A Look at T.S. Eliot Looking at Edgar Allan Poe The Society May 5, 2016 Education, Essays, Poetry, The Raven 29 Comments By Wilbur Dee Case | Edited by Kent Van May Now I can see why T.S. Eliot disliked Edgar Allan Poe's verse; Eliot was trying to write a different...
‘The Ballad of the Man Who Was Never Mated’ by Don M. Ferry The Society May 3, 2016 Humor, Poetry 2 Comments 1. The Man There’s a little village up north, yet untouched by modern strains, Where plain folk in stilted...
‘In the Lotus Pose’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society May 1, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments In the Lotus Pose By Uwe Carl Diebes At first, he was uncomfortable in the lotus pose, but as he sat down carefully, his upper spine...
Why Is Modern Art So Bad? (Video by Robert Florczak) The Society April 29, 2016 Art, Essays, Video 11 Comments See full Epoch Times article on Robert...
‘Unripe’ and Other Poetry by Nicholas Froumis The Society April 27, 2016 Culture, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments Unripe Deceived are we by the state of the skin, when overly reliant on our eyes. Of greater concern is what lies within, under the surface we...
On the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death The Society April 26, 2016 Culture, Poetry, Shakespeare 2 Comments William Shakespeare is believed to have died on April 23, 1616. Post your commemorative poems in the comments section or email to...
‘A Riverside Sonnet’ and Other Poetry by Gregory J. Liebau The Society April 25, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments A Riverside Sonnet Under a tree and upon roots I sit, Drinking a forlorn draught of love’s sweet rhyme. Leaves fall and birds fly to distract...
Happy National Poetry Month from the U.K. The Society April 23, 2016 Essays, Poetry 1 Comment By Damian Robin Quick, pick a good book of poems and let your soul soar. Or clip in your ear buds and listen to words by the score. Or rack up...
‘Tahoe Plane’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society April 21, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments . . Tahoe Plane On the above photo by M. Kirson Far above the lake I soared, Above the dock, above the shore, Above the rock, above the pine, Mid...
2016 Journal Published The Society April 18, 2016 Education, From the Society, High School Submissions 11 Comments The Society of Classical Poets is pleased to announce the release of its 2016 Journal! Click here to purchase a copy. It is also available on...
‘Dear George’ and Other Poetry by Jane Blanchard The Society April 17, 2016 Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Dear George, If only you were living at this hour, Day, week, month, year. These times are newly strange— Hilarious, but not. You had prime...
Translations of André Chénier’s Poetry, by Douglas Thornton The Society April 15, 2016 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 1 Comment Born at Constantinople in 1762 of a French father and Greek mother, André Chénier grew up in pre-revolutionary France and studied at Paris....
‘Mother and Child’ by Anne Whitehouse The Society April 13, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments A gray mid-March day: the bare branches lean across the blank sky. All colors moved indoors where my daughter and I play with her toys laid...
‘Storyteller’ and Other Poetry by Michael Harmon The Society April 11, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Storyteller We sit around the fire. The storyteller drones, until his words expire in silence like the stones. Primeval darkness frames the...
National Poetry Month Couplet Competition ***Winners Announced The Society April 10, 2016 From the Society, Poetry Contests 138 Comments Winners Conformists of a feather flock together. Michael R. Burch, Nashville, Tennessee The u of solitude allays the...
‘The Clockwork Butterfly’ and Other Poetry by Keith Robson The Society April 7, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments The Clockwork Butterfly When I was a child, and my dreams were of gold I always believed everything I was told, My faith was implicit, my...
How to Write a Poem Like Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’ The Society April 5, 2016 Beauty, Education, Essays, Poetry Forms, The Raven 9 Comments By Dusty Grein and Evan Mantyk “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the English language’s most popular and influential poems since...
‘A Psalm of Life: What the Young Woman Said to Her Husband’ by Gina Moriarty The Society April 3, 2016 Humor, Poetry After Phoebe Cary, after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Tell me not, in scolding...
‘The Rock Climbers’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society April 1, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments The Rock Climbers By Cal Wes Ubideer I saw them climbing up the gray-white, rocky mountain hills, like any mountain goats, where over all the...
‘Far From Home, First Dream in Months’ by Andrew Szilvasy The Society March 30, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments August 13, 2012 I dreamt last night of singing with Li Po. (Or is he now sleeping, dreaming of me?) How much we drank… The world all...
Sonnets II & III by Justin T. Monelt The Society March 28, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Sonnet II The spark which lights my innermost desire, whose flame burns fierce in Spirit and in vein, your blinding glory...
