‘Christmas Eve’ by Christina Rossetti: Poetry Analysis The Society December 19, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry 2 Comments By Jane Blanchard On December 5, 1830, Christina Rossetti was born in London to an Italian-English mother married to an Italian poet in exile. ...
Society Holds First Rhyming Poetry Open Mic The Society December 18, 2016 From the Society, Poetry 3 Comments The first Society of Classical Poets sponsored "Rhyming Poetry Reading" was held at The Tea Garden in Middletown, New York, on December 18, 2016. The...
‘To the Kurdish Women Soldiers’ and Other Poetry by Ruth Asch The Society December 18, 2016 Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 5 Comments To the Kurdish Women Soldiers With girlish smiles above costumes of war - you dance, sisters; stamp the pallid golden dust to furbellows...
‘Witches’ Brew’ and Other Poetry by Susan Martin The Society December 17, 2016 Children's, Poetry, The Environment 1 Comment Witches’ Brew Round and round the seven seas go, In the putrid poisons throw, Double, double toil and trouble, dolphins die and oceans...
On Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin’s Being Banned in China The Society December 16, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments Beauty in a Butcher’s Shop By Damian Robin There can be beauty in a butcher’s shop Even when that butcher’s shop’s unclean; And...
‘Mulan’ by Stephanie Fang The Society December 16, 2016 Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 1 Comment Sighs fill the room as Mulan weaves the loom She doesn’t want Father to meet his doom. The Khan needs an army to face the Huns; Father...
How to Write a Sestina (with Examples and Diagrams) The Society December 14, 2016 Education, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Sestina 2 Comments by Dusty Grein The sestina originated among the troubadours of medieval France's Provence region, and the modern thirty-nine line form is...
‘Kitty’s Crime’ by David Schultz The Society December 12, 2016 Children's, Humor, Poetry Kitty staring at the tipped fishbowl (whoever felled it left not a hair), With no one home, what was, do you think, The mysterious force...
‘Obi-Wan Bin Laden RIP’ and Other Poetry by James Sale The Society December 10, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Terrorism 1 Comment Obi-Wan Bin Laden RIP Let’s remember what God wants: Killing people’s never right, So Obi-Wan Bin Laden then Cannot be a Jedi...
A Shen Yun Review: ‘I Love the Dance’ The Society December 8, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 8 Comments A rondeau on Shen Yun Performing Arts By Evan Mantyk I love the dance that can exalt The human form without a fault, Demeanor grand, inspiring...
‘Ohio State University Attack’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society December 7, 2016 Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 1 Comment Ohio State University Attack By Wilbur Dee Case "If you don't like liberal democracy, go to North Africa, the Middle East, or China. Oops."...
‘In an Unfinished Honeycomb: An Old Story’ and Other Poetry by Barbara Bates The Society December 7, 2016 Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry 2 Comments In an Unfinished Honeycomb: An Old Story As lichen on a rock expands, so you grow in love on the lap of your mother until --- smothering...
‘Unforeseen Good Fortune’s Heirs Are We’ and Other Poetry by Pat Brisson The Society December 6, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, The Environment 2 Comments Unforeseen Good Fortune’s Heirs Are We There’s little of the Plague that we can find to celebrate except for this small gem – when those...
‘The Voyage’ by Steven Song The Society December 5, 2016 High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry Dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have faced seventeen years of persecution in China. As tempests are blowing, angry waves...
‘Wood Nymph’ and Other Poetry by Carolyn Clark The Society December 4, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments Wood Nymph A wood nymph knocked on my door last night her hair was flaxen...
‘Autumn’s Dare’ by Cynthia Thornton Herrera The Society December 3, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments Exhale swift, what crimson breeze; Amber crisp and fuchsia Colors adorn leaves on the trees Their coats of misty rouge. And clap,...
‘December Romance’ by Rod Kleber The Society December 1, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments December—not April cruelest, nor June In moon—must be the most romantic month, Why else make men of snow, or gods of men, Or turn the world...
A Shen Yun Review: Upon Seeing Shen Yun The Society November 30, 2016 Performing Arts 3 Comments Upon Seeing Shen Yun By Evan Mantyk How they fly now through the air With such poise and splendid flair With a grace and force...
How to Write a Triolet (with Examples) The Society November 29, 2016 Education, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Triolet 6 Comments By Carol Smallwood The triolet is a medieval French poetry form that has eight lines and was introduced to the English language by poets in the...
‘Pacific Trash Vortex’ and Other Poetry by Bob McGinness The Society November 27, 2016 Humor, Poetry, The Environment 5 Comments Pacific Trash Vortex I don’t care about chemical sludges, I don’t care about plastic debris, the Pacific trash vortex is so far...
