Three Rhyming Haiku by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz The Society October 4, 2024 Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 9 Comments . Riverside Park—Labor Day An ambling river. Just a wheeze of gentle breeze. My soul aquiver. . . Desert Only sand and dread. Sunset looms in...
‘On the Death of Mike Lynch, August 19, 2024’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley The Society October 3, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . On the Death of Mike Lynch, August 19, 2024 They say his blood was Irish, with his toothy Gaelic smile. A master of the cyberworld, with features...
A Translation of the German National Anthem, by James A. Tweedie The Society October 3, 2024 Music, Poetry, Translation 9 Comments . A Translation of the German National Anthem and a Musical Setting for the Tune “Austria” Some months ago, I jotted down a tune that carried a...
‘The Fool’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society October 2, 2024 Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . The Fool Astrology has always left me cold (As cold, at least, as interstellar space); The lines along my palm can only trace The rate at which my...
A Rosh Hashanah Poem on the Blowing of the Shofar, by Margaret Coats The Society October 2, 2024 Culture, Music, Poetry 24 Comments . The Ram's Horn "A great horn shall be blown, and they that were lost shall come from the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts from the land...
‘To Speak Unique’: A Poem by Caroline Chen The Society October 1, 2024 Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 4 Comments . To Speak Unique From youth we have been urged to stay unique. For boxed-in meetings, we must always be The ones outside the box, must always...
‘Autumn Reversed’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society October 1, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Autumn Reversed Once snowflakes have recrystalized,__they rise from where they fell;in Earth’s alternate universe__it’s early winter’s...
‘Plowing’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society September 30, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments . Plowing Plain plowing cultivates delight Of partnership with animals: Two horses and a man unite To draw behind them crows and gulls Feeding on...
‘What Mother Goose Neglected to Mention’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 29, 2024 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . What Mother Goose Neglected to Mention . A Soup Spoon Reflects upon His Past So the dish ran away with the spoon, we were told, __And he treated...
‘Send in the Clones’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society September 29, 2024 Pantoum, Poetry, Satire 34 Comments . Send in the Clones Year One. Computer, help me make this switch! This lab is now my church. Advance my mission: To nail the science for my sex...
The Best Haiku of 2024: Winners of the 2024 SCP Haiku Competition The Society September 29, 2024 Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests 14 Comments . The Best Haiku of 2024 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2024 Haiku Competition Judged by J. Thomas Rimer and Margaret...
‘Public Benches’: A Poem by Joshua C. Frank The Society September 28, 2024 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Public Benches Lusty men and randy wenches Making out on public benches Used to be a common sight In afternoon or moonlit night, And single people...
‘Downtown’ and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society September 28, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Downtown Like an iron maze, Clustered close, towers rise, Caging the very sky. Casting their cold gaze Through myriad glazed...
‘Aphrodisiac’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society September 27, 2024 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . Aphrodisiac I. It was past midnight when we met and spoke One rainswept winter Friday. The wet street Stood empty save for us (that clinched the...
‘Resolve’: A Poem by Maria Panayi The Society September 27, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . Resolve Much gain involves much pain and we can see, That discipline is hard, like pumping steam, Spending each glorious day sowing seeds Striving...
‘Dusk’: A Poem by C. Walker The Society September 26, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . Dusk Come down! you fading orb of heat, __Come down, and rest your head, I watched you in your slow defeat; __This day you had is dead. What...
‘Cutie Pie Cat’ and Another Sonnet by Phillip Whidden The Society September 26, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments . Cutie Pie Cat The pink-nosed face of Prospero my cat, Pink nose and white fur face, is what he rubs Against me, purring. He does not know that I...
‘Let Them Go’: A Poem by Elise Power The Society September 25, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Let Them Go Children born around the world __some fifty years ago were free to roam and run and hide, __to ramble high and low. The bigger people...
‘The British Museum’ and Other Poetry by Guy Graybill The Society September 25, 2024 Humor, Poetry, Satire 7 Comments . The British Museum The best sources repeat it, unending, For the scholars in every lyceum: Many art works, of nations unlending, Can be found in...
