Paean to “ODE TO JOY” and Other Poetry by Don Shook The Society October 1, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments Paean to “ODE TO JOY”* I heard the “Ode to Joy” today, ten thousand times at least. I could not hold my heart at bay, engorging...
10 Greatest Poems about Death: A Grim Reader The Society September 29, 2016 Best Poems, Culture, Education, Essays, Poetry 17 Comments By Conrad Geller Poets demonstrably know nothing about death since it is, in Hamlet’s phrase, “the undiscovered country from whose bourne no...
‘My Mirror Grinned’ (Rondeau) and Other Poetry by Sathya Narayana The Society September 27, 2016 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau, Rubaiyat 6 Comments My Mirror Grinned (Rondeau) My mirror grinned at my first grey. With rearing youth, it’s my first fray. Disturbed, with care I plucked that...
‘The Pleiades’ (Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood The Society September 25, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 6 Comments There is a tale of seven sisters whose father help up the sky pursued by Orion, carried to the heavens by Zeus. Farming season began when...
‘Greening Fields’ by Carole Mertz The Society September 23, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments Today I may dream of stubbled fields shriveled foretelling of future prospects grim. If tomorrow’s dreams are...
‘Falun Dafa Hao’ by Courtney Dowe (with Audio) The Society September 21, 2016 Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings 1 Comment "Falun Dafa Hao" is Chinese for "Falun Dafa is good." Falun Dafa, also known as a Falun Gong, is a peaceful spiritual practice that has been...
How to Write a Pantoum (With Example) The Society September 19, 2016 Beauty, Education, Pantoum, Poetry, Poetry Forms 19 Comments By Carol Smallwood The pantoum is a poetry form that originated in 15th century Malaysia and drifted West in the 19th century with French writer...
‘Genesis’ by Liùsaidh The Society September 17, 2016 Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Gathering like large and lazy vultures they asked me, on my travels, where I’m from — my origins, religion and my culture the place...
‘Unexpiring’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society September 15, 2016 Art, Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry . Unexpiring Ekphrastic on the above photo Unexpiring constant Sun, Earth untired responding spun, Surging fire, maternal birth, Urgent sire of...
‘An Uplifting Book’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society September 13, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment The eyes emerge from slumber’s lake of lead, Awakened by the zephyr flying past, In wonderment to witness, overhead, An otherworldly...
‘On the Shores of Lake Erie’ by G.M.H. Thompson The Society September 11, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments On the shores of Lake Erie, most weak & most weary, a soldier sat sunning, returned from the wars, And though it...
‘We Shall Never Forget’ and Other Poetry by Alan Jankowski The Society September 10, 2016 Poetry, Terrorism 2 Comments We Shall Never Forget Let the world always remember, That fateful day in September, And the ones who answered duty's call, Should be remembered...
‘Terrorism Can Be Defeated’ by Sandip Saha The Society September 9, 2016 Poetry, Terrorism Terror has infected the world today; And this disease is spreading day by day. Fanatics who lack spirituality And religions without...
‘The Joy of Silence’ The Society September 7, 2016 Beauty, Poetry By Anonymous Sometimes I sit alone for a while, Watching life go by, Sitting high on a mountain top, Wondering just why Those ant-sized lives...
‘Will Power’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges The Society September 5, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry Will Power When God asked Solomon one day What his heart did most desire, The man said if he had his...
‘Games of Gridlock’ (Rondeau) by E.V. Wyler The Society September 4, 2016 Poetry, Rondeau 2 Comments "Games of Gridlock," people proclaim, "court our congress in shifts of shame!" If pay-to-play campaigns unlash a people-to-the-poles...
‘…That Cruelest Spring’ by Daniel P. Rattelle The Society September 3, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments And then we remembered that cruelest spring, when we awoke to find ourselves hollow. Where once we mocked, “O Death where is thy...
2017 Poetry Competition The Society September 1, 2016 Education, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 8 Comments Submission Instructions Submit three to five poems, each of which does not exceed 50 lines. Email as a word file or in the email body to...
‘The Poet’s Purpose’ and Other Poetry by Gleb Zavlanov The Society August 31, 2016 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 11 Comments The Poet’s Purpose A poet praises all of nature’s treasures, He seeks to find the pathway to her core, To laud the rarest beauty in...
‘Such Was My Prayer’ and Other Poetry by James Sale The Society August 29, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments Such Was My Prayer Such was my prayer. And she, so far away, Or so it seemed, looked down at me and smiled; Then to Eternal Light she turned once...
