Dante Enters Hell: Canto III of Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society August 11, 2024 Dante, Poetry, Translation 5 Comments . Dante Enters Hell: Canto III of Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns THROUGH ME YOU REACH THE CITY OF...
‘Washington Assumes Command at Cambridge’: from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown The Society August 11, 2024 Epic, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . Washington Assumes Command at Cambridge from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Devoted Billy Lee, a stalking fox, Observed his master’s swaying...
Poems from Foundations of the Cross by Cynthia Erlandson The Society August 10, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . But Who Am I? “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?’”...
‘Sicilian Samurai’: A Poem on Giovanni Battista Sidotti, by Margaret Coats The Society August 10, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 36 Comments . Sicilian Samurai circa 1700 He made a startling, militant request To journey to Japan—strange land long closed To foreign influence. The Pope’s...
‘Regime Change’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society August 9, 2024 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Regime Change Banana republics are known for how they Take power from rulers and give it away To those who the country’s Deep State might...
‘The Outdoor Concert’: A Poem by Tod Benjamin The Society August 9, 2024 Beauty, Music, Poetry 4 Comments . The Outdoor Concert ---Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Wilton House, 2004 The long thick winding snake must stretch two hundred paces, Of early...
‘Beltane Dream’: A May-time Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier The Society August 8, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Beltane Dream Did I pass that way in dreams or waking? For truthfully, it seems to me a dream: Fields of yellow through the green hills...
‘Chasing Time’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham The Society August 8, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Chasing Time "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a...
Postmodernism and Poetry: Final Disintegration and Hope for Renewal, by Adam Sedia The Society August 7, 2024 Essays, Poetry 30 Comments . Postmodernism and Poetry: Final Disintegration and Hope for Renewal “The only way forward from Postmodernism is as a reaction against it—not a...
‘Cold Blooded Murder’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society August 7, 2024 Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Cold Blooded Murder It is a hot and muggy Sort of Texas day. Time to do my stalking And hunting down my prey. I’m armed and dangerous. My weapon...
‘The Loons of Colby Lake’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack The Society August 6, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 22 Comments . The Loons of Colby Lake a true story As thawing white gave way to budding green, two loons upon the lake would mark the Spring, and they would...
‘The Faltering’: A Poem by Ed Ahern The Society August 6, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . The Faltering In time the sharpest mind begrimes with rust and memories are flaked from softened steel. Beliefs once clutched and voiced in utter...
‘Like Him’: A Poem by James Sale The Society August 5, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 29 Comments . Like Him "But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to...
‘The Lighthouse’: A Poem by Martin Rizley The Society August 5, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 19 Comments . The Lighthouse In honor of the Thridrangar Lighthouse and the intrepid men who built it. Alone it stands, perched high atop a rock That rises from...
‘Boycott the Bullies’: A Poem for the Real Women Boxers, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 4, 2024 Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 37 Comments . Boycott the Bullies ---a pantoum for the real women boxers at the Paris Olympics Don’t let a slappy chap punch out your lights. Refuse the...
‘Back-Door Pastoral’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 4, 2024 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Back-Door Pastoral Apologies to all you urbanites, To decent people who prefer to live Amidst the noise with far too many lights, Who find it much...
‘Patton on the Lipizzaner Horses’ and Other Poetry of Vienna by Brian Yapko The Society August 4, 2024 Poetry 28 Comments . . Patton on the Lipizzaner Horses I’m certain that I’ve done all this before: I’ve hid old frescoes, ordered statues buried, Helped salvage...
A Poem on ‘The 2024 Olympics’ and Its Opening, by Cheryl Corey The Society August 3, 2024 Art, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . The 2024 Olympics . I. Excusez-moi, s’il vous plait, But having seen your lewd display, I’ve chosen not to watch your Games; Despite too late,...
‘Ephemeral’: A Poem by Rohini Sunderam The Society August 3, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 24 Comments . Ephemeral Our lives are like a summer’s day So swift, so swift, it flies away. A butterfly that’s newly born The brief blush of an early...
‘Beauty’ and Other Poems by Shindy Cai The Society August 3, 2024 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 8 Comments . Beauty Flowers are the faded stars that fall from silver skies, Raindrops are the sacred tears that leak from angel eyes. The wind is but a melody...
