‘The Brave Souls of Autumn’ by Rachel Chen The Society January 9, 2016 High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry An autumn breeze blows swiftly through the air, And plucks the tree leaves from their humble roots. Amidst the cold a group stands in the...
10 Greatest Poems Ever Written The Society January 7, 2016 Best Poems, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives 266 Comments Updated: April 26, 2024 10 Greatest Poems Ever Written An Ambitious "Best Poems" List Limited to Poems Originally Written in English and of 50 Lines...
‘The Circus’ by Enri Vilmos The Society January 5, 2016 Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments The band struck up for the comical clowns! They all sported wigs, red noses, and frowns And from painted mouths uttered sad cries. Then the fools...
‘Blue and Gold’ and Other Poetry by Neal Dachstadter The Society January 3, 2016 Beauty, Poetry Blue and Gold Michigan, Michigan: Kings to go forth, Kerothen, Kerothen, songs to the North, Ice scattered pond with a trout flipping high, Geist...
‘To Time and Family’ by Shailyn Sooter The Society January 1, 2016 Culture, Poetry Tender is the night shared in close caress With candied kiss and floral purr, no less. The pristine perfection of unclaimed time Drenches air with...
‘One and Only’ by Edythe Haendel Schwartz The Society December 30, 2015 Poetry October 29, 2015: China renounces its 35 year old one-child policy, but strict controls continue despite the change. The Party rules our...
’10 Riddles’ by Damian Robin The Society December 27, 2015 Poetry, Riddles 2 Comments 1 it shows many sides but usually 2 — can boil & bluster & end in a stew — can be clear as crystal & cut a sharp view — or...
‘When Fairies Stop Hiding’ and Other Poetry by Pamela Corbett The Society December 24, 2015 Beauty, Poetry When Fairies Stop Hiding It's at the end of the day, but it's not over just yet- It's time for young fairies, to grow wings and get wet. Sneaking...
‘Hints from the Moon (Monday)’ and Other Poetry by E.P. Fisher The Society December 21, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Hints from the Moon (Monday) Beginning with zero, hints from the moon Going through phases, ripe in the womb; Time out of nothing, pared in the...
On Kunlun Zhang’s ‘Red Wall’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society December 18, 2015 Human Rights in China, Poetry 3 Comments “Red Wall” by Kunlun Zhang: This painting records the personal experience and internal turmoil of the artist, Professor Kunlun Zhang. Professor...
‘Seasons’ by Ben Zwycky The Society December 16, 2015 Beauty, Poetry Forested deep purity Dusted with a winter's glow; Crystalline perpetuity Takes its place in nature's show. Fresh sunlight plays with diamonds...
‘Muslim Melancholia’ by Samina Hadi-Tabassum The Society December 15, 2015 Poetry, Terrorism 2 Comments Images of beheadings and men in orange jumpsuits Haunt me when I wake The black hooded vigilantes in the desert Push my heart into the bellows of...
‘Coming Out,’ a Holocaust Villanelle by Susanna Rich The Society December 12, 2015 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle Free me from wars? Make my debut? Oh, Mr. Handsome G.I. Joe— your face and a blanket won’t do. Sift flour from Mama’s ashes, melt...
‘China Song’ by Ron L. Hodges The Society December 9, 2015 Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment A news report here provides some background on China Radio Like Radio Free Europe, Which popped the wax Plugs from deafened Soviet ears, And...
‘Ballad’ by U. Carew Delibes The Society December 6, 2015 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments The rustic minuet's small step has since been swept away by all the modern pop and pep and fizzle of the day. One of the first to introduce it...
‘Laments of the Oppressed’ and Other Poetry by Matthew Walton The Society December 4, 2015 Beauty, High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry Laments of the Oppressed My great country, please let me be, What I think and say should be up to me, The world cannot be so controlled, You...
How to Write a Sonnet The Society December 2, 2015 Education, Essays, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Forms 19 Comments Updated January 9, 2020 A Quick Sonnet Guide. A traditional sonnet should have... 14 lines. X Rhyming. The most common is the...
‘The Return of Fine Art’ by Hoffmann Zhu The Society November 30, 2015 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry This poem was inspired by Shen Yun Performing Arts. Bleak and somber is the flavor du jour; Modernism pervades all spheres of...
‘Ode on a Children’s Cemetery Plot’ by Ron L. Hodges The Society November 27, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment Ode on a Children’s Cemetery Plot 1. Behind the soul-gorged cemetery ground, We discovered a plot of yet more dead, A trim, verdant patch...
‘Beneath the Mask’ and Other Poetry by Rick Blum The Society November 24, 2015 Humor, Poetry Beneath the Mask Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. -Oscar Wilde A mask is...