‘Christmastime’ and Other Poetry by Jennifer Bravo The Society November 25, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Christmastime Lush green tree, wet pine scent fills the air. Strings of tiny gems, that plump tree, strangle, Children’s handmade...
‘The Pilgrim’ by John Bunyan (1628-1688) The Society November 24, 2016 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Who would true Valor see Let him come hither; One here will Constant be, Come Wind, come Weather. There's no Discouragement, Shall make him once...
33 Riddles for Young and Old The Society November 24, 2016 Humor, Poetry, Riddles 4 Comments By Evan Mantyk I. I’m thinner than most cars you see, I do not guzzle as much gas, And if I ever want to flee, Between two cars I’ll...
‘Treatment of Hong Kong’ by Aditya Basu-Dutta The Society November 23, 2016 High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry 1 Comment Dogs are expected to sit Dogs are expected to stay They receive kicks If they make the boat sway Hong Kong is the dog But, of course, there is...
‘Kindness and Stars’ and Other Poetry by Michael Dashiell The Society November 21, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment Kindness and Stars The gentle touch and splendid gift Intended to restore and heal Is rich enough to move and lift Our souls beyond the grief...
‘The Policeman’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society November 20, 2016 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments The Policeman By Brice U. Lawseed He dreamed there were ten thousand demonstrators on the streets, a nightmare of the vicious mixed with...
‘Hide and Seek at the Bataclan’ by Elizabeth Boquet The Society November 19, 2016 Poetry, Terrorism 18 Comments Paris, 13 November 2015 The hiders: cheaters with suicide-belted access to ethereal hiding places — traceless but for grieving faces...
‘Citizens’ (For Donald J. Trump) by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society November 17, 2016 Poetry 13 Comments For Donald J. Trump, on the occasion of his victory A Citizen arose, and men of blood, With wrists for necks and heads a...
‘The Pleasure-Time of Good Queen Bess’ by Becca Menon The Society November 15, 2016 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Now does a mischief Winter grip our Isle with hands Which, Midas-like, turn all they touch to silvery ice. Thus does our season prove...
How to Write a Haiku The Society November 13, 2016 Education, Essays, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Forms 12 Comments A Quick Haiku Guide A traditional haiku should... 1. Be three lines. The first line should have five syllables, the second seven syllables, the...
On the Anti-Trump Protests in Portland, Oregon The Society November 11, 2016 Poetry 10 Comments By Ubs Reece Idwal "We reject the president-elect." —protesting chant In Portland, Oregon, four thousand demonstrators came, protesting the...
‘So Far, So Good’ and Other Poetry by Robert Cooperman The Society November 11, 2016 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment So Far, So Good One friend fears his father’s Alzheimer fate, another prepares herself for the end while her husband tries not to cry or...
‘Hiding My Glee’ and Other Poetry by E.V. Wyler The Society November 9, 2016 Humor, Poetry, Rondeau 2 Comments Hiding My Glee (Rondeau) Hiding my glee, lest my spouse see the merriment mulling in me. I’ll deftly deflect our next fight by...
‘Of Election and Limits’ by Neal Dachstadter The Society November 8, 2016 Culture, Poetry I think we need your help Lord God; Fairly sure we do, Sure as feet upon the sod, Sure as coins be few, We must concede the modern day is dim...
‘The Fall of Atlantis’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society November 7, 2016 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments Can one’s eyes pierce the shroud of time to learn The message of Atlantis drowned in dust? Past Hercules’s Pillars thrived man’s lust For...
‘Pygmalion at Twilight’ and Other Poetry by Keith Allan Jones The Society November 6, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Pygmalion at Twilight Like a fiery dawn came we forth unto Our place on pedestals above the dunes Of disappointment – longing dared to...
‘Trump’ Presidential Prophecy Poem by Nostradamus The Society November 5, 2016 Culture, Poetry, Translation 1 Comment By Nostradamus (1503-1566) | Translated by Evan Mantyk X 76 The great Senate will award the pageant, To one who’s then vanquished,...
‘Culloden Moor’ and Other Poetry by Alessio Zanelli The Society November 4, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments Culloden Moor At last they met. No sound. Arrays deployed. It was the perfect day—no haze, no shine. Long minutes lapsed before the...
How to Write a Rubaiyat (with Examples) The Society November 2, 2016 Education, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Rubaiyat 15 Comments By Sathya Narayana The rubaiyat (pronounced “roo-bái-yát”) is a Persian form of several quatrains. Its name is derived from the Arabic...
‘Said the Painter’ and Other Poetry by Neal Dachstadter The Society October 31, 2016 Art, Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry 8 Comments Said the Painter Upon the mossy stones I dwelt, I did, and was, and painting felt An arch and angel bend to speak, Their sainted tones...