‘Dunblane Cathedral’: A Poem on the 20th Anniversary of a Massacre, by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society March 26, 2016 Alliterative, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Dunblane Cathedral On the massacre of sixteen children and their teacher at the Dunblane Primary School near Stirling, Scotland, March 13,...
‘Roly-Poly’ and Other Poetry by Sheri-Ann O’Shea The Society March 24, 2016 Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Roly-Poly Talking on the telephone, a mother missed her baby Wait a sec, I’ll go and check And call you back, Jack, Maybe? Walking down the...
‘Metaphysical Mortar’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society March 22, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 4 Comments . . Metaphysical Mortar Between the cobalt and the blueGlean gestalt and sum of trueAll and each be more than sixWall and reach be more than...
A Reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Raven’ by Evan Mantyk The Society March 20, 2016 Human Rights in China, Poetry, The Raven 5 Comments Inspired by real events in China Not that long ago in China, in a labor camp confined a Year or longer, I was sitting, making for a...
Withstanding the Ravages of Time: An Interview with William Ruleman The Society March 18, 2016 Education, Essays, Interviews 3 Comments By Kristina Pentchoukova Right from the first email from William Ruleman, I knew that I was interacting with a classicist who upheld traditional...
‘A Fifteen-Year-Old’s Response to Frost’ and Other Poetry by Janice Canerdy The Society March 16, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments A Fifteen-Year-Old's Response to Frost "This 'pome' don't make NO sense! What junk!" the scowling students muttered. "Two roads in the...
‘Transient’ by Suchitra G. Das The Society March 14, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments Transient I lingered along the sandy runway Hearing the winds blowing about; A tender voice from far, faraway, “Hurry, or we’ll be late,”...
10 Riddles by Mike Munsell The Society March 12, 2016 Humor, Poetry, Riddles 2 Comments 1.) The prankster's favorite home decor, Clockwise or counter, the choice is yours. Never eaten, found in bowls. Around I go, I'm on a...
‘Horses’ and Other Poetry by Ruth Hill The Society March 10, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry Horses Tell me what power hits the ground, heard a mile away, ear to mound? Earth’s tympanic membrane resounds; like kettle drums, the hoof...
‘Reflections on a Falun Gong Candlelight Vigil’ by Shannon Cong The Society March 8, 2016 High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry 3 Comments Shall I compare the CCP To a tragic Shakespeare play? For all the lies of history Unfold in China today. Good and evil set the stage, The last...
‘Apes or Angels’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges The Society March 6, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Apes or Angels Humans, some say, aren’t much more than an ape— A reasoning beast, quintessence of dust. Others believe we’re of angelic...
‘Behind Times’ by Karlee Renkoski The Society March 4, 2016 Humor, Poetry 2 Comments They tweet like a bird, have books of your face, and Kindle who? I can hardly remember which TV button to touch. I simply don’t...
‘Sestina: Falun Dafa’ by Sylvia Telfer The Society March 2, 2016 Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Sestina 3 Comments In China now are shadows forged from fire, a DNA pre-history. They cloud troubled villages, rice fields, goldfish ponds. Stones form,...
‘The Journey Back’ by Eddie Aitken The Society February 29, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment The journey back to your own true self Is not paved by comfort and untold wealth, But by finding the universe’s Great Law, Looking...
‘The Great’ and Other Poetry and Translations by William Ruleman The Society February 27, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 1 Comment The Great The great are often shunned by their own age, While even the noble dead are sometimes mocked, And eras are damned when none who sees is...
‘Ode to a Soldier’s Wife’ by Dusty Grein The Society February 25, 2016 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 5 Comments Ode to a Soldier’s Wife I can see your tears are streaming, in the lamp light they are gleaming; How I wish that I were dreaming, and that duty...
‘Igor at the Kitchen Sink’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society February 23, 2016 Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments Igor at the Kitchen Sink By Alecsei Durbew I saw him washing dishes at the sink. He stood against the smooth, white countertop, and tan, wood...
‘Counterfeit Martyrdom’ and Other Poetry by Basil Fillis The Society February 21, 2016 Culture, Poetry, Riddles, Terrorism 5 Comments Counterfeit Martyrdom Evil terrorists 'round the world Reject God's law, "Thou shalt not kill." Minds indoctrinated, furled up in a cold and...
‘Choice’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society February 19, 2016 Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry 1 Comment Choice Now to change; rise to rearrange; fix buckled tracks; iron out the cracked strange. Time to take off the human make- up, look within...
