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  • ‘On the Epstein Files Debacle’: A Poem by Drilon Bajrami

    The Society
    July 19, 2025
    Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
  • ‘One Dumb Mistake’: A Sestina by M.D. Skeen

    The Society
    July 19, 2025
    Poetry, Satire, Sestina
    4 Comments
  • ‘Not All Angels Play the Harp’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

    The Society
    July 18, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
    6 Comments
  • ‘Living Dead’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie

    The Society
    July 18, 2025
    Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
    14 Comments
  • ‘Martha’: A Poem by Scharlie Meeuws

    The Society
    July 17, 2025
    Beauty, Culture, Poetry
    7 Comments
  • ‘The Harvest’: A Poem by Peter Venable

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    July 16, 2025
    Beauty, Poetry
    3 Comments
  • ‘Unspoken Moments’: A Poem by Michael Pendragon

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    July 16, 2025
    Beauty, Poetry
    8 Comments
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    July 15, 2025
    Chaucer, Culture, Poetry
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    July 15, 2025
    Beauty, Poetry
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  • ‘Of a Feather’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson

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    July 14, 2025
    Culture, Humor, Poetry
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  • ‘Vesper’ and Other Poetry by Martin Briggs

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    July 14, 2025
    Beauty, Poetry
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  • ‘Lasting Karma’: A Poem by Thomas Beckman

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    July 13, 2025
    Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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‘Tipton County, Tennessee, 1917’ and Other Poetry and Translations by William Ruleman

The Society
June 7, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
7 Comments
Tipton County, Tennessee, 1917 My great-grandfather cut down huge black oaks Whose stumps his two young sons helped him uproot, Each some...

Three Poems on John Keats by Sultana Raza

The Society
June 6, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
Ephemeral Constant With hued music, beautified page. His spheres were thinner than gossamer, Only to beauty, did Keats defer. Was omni-sensory,...

Review: The Lyre Speaks True, James Sale, 2016

The Society
June 5, 2017
Essays, Poetry, Reviews
2 Comments
By Joseph Charles MacKenzie James Sale, whom I happen to consider England’s best on the subject, states: “To write poetry with any degree of...

A Prayer for England by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)

The Society
June 3, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives, Readings, Terrorism
80 Comments
  Sonnet IV. Edward the Confessor Edward, the Cross no more on England’s shores Thy people blesses. The light of faith is gone. From...

‘Dying Muse’ and Other Poetry by Ann Christine Tabaka

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June 3, 2017
Beauty, Poetry, The Environment
11 Comments
Dying Muse Not everyone will survive The muse has sung her last song The end is about to arrive It has been following us all along The forest...

An Alternative Ending to Romeo and Juliet Part II by Reid McGrath

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June 2, 2017
Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry, Short Stories
6 Comments
Click here to read Part I. Montague (That afternoon, on the outskirts of Verona, at a Club, getting in an afternoon’s worth of pheasant...

New Publication: ‘How to Write Classical Poetry’ Released by the Society of Classical Poets

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May 31, 2017
Education, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Forms
7 Comments
We are pleased to announce the release of a new publication from The Society of Classical Poets titled How to Write Classical Poetry, which features...

‘Your Visions Standing Here’ by David Hollywood

The Society
May 31, 2017
Beauty, Poetry
5 Comments
  Mine eyes beheld your beauty, My thoughts remember how, Your loveliness I cherish, Where ever you are now, And in my heart I know...

‘The Discovery’ by Rebeca Parrott

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May 29, 2017
Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
  “She vanished to the wood,” they said. “Forget her—that strange and sickly child.” A child? Your face was no more childish than...

‘Hell Arrives in Manchester’ by James Sale

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May 28, 2017
Poetry, Terrorism
18 Comments
If I had words grating and crude enough That really could describe this horrid hole Supporting the converging weight of hell … Canto XXXII,...

‘Justice, Equity and Compassion in Human Relations’ and Other Poetry by G.M.H. Thompson

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May 27, 2017
Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Short Stories
6 Comments
  Justice,  Equity  and  Compassion  in  Human  Relations In realms of Humankind’s relations, Justice rules as queen & from her...

‘Two Mourning Doves’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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May 25, 2017
Beauty, Poetry
1 Comment
Two Mourning Doves Friendship on the promenade? I know to some it may sound odd but there above, two mourning doves in the weeping willow...

Essay: ‘Poetry and the Muses Part 1’ by James Sale

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May 23, 2017
Essays, Poetry
25 Comments
We live in a post-modernist world and its values are everywhere around us; and everywhere these values are almost largely unexamined, and because we...

‘Careless Dan’ by Michael Harmon

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May 21, 2017
Humor, Poetry
2 Comments
  There was a man who owned a yacht. His name was Dan when it was hot he brought his clan on board a lot to get a tan. When it was...

‘On Picasso’s Grotesque “Seated Woman in Blue Dress” Selling for $45 Million’ by Phillip Whidden

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May 20, 2017
Art, Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
(The BBC story here for reference) If I were burdened with a lover who Looked crooked like this woman (woman?), I Would go as twisted as...

‘Baby Boomers Are Aging’ by Kathy Figueroa

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May 20, 2017
Poetry
1 Comment
Baby boomers are aging Sometimes, dementia takes hold It isn’t a pleasant thing But happens as folks get old Personalities might change This...

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...
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‘Dandelions’ by Zachary Dilks

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...
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