A Poem on Jewelweed, by Gigi Ryan The Society August 2, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . In the Shade There Meekly Grows a Plant urushiol (yoo-roo-shee-awl) is the name of the compound in poison ivy that causes allergic reactions. In...
‘When I Have Penned My Final Thoughts’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society August 2, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . When I Have Penned My Final Thoughts _When Ihave penned my final thoughts and left to meet_the sky,don't organize my table; let the sheet,the...
‘Cracks in the Ground’ and Other Poetry by Skye Campbell The Society August 1, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle 7 Comments . Cracks in the Ground Today the mourning parish bells have pealed. Men broke the dirt with family gathered round, And sang the songs of Heaven while...
‘Three Small Tabs’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society August 1, 2024 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Three Small Tabs Upon the men’s room wall at church, A flyer’s there for men who search For healing after an abortion Served to them, their...
Haiku Competition 2024 The Society July 31, 2024 Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests 393 Comments . The Winner and Runner-ups are listed HERE. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate (SCP Membership not required)....
‘Centaury’ and Other Poetry by T.M. Moore The Society July 31, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . Centaury The clear night sky spreads wide a tapestry of beauty in the stars that shimmer all throughout the cosmic exhibition hall. In every age...
‘The Psychopath Addresses the Ladies…’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society July 30, 2024 Culture, Poetry 43 Comments . The Psychopath Addresses the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mental Ward "When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." ...
‘Cat Contentment’: A Poem by Phillip Whidden The Society July 30, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Cat Contentment The cat begins his yawn by curling out His pinkest tongue tip as his lips begin To part. His faith in comfort is...
‘Evensong’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society July 29, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Evensong “It’s your Church, Lord, I’m going to bed.” ---Evening Prayer of Pope St. John XXIII I know you’re there, so don’t...
‘If You Want to Get Someone’s Attention’ and Other Poems by Daniel Kemper The Society July 29, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . . If You Want to Get Someone’s Attention If you want to get someone's attention, then whisperor commit a mistake that continues the momentfor a...
‘Questions of Legacy’: A Poem by Carey Jobe The Society July 28, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 21 Comments . Questions of Legacy First the things we remember—Grandma’s laugh shaking a tablecloth, fixing blue eyes __on children next to steaming pies, or...
‘Washington Departs from Mount Vernon’: from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown The Society July 28, 2024 Epic, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Washington Departs from Mount Vernon from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 “Wouldn’t you rather stay?” Watching her doveOf sixteen summers,...
A Heroic Crown of Sonnets in Honor of the Ever Virgin, by Karen Darantière The Society July 27, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . A Heroic Crown of Sonnets in Honor of the Ever Virgin . ---1st Mystery: The Prophecy of Isaiah . The Timeless Song The timeless song of her...
‘Festal Flourish’: Translation of a Poem by Tibullus, by Margaret Coats The Society July 27, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 24 Comments . Festal Flourish ---on a country festival, by Roman poet Tibullus (55-19 BC), translated by Margaret Coats All here may help to cleanse these fruits...
‘The “La Vache Qui Rit” Candidate’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society July 26, 2024 Poetry, Satire 26 Comments . The “La Vache Qui Rit” Candidate Here she comes smiling a big toothy grin at us Laughing and cackling her candidate talk— Does she make...
‘Men Sail Out’: A Poem by Michael Charles Maibach The Society July 26, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments . Men Sail Out The waves they come--- A timeless thing, The earth their home--- Adventures bring. Men sail out On wooden ships, Embolden...
‘Summertime’: A Poem and Photo by James A. Tweedie The Society July 26, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 21 Comments . Summertime The summer solstice, when it finally comes, Begins the ebbing of the sunlit hours, Which daily add up to decreasing sums As passing days...
‘The Maze’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero The Society July 25, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . The Maze Her little game of make believe has turned into a nightmare maze. Her tears have spilled upon her sleeve while empty eyes have lost their...
‘Well-Armed Lamb’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society July 25, 2024 Poetry, Satire 15 Comments . Well-Armed Lamb “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the...
‘It’s All Her Fault’ and Other Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 24, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 31 Comments . It’s All Her Fault ---with a nod to Eleanor Brown's "Bitcherel" Why write in meter when penning a poem, __You ask me, so here’s my reply: When...
