‘Lotus’ by Catherine Huang The Society January 18, 2017 Beauty, High School Submissions, Human Rights in China 4 Comments Rising above the silt and murky mud, Clean and pure is the small pink bud, Supported by a supple stem of jade, Adorned with gleaming dew drops,...
‘Shin-Rin-Yoku: Forest Bathing’ and Other Poetry by Betsy Hughes The Society January 17, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments Shin-Rin-Yoku Forest Bathing You stand beneath this canopy of trees, surrender will, hold still. You close your eyes and listen as the...
Inaugural Poem for Donald J. Trump (with Audio) The Society January 15, 2017 Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives, Readings 107 Comments Pibroch of the Domhnall By Joseph Charles MacKenzie Author’s Notes: § The refrains at the end of each stanza are to be recited...
‘Riddle’ by Michelle Tamara Simon The Society January 14, 2017 Poetry, Riddles 7 Comments Here is a riddle, a brain-teaser of sorts Rev up your noggin or the answer you’ll miss Mark. Set. Get ready for a fun little sport The...
‘Departure’ and Other Poetry by James McKee The Society January 13, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, The Environment 4 Comments Departure Like escaping through a siege, growing older Hampers itself with hopes of return; So if,...
‘Fake News’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society January 10, 2017 Poetry 6 Comments Fake News By Caud Sewer Bile Fake news is rather difficult to say just what it is. What's fake to listeners could be what's true to someone...
‘The Terrorists’ and Other Poetry by Gleb Zavlanov The Society January 10, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 6 Comments The Terrorists Tears feed the sweeping sands beneath their feet, And blood runs deep into the living ground. The sun throbs down with...
Two Limericks by Nivedita Karthik The Society January 9, 2017 Humor, Limerick, Poetry 4 Comments The gown and the date are set, caterers and florists I’ve met. The hall has been booked, no detail overlooked Wait...I don’t have a...
‘The Desert’ and Other Poetry by Tod Benjamin The Society January 7, 2017 Poetry, The Environment 4 Comments The Desert We were flying in a desert, an oasis to drink dry. We gorged ourselves on date palms and spat in nature’s eye. We’ve...
‘After Christmas’ by Damian Robin The Society January 6, 2017 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments We may hear some Bible phrase and laugh. __That book has no monopoly on ‘goods’. Some words clang, we tip its old tin bath __and out...
How to Write a Terza Rima (With Examples) The Society January 5, 2017 Education, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Terza Rima 6 Comments By Dusty Grein Dating to the thirteenth century, the terza rima (Italian for "third rhyme") is a classic form of writing poetry in three-line...
‘Water Music’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 4, 2017 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 6 Comments Water Music Just as white as a blanket of new-fallen snow Is the noise of a waterfall cresting a brim And ebulliently thrashing the basin below. But...
‘The Speaker Unaccustomed to Such Oratory Feats’ and Other Poetry by Wendy Bourke The Society January 3, 2017 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 7 Comments The Speaker Unaccustomed to Such Oratory Feats The speaker - unaccustomed to such oratory feats - cleared his throat, a bit too loudly, while...
10 Greatest Novels Ever Written The Society January 1, 2017 Best Poems, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry 39 Comments By Evan Mantyk From The Iliad, Beowulf, and Shakespearean literature in the West to the Chinese Classic of Poetry, the Indian Ramayana, and the...
‘New Year’s Hopes, 2017’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society December 31, 2016 Acrostic, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments Color streams burst brightly in a flourish of elation, Each to soar and cover night's condoning, lofty, canvas – Livening this moment,...
‘Tapestry’ and Other Poetry by Amy Foreman The Society December 30, 2016 Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives 54 Comments Tapestry A Miltonian Sonnet The pattern on the underside confused By snarl and tangle, jumbled, twisting knot. Its warp and woof...
‘How Can You Feel Blue?’ and Other Poetry by Edmund Jonah The Society December 28, 2016 Beauty, Poetry, Terrorism 4 Comments How Can You Feel Blue? How can you feel blue When you look toward the sky And see the darkling silhouette Of birds, as gracefully they...
‘A Second Shirt’ by David Subacchi The Society December 27, 2016 Culture, Poetry For King Charles I of England On the day I asked for a second shirt So my people would not see me shiver In the cold breeze blowing from the...
‘Ticks’ by Julia Geaney-Moore The Society December 26, 2016 Poetry 9 Comments There are no predators in the wood So deer run free who never could And hunting’s forbidden So deer don’t stay hidden And ticks...
‘Holiday Horror: A True Story’ and Other Christmas Poetry The Society December 24, 2016 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Holiday Horror: A True Story By Lucy Giardino Cortese Twas two weeks before Christmas And all through the house Water standing in...
‘To Michael Dana Gioia’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society December 23, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments To Michael Dana Gioia* By Cal Wes Ubideer The Word within the World that articulates itself does not exist in sunlight or in leaves upon a...
‘In the Forest’ by Margaret O’Driscoll The Society December 22, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments Unspoilt, unique, a soulful place Ancient oaks all around Scattered acorns sprouting shoots New life emerging from the ground I touch...
‘On the Winter Solstice’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society December 21, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . . On the Winter Solstice Winter Winter cold and crass Winter Winter old the grass Fast we go across the field Massed the snow and frost to...
‘Scrabble-ism’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges The Society December 20, 2016 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments Scrabble-ism One night I was hangin’ with Len, Eating and watching t.v. All the pizza rolls gone, I then Suggested Monopoly. “That...
‘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...
Poet Bio: T.M. Moore The Society December 16, 2016 Poetry 2 Comments . T.M. Moore is a theologian, poet, and Principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He and his...
‘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 14 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,...
