On China’s Air Pollution: An Urbanelle, Winter 2013 The Society February 23, 2013 Poetry "How the Chimney-sweeper’s cry/ Every blackning Church appalls…” —William Blake, London “The Beijing Cough may not be as bad as the...
‘Elegy for a Blush’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society February 23, 2013 Poetry Elegy for a Blush No more does she show her flower; No more does the maiden cower. Snow-white cheek has turned to tawny. All the lads are...
‘History’ and Other Poetry by Steve Johns The Society February 21, 2013 Poetry History There’s a story in every piece of history. Each time I probe into a part of history, I see wars, plagues, triumphs, romances, and...
‘A Sketch of Stone Roberts’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society February 19, 2013 Art, Poetry A line that travels down the middle of the scene divides the picture's plane in two: above, the vast and airy openess o' th' arching building,...
Poetry Competition Winners Announced The Society February 15, 2013 From the Society, Poetry Dear Competition Participants, Thank you for your submissions! I am pleased to announce the winner and honorable mentions of the 2012 Society of...
Valentine’s Day Poem: Flowers for My Lady The Society February 14, 2013 Art, Poetry 1 Comment How that florid scent Wafts through your two vents Making all your senses yield To wilderness in a field. How the petals soft Carry you...
Anand PKC: ‘A New Day Rising’ The Society February 14, 2013 Art 1 Comment Anand PKC’s “transcendental realism” is on view now through Feb. 27 at Walter Wickiser Gallery, Manhattan, NY. Featured Image: A...
‘To Plait Celestial Chains’ and Other Poetry by Bob Aldridge The Society February 13, 2013 Poetry To Plait Celestial Chains They also serve who only stand and wait. - John Milton, “On his Blindness” They also serve who only stand and...
‘Armor’ and Other Poetry by Sabrina Chen The Society February 11, 2013 Poetry 2 Comments Armor Discard the anxious sheath which guards The balanced song inside Lest ballads deep in ebony Reverberate untied Forgo the throttling...
Poetry Analysis: On Two New Millennial Poems The Society February 8, 2013 Poetry By Lew Icarus Bede It is difficult, if not impossible, to know the state of poetry in any language during its "present...
‘Mount Solitude’ and Other Poetry by Ruth Hill The Society February 7, 2013 Poetry Mount Solitude Snow shelves sit like sentinels Waiting for a tuft-eared lynx Stacked like dishes jutting jewels Balance weights on tiny...
‘Spring’s Rhyme’ and Other Poetry by Amy McCombs The Society February 6, 2013 Poetry Spring’s Rhyme Colour floods so slowly, Each petal takes its time-- It blossoms near to holy As it enacts Spring’s Rhyme. The petals...
Photo Exhibit: Shiprock and Mont St. Michel The Society February 5, 2013 Art PHOENIX—What does a rock formation in New Mexico have to do with an old abbey in France? It’s not the premise of a paperback novel, but a...
An Odysseus Sonnet Sequence by Jessica F. Smith The Society February 4, 2013 Homer, Poetry My Love, Penelope My love, Penelope, I'm incomplete– You are not here, and I feel so alone; Love is a chore, without you there's no...
Poetry Analysis: ‘Death Be Not Proud’ by John Donne The Society January 31, 2013 Poetry 4 Comments Death Be Not Proud Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou...
‘Instead of Sominex’ and Other Poetry by Meryl Stratford The Society January 30, 2013 Poetry 2 Comments Instead of Sominex Write a sonnet tonight before you go to bed. Just fourteen lines before you fall asleep. Something to clear your...
‘Quids Pro Quo’ and Other Poetry by Lynn Veach Sadler The Society January 29, 2013 Poetry 1 Comment Quids Pro Quo Does beauty matter? You, of all, know why: it skirts the edge of my and your decay. It brings at once both smile and knowing...
‘On Cancer, Guns, and Hit ‘n Runs’ and Other Poetry by Javeed Chida The Society January 28, 2013 Poetry On Cancer, Guns, and Hit 'n Runs The chemo sessions wore him down, He so despised the sterile smells, The chatter, beeps, and flimsy gown, And...
‘Sonnet—To a New Yorker, Evan Mantyk’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society January 26, 2013 Art, Poetry "every where the trace of men" —William Cullen Bryant In Thomas Cole's The Catskills and Lake...
‘Dogfight Sonnet’ and Other Poetry by Julia Gordon-Bramer The Society January 25, 2013 Poetry Dogfight Sonnet Demon snarl curdles into a roar doubled with the counter-howl of defense. Darkened winter street was quiet before that tired...
