, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments Could the dandelion be excused for not being a rose, If its effort to grow was much greater; If it labored and toiled Through...
‘Golden Opposite of Grave Beauty’ and Other Poetry by Phillip Whidden The Society May 16, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Golden Opposite of Grave Beauty The Buddhist, Yuezun, saw light like gold Above the blistering sands. The desert blight Of Taklamakan...
‘Degrees of Light’ and Other Poetry by Charles Bauer The Society May 15, 2017 Beauty, Poetry, Terrorism 27 Comments Degrees of Light She squinted, watching circling gulls Fly overhead; small rhythmic waves Slapped steadily upon ship hulls. Brown crabs dashed...
Congratulations to FoFG Contest Winners The Society May 13, 2017 Deconstructing Communism, From the Society, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests 2 Comments ADULT AWARDS 1st Place – $500 Josh Lefkowitz, “A Poem of Fact” 2nd Place – $250 Kathleen Hellen, “Everyday...
‘Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong’ and Other Poetry by Connie Phillips The Society May 13, 2017 Culture, Education, Human Rights in China, Poetry 4 Comments Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong O you who stand so strong through wind and rain, So like those statues lasting through the years, Impervious...
‘A Sonnet for the Sonnet-Maker’ and Other Poetry by Theresa Rodriguez The Society May 11, 2017 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments A Sonnet for the Sonnet-Maker You know the beats and rhythms, the iamb Which pulses like a crippled-legged walk; You, with the force of...
‘Looking Down on Mt. Rushmore’ by John W.L. Toivonen The Society May 9, 2017 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Jutting out of a mountain their stone faces peer out with their notice crucified in stone. Crafted to demand a nation’s reverence visitors would...
‘A Spirit of Creativity’: Interview with Sally Cook The Society May 8, 2017 Essays, Interviews, Poetry 4 Comments By Evan Mantyk A veritable Renaissance woman, Sally Cook is both an accomplished poet who's regularly published in National Review and an...
‘Tribal Lament’ by Lorna Davis The Society May 7, 2017 Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 18 Comments Rising unbidden, a fury unspent, I hear the high keening of tribal lament, Of ancient injustices never forgiven, Never forgotten, rising...
‘Steel Masks’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society May 6, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments Steel Masks King Henri II of France was accidentally killed in 1559 during a festive tournament when he was lanced in the eye by Gabriel...
‘Dawn’ by Pierre Sotér The Society May 5, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments In that part of the day that briefly follows night, before the turning finds the steady lying line from where the biggest star will mount and will...
‘A Lament in the Face of Terror (A Canzone)’ by Florence Major The Society May 4, 2017 Poetry, Terrorism 2 Comments Humanity is a word to be earned─ I sing my song as a bitter wind blows, a chant from my heart to be carried far, I sing my song as...
Funny Food Poetry Contest The Society May 2, 2017 Poetry Contests 67 Comments RULES: A reprieve from heavy subject matter, we ask poets to write a funny poem (2-14 lines) that includes food. You may choose to replace words in...
‘Monsoon Dance’ and Other Poetry by Sathya Narayana The Society May 2, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry Monsoon Dance In Quintets Go back, O' spry peacock, go back into thy dense coppice! The sylvan clock did spell a sly lie! Monsoon is far…...
On Chinese Troops Marching in May Day Parade The Society May 1, 2017 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 5 Comments Written upon watching this video. Note that May Day is the international day honoring workers. Mayday on May Day By Damian...
‘Emily’s Lament’ by E.V. Wyler The Society April 29, 2017 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 2 Comments A Villanelle My grandma smiled as I walked in the door pretending to overpower her pain because I came ... to see her once...
‘Tullia’ By Jack Hart The Society April 28, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments Yes, I admit I seldom write, Or even think of you, But not, as you suppose, Because there's someone new, But rather that I do not...
‘Blessing in Disguise’ and Other Poetry by Wendy Bourke The Society April 28, 2017 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments Blessing in Disguise They catch each little misstep and with kindly, caring grace— they point out the right direction by gently getting in your...
‘For Our Children’ and Other Poetry by Amy Foreman The Society April 27, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments For Our Children “The sum is greater than its parts,” or so the saying goes. And now the two of us can see the proof as each one...
