Refreshing Realism: Shaun Downey The Society September 26, 2012 Art "Shaun Downey strives to breathe fresh life into realist painting by combining classical ideals within the context of his own life and surroundings....
An Abandoned Garden The Society September 25, 2012 Poetry By Robert Crawford By August I noticed the lack of care, And now in September I feel the despair; The rusting tools, the vanished rows, Reveal...
The Red Dragon Slayer The Society September 23, 2012 Art, Poetry In the picture above, a Chinese citizen writes the words "Tui Dang" (literally "Quit Party") signifying his resignation from the Chinese Communist...
At Night in the Mountain Temple The Society September 21, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment By Li Bai (Translated by Lan Hua) In the rickety tower A hundred feet high My hands could pluck The stars from the sky I dare not...
Journey The Society September 20, 2012 Poetry 2 Comments By Dan Skorbach If I could talk to trees and meet with mighty lions, If I could ride the winds and gain the moon’s advice, I’d ask how they...
Meredith Bergmann: Beauty and Irony in Sculpture The Society September 19, 2012 Art By Christine Lin NEW YORK—Walking along an avenue or through a city park, one is likely to encounter sculptures. They are permanent or...
New Works of Classic Byzantine Iconography The Society September 14, 2012 Art By Tim Gebhart In a little studio in Madison, Wis., Drazen Dupor carries on a tradition that flourished in the sixth century—the art of...
9/11 Poem: No Cheeks Turn The Society September 13, 2012 Poetry By Aubrey Henderson Reluctantly I emerged from natures Soothing womb; forsaking the assuagement Of community, for the dark lament Emanating...
Prayer Flags The Society September 12, 2012 Poetry By Aubrey Henderson You battle with our demons in the dark. You wake up screaming from your troubled dreams. Memories of the dark day you...
9/11 Poem: Two Streams The Society September 11, 2012 Poetry By Evan Mantyk There is a dark and forceful urge to blame The nine-eleven terrorist attacks On religion, on security gone slack, On our...
Meredith Bergmann’s ‘September 11th’ The Society September 10, 2012 Art A moving sculpture that vividly depicts a woman with two airplanes crashing into her forearms, Meredith Bergmann's monumental bronze sculpture...
Play: An Iliad for Our Generation (Act II) The Society September 7, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment In this refashioned version of Homer’s Iliad, the mystical hero Achilles’ clashes with the doubting King Agamemnon over a woman, throwing the...
Reverence The Society September 7, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment By Joshua Philipp So deep grown were our rings of sin, lost hope had humankind, lost hope for sight of spring again, our fates could not...
Writing Poetry with Meter—Beginners’ Level and Beyond The Society September 7, 2012 Education, Essays, From the Society, Poetry Forms 3 Comments . Writing Poetry with Meter---Beginners' Level and Beyond by Evan Mantyk There is very little difficulty behind writing classical poetry from a...
Resources for Educators The Society September 7, 2012 Education, Poetry Lesson Plans, Readings with Questions, and Sample Essays: Lesson on the Poetry of Bruce Dale Wise (Society of Classical Poets Competition...
Patricia Watwood: Art That Reaffirms Value in Human Life The Society September 6, 2012 Art NEW YORK—Patricia Watwood and two other artists came together in June at the Forbes Galleries, where she held an exhibition to espouse the virtues...
Poetry The Society September 6, 2012 Poetry 3 Comments By Tom Zart God has always had his poets Who He watches with love from space. But Satan has his poets too Who try to lead us from our...
Germany Resurrecting Baroque Palace by Popular Demand The Society September 5, 2012 Art By Christian Watjen BERLIN—Standing in a green field in the cultural heart of the German capital, an Italian tourist desperately looks around,...
Satirical Poems on Modern Chinese Society The Society September 5, 2012 Poetry Translated by Gary Pansey Ridiculing Social Status In Their Proper Places First come officials And then of course their boss, Next come the...