‘Skaters’ by Conrad Geller The Society August 28, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments Phantom skaters in the park turn, and glide, and never fall, faces clouded, figures dark. They are phantoms, after all. Turn and...
‘Ice’ and Other Poetry by Michael Curtis The Society August 26, 2016 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments Ice I open my golden flowing fins, I dance beneath the ice, I dip and twirl and pose and...
‘The Garden Guest’ and Other Poetry by Lorna Davis The Society August 25, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments The Garden Guest Gaia has entered my garden today, She moves with a rustling of leaves. I can see her pass where the branches sway, I can feel...
‘Defining Blue’ by Geoffrey Pippin The Society August 24, 2016 Beauty, Poetry Capturing all that isn’t blue, The sky, extending out of view, Pitches over the gathered green, Its grassy sheen Draped, reflected,...
‘Blaschka Glass’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society August 22, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Terrorism 4 Comments Blaschka Glass By Beau Ecs Wilder So beautiful they are, the lovely Blaschka glass displays, exquisite floral blossoms and marine...
‘A Hero’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk The Society August 21, 2016 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 18 Comments A Hero These are the weathered shoes worn by the Jew, So cracked from all the miles walked since he fled. These are the slave’s strong...
‘A Song to Some Lady’ by Justin T. Monelt The Society August 20, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment If I were to have been conceived Beneath a greater star, My sorrows would have been reprieved By powers great and far. Were I to have...
‘The Desire for Revenge’ by Anne Whitehouse The Society August 18, 2016 Beauty, Poetry Inside the desire for revenge is a painful vulnerability, a reminder of damage that won’t leave, and you wish for satisfaction, or just...
‘To Beauty’ and Other Poetry by H. Wendell Howard The Society August 17, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments To Beauty (Tribute to Sarah Lane, American Ballet Theater Ballerina) Who see you move across the stage Themselves are moved by easeful...
Book Review: Woodland Poems by Douglas Thornton The Society August 15, 2016 Essays, Poetry, Reviews 1 Comment By James Sale This is a curious collection from Douglas Thornton: ambitious, epic in its style, containing many great lines and ideas, but also...
‘Unintended Consequences Gone Down a Half Century Before Brexit’ by Gerard Sarnat The Society August 14, 2016 Poetry 7 Comments “London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down my fair lady.” During segregation grocery stores...
‘Against the Light’ and Other Poetry by Carol Smallwood The Society August 12, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments Against the Light Watermarks are visible when held against light whispering quality, distinction, louder than a shout— are also used in...
‘If You’re a Beggar, Be a Chooser Too’ and Other Poetry by Courtney Dowe The Society August 10, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 7 Comments If You're a Beggar, Be a Chooser Too (Villanelle) If you're a beggar, be a chooser too, For less is more and more can be a curse. The world will...
‘Once a Man, Twice a Child’ by Lucy Giardino Cortese The Society August 8, 2016 Humor, Poetry 1 Comment Old age recycles the body An infant once pink turns blue Nature recalls with rapid speed To complete life’s circle anew Fuzzy hairs on baldy...
‘Technology’ and Other Poetry by David Paul Behrens The Society August 6, 2016 Poetry 5 Comments Technology I am sick of this world Technology has gone wild I miss the peace of mind I used to have as a child Everyone seems so...
‘Petals in the Winter’ and Other Poetry by Zachary Dilks The Society August 4, 2016 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments Petals in the Winter Three petals on a lily like the snow were held aloft And though the wind through window whipped it so just one fell off Two...
‘Nuptial Evening’ by Yousuf bin Mohammad The Society August 2, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments This eve set as elegant exhibit of skin deep beauty for old yearning stares, is time’s harsh labor’s brief retreat. The hands,...
‘Questions for the Gods: Sisyphus’ by Alan Toltzis The Society July 29, 2016 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments for Claudia Why didn’t Sisyphus simply walk away and climb, unencumbered, up the smooth cleft worn in the undulant hillside, up and over that...
‘Marv’lous Melody’ and Other Poetry by Sara Spry The Society July 27, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment Marv’lous Melody I read the words all leaping from the page And hear the joyful rhythm in my head But stop for you, an even-tonéd sage And...
‘Javelin Ekphrastic’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society July 25, 2016 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment . . Javelin Ekphrastic Out of the air and shot from a thrust, Clout of the spear, forethought where it must, Wrought from the ancient and taut and...
