‘The Inward Light’ and Other Poetry by Ann Keith The Society June 11, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments The Inward Light Be proof against the eye and ear And every sense that stultifies The inward light, supreme, austere, The keenly sharp, the...
‘The Cherry Blooms in Central Park’ and Other Poetry by Peter Agnos The Society June 8, 2015 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment The Cherry Blooms in Central Park In Central Park the cherries now Are hung with blooms along the slough, And stand around the reservoir, Pink...
‘Wow! (a View from inside the ISIS State)’ by Damian Robin The Society June 5, 2015 Culture, Poetry Wow! The wind is blowin’, the rain is rainin’ slant across the windowpane – and in the yard whole oceans storm across the grass and make...
‘How Long the Night’ Translation and More by Michael R. Burch The Society June 2, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments How Long the Night Anonymous Old English Lyric, circa early 13th century AD Loose translation by Michael R. Burch It is pleasant,...
‘Climbing the World’s Peak’ by Yuxing Xia The Society May 30, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments Submerged in blinding red and blue at dawn, I climb the barren fields to find between the gentle tides of crying clouds, where spawn the highest...
‘Trajan’s Column’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society May 27, 2015 Culture, Poetry Trajan's Column By Uberdi Ascweli In Rome, amidst the many structures, gray, peach, white and brown, around it, rising, Trajan's Column, does...
‘Bay from Berkeley’ and Other Poetry by Neal Dachstadter The Society May 24, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry Bay from Berkeley Slate blue blustered inland sea Water from the rivers be Sea of salt and rain ashore Many waters, oceans roar. Slate green...
‘The Bitter Harvest’ by Cheryl Corey The Society May 21, 2015 Poetry 1 Comment With steady hand, he takes a scalpel, cutsthe body open. Liver, spleen, the gutsextracted, packed in ice. The Party manlooks on. There's...
‘One (1979)’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges The Society May 18, 2015 Culture, Poetry One (1979) A policy is still in place Which subjugates each woman’s womb. Spin doctors cannot render grace When pregnancy begets a...
‘In Denial We Trust’ by Cynthia Thornton Herrera The Society May 15, 2015 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment From what I see of life’s disgust; The killings, rampant shooting sprees, I’m sure that no one not agrees There’s nothing ‘bout it free or...
‘Meditating’ by Colin Fredericson The Society May 12, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Through sandy, muddy, rocky creek, Silted, crudded, hard to speak, My heart was heavy, worn, and cramped, I needed someplace I could...
‘The First Day of Spring’ and Other Poetry by Lorna Davis The Society May 9, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments The First Day of Spring The first day of spring started rainy and cold, But new greens were sprouting, defiant and bold, And daffodils nodded...
‘The Lumberman’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society May 6, 2015 Humor, Poetry 1 Comment The Lumberman by Bud "Weasel" Rice I saw him resting up against a giant gray-brown stump, the lumberman was pausing from his haul, hitch, heave...
‘BILLY Cat and MAX Dog’ by Don Shook The Society May 3, 2015 Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Burrowed down in leaves of brown piled by the garden wall, our Billy cat dreamed of a rat he’d chased down through the hall. Up from the creek...
‘Lines Composed in the Adirondack Mountains’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society April 30, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments Lines Composed in the Adirondack Mountains THERE’S a little town nestled in the hills, with an old house I call by that town's...
‘Crossing China’ by Donna Nelesen The Society April 26, 2015 Culture, Poetry I. Anxiety and excitement, a strange mixture Saturated me as I attempted to picture Two days alone crossing China’s famous Silk Road Aboard...
‘Glory?’ by Enri Vilmos The Society April 23, 2015 Culture, Poetry Record the past and gift-wrap the future Explain the rules of classical culture Listen to the stories plaintively wrought In candlelit...
‘Orange Persimmons’ and Other Poetry by Rebecca Snow The Society April 19, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment "Orange Persimmons" is a Haiku. "Released" is an American Cinquain, and "Forever Wearing White" is a Tanka about how the Falun Dafa are being...
‘Scoouwa: The Captive’ by Douglas Thornton The Society April 16, 2015 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Originally Featured in Woodland Poems Near a ridge where far recedes the frozen Forest into valleys wide, Scoouwa’s chin In despondence fell. ...
‘Change: Metamorphosis: Transformation’ by Damian Robin The Society April 13, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments As I was flying high and looking down the lonely regent of my tiny crown in one-dimension’s cold and breath-thin...
‘The Goddess’ and Other Poetry by Gabe Russo The Society April 10, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry The Goddess I. Black breeze On white foam hands Held high, lifting freedom: Shinning fast Her people’s torch in His...
‘Ride to Freedom’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk The Society April 8, 2015 Poetry In support of the national youth bike ride, Ride 2 Freedom. Ride to Freedom Riding, riding, riding fast, There can be no time to spare When...
‘The Friend’ by James Sale The Society April 6, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments I dreamt I saw him in the queue, A friend I thought had long since died; But we embraced so warmly then; It seemed a dream we’d been...
‘Salazar Sneed’ and Other Poetry by Scott M. Sparling The Society April 4, 2015 Beauty, Humor, Poetry Salazar Sneed Salazar Sneed was a man of great need Who traded holey shoes for a pocket of beads. With the beads he then went to the...
‘Wanderer’s Retreat’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges The Society April 1, 2015 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Short Stories 2 Comments Wanderer's Retreat I Across the dive bar floor strode a figure, Tall but slightly slouching, wearing a cloak. His facial features, save nose...
‘One Summer Day’ and Other Poetry by Martin Elster The Society March 29, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 1 Comment One Summer Day An allusion to Beethoven While walking through the woods one summer day, he glanced along a river, clear and bright, saw...
Chinese Cameos by Damian Robin The Society March 27, 2015 Poetry 1 Comment Chinese Cameo 13 Exacting Nazis whittled down The Jew – full name, gender, skill type, stamp, tattoo; segued ringlets, noses, black felt...
2015 Poetry Journal Released The Society March 25, 2015 From the Society, Poetry 1 Comment We are proud to announce the publication of The Society of Classical Poets’ 2015 Poetry Journal! The best poetry of the last year has...
‘The River Wye’ and Other Poetry by Mike Ruskovich The Society March 22, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives 21 Comments The River Wye Your stroll beside the stream has stayed with me, Has left me in my loneliness with strength Enough to face the world, to...
‘Goodbye, Sweet Fetal Child’ by Theresa Rodriguez The Society March 18, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Popular Poetry Archives 12 Comments Goodbye, sweet fetal child— for you shall die, Because a mother’s love is also dead: The hallowed place of nurture where you lie Shall soon...
‘Hunger’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Devaney The Society March 15, 2015 Poetry 1 Comment Hunger "Power grows out of the barrel of a gun" -Mao Zedong Power grows out of the plight of the poor Peasants broken-backed, burdened...
‘Thoughts after Samuel Palmer’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society March 11, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 1 Comment Thoughts after Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) By Bud "Weasel" Rice Everywhere curious, articulate, perfect and inimitable ... nature does ......
‘Fog in the Valley’ and Other Poetry by Cathy Bryant The Society March 8, 2015 Beauty, Poetry Fog in the Valley The fog flows down like a flock of pale gulls and the valley of my home disappears. In seconds, stuff engulfs us....
‘Winter Storm Watch’ and Other Poetry by Catherine Wald The Society March 5, 2015 Beauty, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry 1 Comment Winter Storm Watch The sky is still; no flakes appear and yet we know that they will come. Held hostage by our doubts and fears we beat...
‘The Course of Empire’ Observations by Reid McGrath The Society March 1, 2015 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Observations both Literal and Inferred on The Course of Empire, 1833-36, by Thomas Cole The Savage State THE foreground is dark,...
‘O Thou Fount of Joy, I Praise Thee’ and Other Poetry by Scáth Beorh The Society February 27, 2015 Beauty, Poetry O Thou Fount of Joy, I Praise Thee In my dark night He brought His joy by an ancient melody. I was young then, did not know...
‘Sonnet on the Death of a Friend’ and Other Poetry by Pete Dashwood The Society February 23, 2015 Beauty Sonnet on the Death of a Friend Throughout our lives we have the love of some Our family, our friends , the special ones Who help us deal...
‘Monarch’ by Shari Jo LeKane-Yentumi The Society February 20, 2015 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments They gathered softly in a field for many miles around to taste in haste the flowers before showers tumbled down upon the clover blooms, the...
‘Dihydrogen Monoxide’ by Andrew Joseph The Society February 16, 2015 Humor, Poetry 3 Comments A mysterious substance is ruling our lives. It flows through our oceans and floats in our skies. “It’s good for you,” cries four docs out of...
‘Valentine’ by Reid McGrath The Society February 14, 2015 Poetry 2 Comments For a girl with rosy cheeks I didn’t know when Valentine’s Day was, and didn’t need to. That day came and went like any other. Now I...