‘To a Red-Winged Black Bird on the Advent of Spring’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society April 26, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments To a Red-Winged Black Bird on the Advent of Spring For some a robin heralds in the Spring. Others: a crocus or a daffodil. My old man claims...
‘To Compassion’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society April 25, 2017 Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry 2 Comments Compassion, with your sun that shines unseen, You lead the river of man’s thoughts to flow Where Saving Grace’s golden breezes blow, To...
Review: In Hubble’s Shadow by Carol Smallwood, Shanti Arts Publishing, 2017 The Society April 24, 2017 Essays, Poetry, Reviews By Alex Phuong The night sky has served as the inspiration for many poets and writers, from Longfellow’s “The Light of Stars” to...
‘Riddling Away’ and Other Poetry by Nicholas Froumis The Society April 23, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Riddles 2 Comments Riddling Away What slips and squanders, and has no matter? Leaves one to ponder, and rarely flatters? Is never enough to go all...
‘Hope’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society April 22, 2017 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . . Hope What task be done, you thought was not?What asked and sought, forgot, was wrought?What strain was set against a blow?As gain unfettered,...
A Timeline of English Poetry Part I: The Song of Amergin, Caedmon’s Hymn, Bede’s Death Song, Deor’s Lament The Society April 21, 2017 Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry 16 Comments By Sandeep Kumar Mishra and Evan Mantyk English poetry has a rich history dating back at least 1,400 years. Looking at poetry today, it is easy to...
‘Molothrus Ater’ by Jane Blanchard The Society April 20, 2017 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Note: The brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater, rather than raise its own young, lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, which may or may...
‘Verification’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 19, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments Verification What further evidence will now be needed to assure Us that behind the strictly physical there’s something more, And that the...
‘They’re Giants: On America and North Korea’ by James Sale The Society April 17, 2017 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments "For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a raft … for blessed is the wood by...
‘Prelude to the Gettysburg Address’ by Arthur Mortensen The Society April 17, 2017 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry, Short Stories 3 Comments Posting atop the hill beyond the field in rain so thick he barely saw the bodies, the General tilted back his hat and sat, shaking his head. His...
‘Visiting the Ruins of Tintagel Castle’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk The Society April 16, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . Visiting the Ruins of Tintagel Castle I wander through a forest deep __in Cornish countryside And think I see some elves asleep __And giants run...
Poet Bio: Sally Cook The Society April 15, 2017 Art, Poetry 2 Comments . Sally Cook is both a poet and a painter residing in upstate New York. In addition to the Society of Classical Poets, her poems have also appeared...
‘Spring Was Near, Now Spring’s Here’ by Carolyn Clark The Society April 14, 2017 Beauty, Poetry Spring was near now Spring’s here, come to waken all the flowers and to welcome April showers. Spring was near now Spring’s here. The...
An Alternative Ending to Romeo and Juliet by Reid McGrath The Society April 13, 2017 Culture, Education, Poetry 7 Comments If Romeo Had Received the Letter Part I Romeo (in the catacomb, lying down beside Juliet) The friar’s note said: “Romeo she will...
‘Blue Star’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society April 12, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments Blue Star Mama painted calm and clouded landscapes Before she wed, blue-green and grassy shapes, But these went by the board just after...
‘I Watch the Sun’ and Other Poetry By J. Quintanilla The Society April 11, 2017 Beauty, Poetry I Watch the Sun I watch the sun, its trek, across the sky. The shadow too to see how it reacts. When light steps forth, the shadow it gets...
‘Boston Public Garden’ and Other Poetry by Mina Le The Society April 10, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry Boston Public Garden On Boston Public Garden's willowed shorebank, two little girls are feeding ducks: they prance from beak to beak, arms...
‘Rhetorical Power’: An Interview with Joseph S. Salemi The Society April 8, 2017 Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Interviews, Poetry 8 Comments By Evan Mantyk In the sea of free verse, drifting downward into the bottomless whirlpool of aesthetic relativism, it is hard to not get lost; but...
A Limited, but Serious, Response to Syria’s Sarin Use The Society April 7, 2017 Poetry 1 Comment By Cid Wa'eeb El Sur "The end is where we start from." —T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets, Little Gidding Upon the heels of an Idlib chemical...
‘Gaius Plinius Secundus’ by Bob McGinness The Society April 7, 2017 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments “Doing what deserves to be written, writing what deserves to be read, living to make the world a happier place.” That's what Pliny...
