‘I Saw a Giant Train’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society February 6, 2015 Beauty, Poetry I Saw a Giant Train by Red Was Iceblue I saw a giant train come out of blue and purple light, the colours of its cars, red, yellow,...
Poetry on Life in China by Damian Robin The Society February 2, 2015 Poetry Chinese Cameo 5 A glinty dental check-up’s made my day – some skiffs of plaque, no ominous decay … A shiny, multi-jointed arm in...
Announcing the 2015 Competition Winners The Society February 1, 2015 From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry 2 Comments First Prize ($500): Reid McGrath Winning Poems: “Tares in the Wheat” “A Recurring Dream, Vanquished” “Retreating Snow”...
‘The Shore’ and Other Poetry by Abigail Zhong The Society January 31, 2015 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 3 Comments The Shore Forever lost in the ocean the water seeps into my chest I’ve lost myself in the motion let the fish swim beneath my...
‘A Reflection on Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement’ by Damian Robin The Society January 27, 2015 Poetry Though tear gas spiraled through receding light and wrung out tears and mangled up clear sight; and though the bitter gas was spiked with...
‘Rose Window’ and Other Poetry by Robert Walton The Society January 26, 2015 Beauty, Poetry Rose Window Firs at sunset cast golden geometries As myriad needles swarm like bees And burst into sun-kindled flame – A rose window without...
‘Where Can I Find You’ and Other Poetry by Grayson Chong The Society January 24, 2015 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry Where Can I Find You? A girl, with hair the colour of honey, giggled while she chased a little bunny through fields of golden hay and...
‘Vessel’ and Other Poetry by Peter G. Epps, Ph.D. The Society January 23, 2015 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments Vessel No one can insure candlelight; its flame Precisely burns in flickering waves of gas, Ingesting oxygen while fibers...
‘Nightingale Song’ by Heather Johnson The Society January 19, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments The nightingale flutters on its wings And lighting on a branch he sings Voices the song of his spirit Brings joy to all that hear it With pen and...
‘Maoism’ and Other Poetry by Steve Johns The Society January 16, 2015 Science Maoism “Power comes from the barrel of a gun,” That was the essence of Mao’s logic. Millions have perished under his gun. What was the...
‘Life’s Golden Key’ and Other Poetry by Sandra Sowers Platt The Society January 12, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments Life's Golden Key Like the sparrow, robin and crow sharing in a concrete birdbath, mortals require kindness to grow, pleasantly exploring...
‘A Battle of Good versus Evil’ By Darlene Wolenski The Society January 8, 2015 High School Submissions, Poetry 1 Comment I. The people of China in ancient times, Knew good was blessed and evil was punished, By Gods who observed all of their actions, When...
‘In the Shadow of a Mountain’ and Other Poetry by Fern G. Z. Carr The Society January 5, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment In the Shadow of a Mountain In the shadow of a mountain lies a valley, lies my home swaddled by the earth’s embrace in sweet repose – a...
‘A Plea to Scylla’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges The Society January 2, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Shadow of the Laogai In the Laogai’s shadow, the ghosts of China stir, Unseen by dreaming eyes as golden currents blow Across the...
‘Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare’ by Jack Horne The Society December 29, 2014 Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare Some say that Shakespeare didn’t write The many works that bear his name; But surely if that were the case, A...
‘The Day the Persecution Began’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk The Society December 26, 2014 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments The Day the Persecution Began "The year is 1999, July, A king of terror would come from the sky,” The Frenchman Nostradamus...
Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society December 22, 2014 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments He Kept On By Erisbawdle Cue He kept on striving to attain an ideality connected to the good, but grounded in reality. He kept on working to...
‘Just a Dream’ and Other Poetry by Ellen Lou The Society December 19, 2014 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 2 Comments Just a Dream I. You vowed to descend to the world below, In an agreement that was made. To the mortal world others dared not go, Yet what...
‘Tares in the Wheat’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society December 15, 2014 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments Tares in the Wheat "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God,” Luke 9:62 “The sun will burn;...
‘Youths’ Sonnet’ and Other Poetry by Janice Canerdy The Society December 12, 2014 Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Youths' Sonnet They view the world through filmy innocence, these youngsters who now hear the future call. Into that forest bountiful and...