‘The Dying’: A Poem by T.M. Moore The Society September 24, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . The Dying It’s getting to be time again when all the leaves, their labors nearly done, prepare their legacy. We see them everywhere at work on...
‘The Chief Baker Responds to Joseph’: A Poem by David Culwell The Society September 24, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 4 Comments . The Chief Baker Responds to Joseph "And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: Yet within...
‘Nothing Compares’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society September 23, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Nothing Compares Last year, on a private tour of Italy and Spain, I saw the Colosseum and cathedrals… so sublime. I found it hard to comprehend...
‘I Love My Paranoia’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society September 23, 2024 Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . I Love My Paranoia I love my paranoia That no one else can see. It’s like a loving shadow Surely protecting me. Some say it's a sixth sense, Or...
‘Bright Light, Some City’: A Poem Hopper’s ‘Morning Sun,’ by Christopher Fried The Society September 22, 2024 Art, Ekphrastic, Poetry 11 Comments . Bright Light, Some City "It's probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition." —...
‘Storm Dog’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society September 22, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Storm Dog Thunder, bounding through the holler, shouts. The lights are flickering but are not out. My dog is terrified out in the rain, (My cats...
‘Something in the Water’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society September 21, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Something in the Water The swimmer had removed her clothes, __Then turned and gave a wail, For in the dressing room there was __A biologic...
‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society September 21, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Take Me Out to the Ball Game The game of baseball’s changed since I was younger, Back when the Giants played at Candlestick. A hot dog in my hand...
‘Devotions’: A Poem by Adam Wasem The Society September 20, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments . Devotions Night after night, for nigh a year, When bedtime came, we’d watch our child Be overcome by his emotions: From glee, to rage, to...
‘Lamplights at Dusk’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society September 20, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . Lamplights at Dusk Along the tree-lined lane, I walk at dusk, On pavement gray, well-washed by autumn showers, And watch the fading day discard...
‘California Meme-ing’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 19, 2024 Poetry, Satire 28 Comments . California Meme-ing ---on Gov. Newsom's recent ban of AI deepfake memes The perilous and puckish AI fairy Has magicked mocking memes so sharp...
‘The Painter’ and Other Poetry by Shamik Banerjee The Society September 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . The Painter The moment when a painting is complete, He starts another piece without delay Like respiration—take a breath; repeat. Without this...
‘The Last Petal’: A Poem by Alani Timmons The Society September 19, 2024 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 10 Comments . The Last Petal In a garden old and wise, Where blooms and seasons intertwine, A rose stood tall against the skies, Its petals bright, its heart...
‘The Father of All Lights’: A Poem by James Sale The Society September 18, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . The Father of All Lights "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no...
‘Oaks of Righteousness’: A Poem by D.R. Rainbolt The Society September 18, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments . Oaks of Righteousness “That they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD…” ---Isaiah 61:3 What stories shared between...
‘Of Windows and Lawns’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society September 17, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Of Windows and Lawns "I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn." —Kamala Harris There was a theory that a single...
‘Henry Knox in His Bookstore’ from Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem The Society September 17, 2024 Epic, Poetry, Readings, Video 22 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNh_jWAzKU . Henry Knox in His Bookstore ---from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 The chiming of a doorway’s...
‘August, at Your Pleasure’ and Other Poetry by Paul A. Freeman The Society September 17, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . August, at Your Pleasure The year, by August, late in middle age,gives knowing winks to autumn as the goldof summer sun and wheat fields turn the...
‘Follow the Miracle’: A Poem on the Trump Assassination Attempts by Brian Yapko The Society September 16, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Follow the Miracle A random head-turn? Vector wind deflection? Or was it truly heavenly protection? His head came close to being torn asunder Yet...
‘Viracocha’: A Poem on the Incan Sun God by Daniel Pugh The Society September 16, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments . Viracocha Viracocha made the world, __He made it in a day. A day in Viracocha’s life __Would leave you old and gray, So when he’d finished...
A Poem for Helen Vendler (1933-2024): ‘Valediction for a Critic’ by Margaret Coats The Society September 16, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments . Valediction for a Critic "She can second-guess the sixth sense of a poem." —Seamus Heaney "I thought—and still think—that all people would...