‘The Vanity of Human Wishes’ by Samuel Johnson The Society September 4, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment Let Observation with extensive View, Survey Mankind, from China to Peru; Remark each anxious Toil, each eager Strife, And watch the busy Scenes of...
The Watercolors of Jeffrey L. Benson The Society September 1, 2012 Art 1 Comment Jeffrey L. Benson, an artist living in Orland Park, Ill., paints landscapes with architectural elements, in part to preserve the history of old...
The God of This World to his Prophet The Society September 1, 2012 Poetry By Bill Coyle Go to the prosperous city, for I have taken pity on its inhabitants, who drink and feast and dance all night in...
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery: Bastion of Contemporary Realism The Society August 31, 2012 Art NEW YORK—Thirty-five years since it opened its doors in SoHo, the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery is a rarity in New York City. It is one of the last...
Examples to Follow The Society August 31, 2012 Poetry By Michael T. Young Traffic, a crowd, the tide flooding the bay, whatever will rise and fall, will begin, then end, forgive each moment for...
Play: An Iliad for Our Generation (Act I) The Society August 30, 2012 Poetry In this refashioned version of Homer's Iliad, the mystical hero Achilles clashes with the doubting King Agamemnon over a woman, throwing the fate of...
Primordial Nostalgia The Society August 30, 2012 Poetry By Joshua Philipp At night alone, I sometimes dream of a place which seems so far away. Quietly sitting by a stream. With words this place so...
Amazing “Grand Central” Painting by Stone Roberts The Society August 29, 2012 Art Like a modern day Norman Rockwell, the monumental works of contemporary realist painter Stone Roberts capture in vivid form and color the beauty of...
Comic: Practicing Falun Gong in China Today The Society August 29, 2012 Art For the full comic by Illustrator:Lam & Joel Benjamin click...
The New Renaissance The Society August 28, 2012 Poetry By Thomas Newton Just as the Renaissance was fueled by The printing press, the Internet has sounded A call for crafted poetry—a cry For...
The Moral Compass The Society August 28, 2012 Poetry By Thomas Newton The Founding Fathers showed the way and built Our sturdy ships to last through all of time. Each has a moral compass showing...
Ancient Chinese Poets’ Treatment of Time The Society August 27, 2012 Poetry (Clearwisdom.net) Ancient Chinese people cherished time, which was revealed in their pursuit for the truth and the Dao, the cultivation of one's...
Helenium The Society August 27, 2012 Poetry By Aubrey Henderson I remember vast fields of Helenium; Yellow, trembling, dancing with fireflies, In the fading light of nature’s atrium, As...
The Fall in Voter Turnout The Society August 27, 2012 Poetry By Michael T. Young The pine's elected to the maple's post, the fly's buzzword is vetoed by the day, streams in a presidential race all...
Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Introduction) The Society August 26, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment On the shores of Gitche Gumee, Of the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood Nokomis, the old woman, Pointing with her finger westward, O'er the water...
Math Haikus The Society August 26, 2012 Poetry 3 Comments By Yolanda Marín-Parker Mathematics is The language that nature speaks To the human fool. Fool – man is – for not Listening to the...
Poetry by Damian Robin The Society August 26, 2012 Poetry The Wu Wei-ter The Contemporary Artist The Modern Artist On a Wind-brushed...
Zhen Shan Ren Art Exhibit in Wisconsin (Video) The Society August 24, 2012 Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf-_d7iaRAs&feature=youtu.be The Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truth, Compassion, Tolerance) International...
Crossing Samsara The Society August 24, 2012 Poetry 1 Comment By Joshua Philipp The winds of change, so soft they blow. In the blink of an eye, a thousand years. Immeasurable is the great river’s...
The Life-changing Art of Li Jinyu The Society August 23, 2012 Art Li Jinyu is an artist living in Brooklyn, New York. Her paintings are strongly influenced by her practice of Falun Gong. According to...
The Moon The Society August 22, 2012 Poetry By Dan Skorbach I sit with you the silent moon of May, After the chores of day are soundly sleeping. Here, once again, you come to guide the...