‘When A Child Dies, The Whole World Cries’ by Alan Jankowski The Society November 21, 2015 Poetry Two young brothers are left at home, All by their lonesome selves, The older one notices a new toy, Sitting high up on a shelf. He climbs up...
‘American Monody’ by Gregory Palmerino The Society November 18, 2015 Poetry Secure the yoke and bind the crown. Steady the mouth and tongue for sound. The morning breaks. Our sight is found. The bell is hung. Let’s...
‘When You Have Reached the Bottom’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society November 15, 2015 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment When You Have Reached the Bottom By R. Lee Ubicwedas When you have hit rock bottom, you have nothing left to lose. You gain experience and...
‘The Apprentice of the Dead’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society November 12, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment The Apprentice of the Dead He painted the lines of the country road. He painted the leaves: saffron and gold. He painted the canopy, round the...
‘The Sacred Walls of Ancient Angkor Wat’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society November 9, 2015 Beauty, Poetry The warmth of daylight’s veil is cherishingly cast Upon the sacred walls of ancient Angkor Wat, Whose temple towers show grand myths...
Book Review: ‘Poetry Is’ by Jose Garcia Villa The Society November 6, 2015 Essays, Reviews 2 Comments Review By James Sale This weekend two different things coincided. First, I finished reading ‘Poetry Is: Jose Garcia Villa’s Philosophy of...
‘Harvest Rye’ by Scáth Beorh The Society November 3, 2015 Beauty, Poetry The wind was high that horrid day. The wind blew long and high, and I heard three strange women hum-humming as they came through the harvest...
‘Political Banter’ and Other Poetry by Alan Jankowski The Society November 1, 2015 Humor, Poetry 1 Comment Political Banter Once again it’s that time of year, When political banter seems the rage. When otherwise normal people, Try to come off...
‘The God Morpheus vs. The Little Baby Kuppy’ and Other Poetry by James Sale The Society October 30, 2015 Beauty, Humor, Poetry The God Morpheus vs. The Little Baby Kuppy You'd think in such a fight - no contest To be sure - immortal gods happen not To happen, but have...
‘To Hell with the Hoi Polloi’ and Other Poetry by Craig Kurtz The Society October 28, 2015 Humor, Poetry To Hell with the Hoi Polloi A droll from the Man of Mode To hell with the hoi polloi, I say, democracy is démodé; aristocrats, by troth, know...
Two White Stag Poems by Two Poets The Society October 25, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry The White Stag By Bard Eucewelis I saw it long ago; so long ago it seems as if it was a dream, a white stag in the wood. Reality is ever fading...
‘The Golden Mean’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 22, 2015 Beauty, Poetry The Golden Mean By Aedile Cwerbus Right living's hard, the ever-urgent prow pursuing storms or pressing up against life's dangers, tricky shoals...
‘A Sonnet’s Beauty’ and Other Poetry by Alex McKeown The Society October 20, 2015 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 1 Comment A Sonnet's Beauty A sonnet’s beauty’s mostly in the planning, Not in the writing, reading, even saying. The builder knows it’s in the...
‘On Volkswagen’s Emission Scandal’ by Tony Henderson The Society October 19, 2015 Humor, Poetry 2 Comments Volkswagen has admitted to rigging as many as 11 million vehicles with illegal software that cheats on emission tests. Lies and...
‘The Magic Hour’ by Kathy Figueroa The Society October 16, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment It’s called “the magic hour” Before the sun sinks low When everything is bathed In a warm, golden glow Colours look much richer Flowers,...
‘Farm Air and Poplar’ and Other Poetry by Neal Dachstadter The Society October 13, 2015 Beauty, Poetry Farm Air and Poplar Before the air be clearly cool, In Georgia, Monticello, see, Be one precursor of the rule, That lower heat - humidity - Be...
‘Winter Smoke’ and Other Poetry by Mary Kay Simmons The Society October 10, 2015 Beauty, Humor, Poetry Winter Smoke Winter smoke and little houses Drawing blinds against the dark The cold, the crying wind Against a stark White moon Winter smoke....
On the Chinese Leader’s Upcoming Visit to UK Prime Minister Cameron The Society October 7, 2015 Poetry By Damian Robin ‘Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still, and wider, shall thy...
25 Riddles by Evan Mantyk (with Answers) The Society October 4, 2015 Humor, Poetry, Riddles 3 Comments For 30 more riddles click here. I. I may not have a large population Compared to China or the United States, But more than those two or any...
‘Dawn on the Shore’ and Other Poems by Ann Keith The Society October 1, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments Dawn on the Shore An hour before the dawn of day, I walked beside the tranquil bay, Along the sandy shore. The air was still. The wind had...