‘A Bit of a Giggle-bite’ by Damian Robin The Society December 8, 2014 Humor, Poetry 3 Comments I've had some poems I could submit but now I've got behind a bit, they're packed inside the silent hive of a sev’ral-year-old, old hard...
‘To the Media in America’ by Jane Blanchard The Society December 5, 2014 Culture, Humor, Poetry The British are coming! The whole fourth estate Must wear what is smart For William and Kate. The British are coming! Men, watch how you...
‘Living Buddhas Need Passports’ by Florence Major The Society December 1, 2014 Poetry 2 Comments To incarnate legally─ No reincarnates can be found In Beijing’s atheist compound─ In this city where dead is dead─ A reincarnate could...
‘Our Day in the Sun’ and Other Poetry by Robert King The Society November 24, 2014 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment Our Day in the Sun We, each of us, every one Have had our day in the sun Came a time that day was done Let us then no longer dwell On what...
‘The Little Kindnesses’ by Bic Uwel, “Erased” The Society November 17, 2014 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment "...that best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love." ...
‘Life’ and Other Poetry by Hibah Shabkhez The Society November 11, 2014 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment Life Ravaged forests again take root Life nestling within the sturdy acorn Cannot be throttled Ashes reborn yield bitter fruit Fragrance...
‘Dandelions’ and Other Poetry by Kathryn Jacobs The Society November 4, 2014 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments Dandelions She touched their gray-haired afros tenderly: an urban six year old with kinky hair who pounced on dandelions (bud-vases were full...
‘A Nation Mourns: October 22, 2014’ by Wes Caribu Deal The Society November 1, 2014 Poetry Canadian reservist Corporal Cirillo was killed this day at the War Memorial in Ottawa, while standing in his ceremonial and Scottish...
‘The Tip Jar Was Snatched at O Cafe. O!’ by Nancy Weber The Society October 28, 2014 Humor, Poetry The tip jar was snatched at O Cafe. O! “Somebody just picked it up,” mused the guy at the register. I’d stopped in to buy six ounces of...
Fall Haiku and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society October 21, 2014 Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry Fall Haiku New England college towns: Pumpkins, apples, breakfast in a warm café. Swamp-maples afire! Rusty colored barns, silos draped in...
‘The Catskill Mountains’ by Ubs Reece Idwal The Society October 15, 2014 Beauty, Poetry From the Pages of Washington Irving, for my Hudson River Friends Whoever 's made a voyage up the Hudson must remember Catskill Mountains, a...
“French Suites” and Other Poetry by Mark J. Mitchell The Society October 12, 2014 Culture, Music, Poetry 2 Comments French Suites Each keystroke is precise, clear as a verb Untouched by modifiers. Sharps and flats Are reliable as death, the light trills All...
Poetry on the Mass Protest in Hong Kong The Society October 9, 2014 Poetry 4 Comments Waiting at a Bustop Under an Umbrella By Damian Robin The pro-democracy tear-soaked bud could burst into a petaled flower...
‘Two Months On’ and Other Poetry by R. Bremner The Society October 7, 2014 Beauty, Poetry Two Months On I walk between the tired trees restless soldiers standing ground pray for just a tiny breeze bringing me a cheerful...
‘610 Office’ by Li ‘Web Crease’ Du The Society October 4, 2014 Poetry 610 is there to take it down, the Falun Gong, that touches Dao. It's clear to see the dangers of forbearance, truth, compassion,...
‘Courage’ and Other Poetry by Michael Curtis The Society October 1, 2014 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments Courage I saw a tiny spider spin a web Within my humble hut between two beams. He tried to throw a thread across, it ebbed Away. He did not...
‘Beauty’ by Valerie Dohren The Society September 28, 2014 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments I saw the face of beauty fixed Upon the rising sun Beyond all mortal compliment Her loveliness there shone Within the constellations...
‘Suicide Nets’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society September 25, 2014 Poetry 1 Comment Lamenting our Complicity in the Installation of Suicide Nets I met a “bum” outside an Apple store holding a sign which read: “I’m taking...
‘O, Scotland’ by Clide Abersuwe The Society September 22, 2014 Humor, Poetry "Breathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land." —Walter Scott I saw this...
‘When I First Heard the Learn’d Astronomer’ by I. E. Sbace Weruld The Society September 19, 2014 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment A counter to a Walt Whitman poem When I first heard the learn'd astronomer explain his proofs and figures, and arrange the particles of this vast...
