Poetry Book Review: James Manlow’s When We Were Slugs from Parkgate Press The Society February 17, 2016 Essays, Reviews By James Sale There are two things I don’t like about “When We Were Slugs”, the new poetry collection from James Manlow, the erstwhile Poet...
‘Riverside’ and Other Poetry by Jarrett Mohn The Society February 15, 2016 Beauty, High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry Riverside Sun rays glisten Reflect the river I stand and listen Can’t help but shiver Restless fish swim Graceful, majestic Watching...
‘Valentine’ and Other Poetry by Michael Curtis The Society February 14, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Valentine The name of Spring is ever fresh and fair; Her sound is ever gentle, ever true; The Spring is like the...
‘Models for Configuring Friendship’ and Other Poetry by Lynn Veach Sadler The Society February 12, 2016 Culture, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment Models for Configuring Friendship A knight for whom the Grail is wholly you; the one who greets you sans your power, might; who never counts the...
‘Children of the Stars’ by Elizabeth A. Britton The Society February 11, 2016 Culture, Poetry The lit brush burns oil on the canvas; Ancient word breathes stories of Atlantis; The silent stone speaks more than us all; Mortal...
‘Xerxes’ and Other Poetry by A.R. Harmon The Society February 9, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry Xerxes My power does lie In hue of the sky In the refined folds of God’s estate My throne I have carved Of sapphire hard And I crowned it...
10 Greatest English Sonnets Concerning Other Poets The Society February 7, 2016 Best Poems, Education, Essays, Poetry 3 Comments by Reid McGrath I forewarn you that these are the 10 greatest English Sonnets addressed to or concerning other poets and are not even the 10...
‘Night’s Nuclear Poetry’ by Karen Gersch The Society February 6, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments So many lasers stroked the night, the sky simply purred and burst apart. We held our breaths, but not from fright - the fireworks had launched...
‘Squinters’ and Other Poetry by Antoinette Foliart The Society February 5, 2016 High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry Squinters The curious the contemplators the ones who concentrate on the littlest details. The most beautiful thing about them is how they...
‘The Port of Tears’ by James Sale The Society February 3, 2016 Beauty, Poetry We left the Port of Joy so long ago, And ebbed so much the while and knew no flow, But still another strait we headed to. Whatever we...
2016 Poetry Competition Winners The Society February 1, 2016 From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests 6 Comments Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who participated. There were many hundreds of submitted poems and many good works and poets who had to...
Poetry in Traditional Celtic and Bardic Forms by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins The Society January 30, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Education, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Rhupunt 1 Comment Sedona (A Rhupunt) Deep shadows fade Red rock cascade To purpled jade— Sun sparks ignite. Stone sentries stare Sightless through air At...
How to Write Poetry with Meter The Society January 29, 2016 Education, Essays, Poetry Forms 10 Comments By Dusty Grein Most of us enjoy poetry in one form or another. I am going to attempt to lay out the basics of writing classical style poetry in...
‘The Gathering’ and Other Poetry by Brian Mc Cabe The Society January 27, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Poetry The Gathering Upon the 400th anniversary of the founding of the town of Virginia in Ireland Oh town of the Virgin Queen I hear you call me...
Review: The Parliament of Poets by Frederick Glaysher, Earthrise Press, 2012 The Society January 25, 2016 Epic, Essays, Reviews 9 Comments By James Sale Frederick Glaysher claims to be an epic poet, and furthermore to have written an epic poem, The Parliament of Poets. This is a...
‘Night Vision’ by Robert King The Society January 23, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment Night vision: a process Of the unconscious mind That the poet uses In order to find An acceptable first line Still divested of...
‘To a Beech’ by Hugh Rose The Society January 21, 2016 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment Spread twig fingers. Shed your leaves. Those that linger: They may grieve When comes the winter But, come spring New buds splinter, New blooms...
‘Father and Son’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society January 19, 2016 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Father and Son I. The Modern Daedalus I want you to carry yourself with pride: Stand up straight, with your shoulders back; don’t slouch; and...
‘The Bloody Feast’ by Pamela Du The Society January 17, 2016 High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry Based on the real account of a doctor involved in the Chinese Communist Party’s harvesting of organs from innocent living Falun Gong...
‘ATLASUSA’ and Other Poetry by Skip Hughes The Society January 15, 2016 Humor, Poetry ATLASUSA “Material of this sort is best read aloud.” – Frank Fortky The postal gurus are creative and clever. Our Massachusetts-Pennsylvania...
‘On the Perception of Human Beauty’ and Other Poetry by Katherine Todd The Society January 13, 2016 Beauty, Poetry On the Perception of Human Beauty Can there be a myriad of flaws so bold As to boast their cracked imperfections? Could it out do our high...
‘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 Alec Ream 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...
‘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...