‘All Such Poets Emit Great Delight’ and Other Poetry by Lacey Longpre’ The Society January 24, 2013 Poetry All Such Poets Emit Great Delight. All such poets emit great delight. In such darkness they radiate light. Though despite the demise, They...
‘Alabaster (The Statue)’ and Other Poetry by Jennifer Morgan The Society January 23, 2013 Poetry Alabaster (The Statue) I see the fineness And sense divineness From smoothest feet to marble brow A curve of lip A tilt of hip As gentle as...
‘The Wu Wei-ter’ by Damian Robin of England The Society January 22, 2013 Poetry A meeting round a social platter Seduced me in a human game. I sensed the moral tone go flatter But did not put this in the frame. We are here...
‘Apprenticeship’ and Other Poetry by Catherine Wald The Society January 21, 2013 Poetry 1 Comment Apprenticeship The poem will prove a stern and daunting master to those who pussyfoot around the truth and, weaving daisy chains from each...
Studio Incamminati Celebrates Decade of Teaching Realist Painters The Society January 19, 2013 Art 1 Comment NEW YORK—Studio Incamminati, a school for contemporary realist painters, celebrated their 10th anniversary at The National Arts Club in Manhattan...
‘Chancellorsville to Culloden’ by Kerry Dexter of Tallahassee, Florida The Society January 18, 2013 Poetry I hear you in the silence of the trees The Wilderness, they called it once, found in many places. Walking now, my heart sees the past, time before...
‘Cancer’ by Yakov Azriel of Israel The Society January 17, 2013 Poetry 2 Comments I. It's not an easy thing to die, it's not An easy thing to make believe I cling To hope when every day my doctors bring Me proof how sick my...
About Us The Society January 16, 2013 Art, Poetry English poetry has been in existence for at least 1,400 years. This tradition continues alive and well at The Society of Classical Poets like nowhere...
‘The Dream’ and Other Poetry by Judah LoVato The Society January 15, 2013 Poetry The Dream I dreamed a dream of two parades so different, yet the same, And I could not place the meaning of the first parade that came. Along...
‘Feathers of Disenchantment’ and Other Poetry by Enriqueta Carrington The Society January 14, 2013 Poetry 1 Comment Feathers of Disenchantment Pastors preached of birds as models of love, so sweet, so proper. Then parbleu, we heard sad news about the cheating...
A Reading of ‘The Riddles Of Merlin’ by Alfred Noyes The Society January 13, 2013 Essays, Poetry 1 Comment Review By Christopher Nield / Image by Liza Voronin/The Epoch Times The Riddles of Merlin As I was walking Alone by the sea, “What is that...
‘In Praise of Formal Poetry’ and Other Poetry by Wayne Lee The Society January 12, 2013 Poetry In Praise of Formal Poetry Whether it’s ridiculous or sublime, we need the reassurance of meter, the familiar recurrence of rhyme. We yearn...
‘Wild Roses’ by Linda Kendrick The Society January 11, 2013 Poetry 1 Comment The roses clamored wildly. I confessed it, smiled mildly. Profusely rambling everywhere, The crimson blooms were sweetness rare. Entwined with...
‘Bless with Children’ and Other Poetry by Carol Kanter The Society January 10, 2013 Poetry Bless with Children Sent, Amen! to fill the world with wonder they come in trust, brim-full of possibility, a soul (or spark from God, once...
‘To the Skeptic Who Denies God’ and Other Poetry by James Sibert The Society January 10, 2013 Poetry 5 Comments To the Skeptic Who Denies God You want me to prove to you my God exists. “The burden of proof is on you,” you insist; But when my lips open,...
Ringling Art Museum, a Treasure to Cherish The Society January 9, 2013 Art Featured Image: “Rest on the Flight into Egypt,” circa 1570, by Paolo Veronese, oil on canvas, bequest of John Ringling to his museum in 1936....
‘Light of Dawn’ by Camilla Marx The Society January 8, 2013 Poetry 4 Comments There is no battle like the break of light And yet the world still sleeps, still unaware, And day has yet to break the silent air While lamplight...
‘Birth’ and ‘Bullfight’ by Duane Carr The Society January 7, 2013 Poetry 1 Comment Birth Yes, I recall that January night when, ushered from your room into the hall, and restless for the nurse’s slightest call, I reread...
‘Sunset,’ ‘Sunrise,’ and Other Poetry by Elena Sichrovsky The Society January 5, 2013 Poetry Sunset Daylight shines with the glow of the first morn Glittering rays of laughter soft and warm There's no end to this heaven you've...
‘Ars Poetica for Shaky Times’ By Robert Sonkowsky The Society January 4, 2013 Poetry Ars Poetica for Shaky Times (Apologies to Auden and Horace) This little poem is in sonnet form; a poet will need support from the...
