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...
‘What Is Grief?’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society July 24, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 25 Comments . What Is Grief? When we are plagued by grief, We only think of sorrow— The loss of a dear loved one Whom we won't see tomorrow. Tears haunt our...
‘July’: A Poem by Mary Gardner The Society July 23, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . July The sounds of Nature presage__And brilliantly exudeAn all-compelling message__Of carefree attitude. The raven in the garden__That's cawing...
‘Endurance’: A Poem on Shackleton’s Rediscovered Ship, by Paul A. Freeman The Society July 23, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 27 Comments . Endurance Endurance! A three-masted barquentine has lain a century beneath the ice. In frigid-climed Antarctica she’s been athwart the ocean...
‘A Ballade to Becoming’ by D.T. Holt The Society July 22, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . A Ballade to Becoming .. I. Conceptio You may have fame, be well to do, And live beneath a constant sun; You may attain all you pursue And be a...
‘The Northern Classical Garden’: A Poem by James H. Smith The Society July 22, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . The Northern Classical Garden ---on the transformation of a vacant lot by students and faculty at Northern Academy of the Arts in Middletown, New...
‘The Vision of George Washington’: A Poem by Monika Cooper The Society July 21, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . The Vision of George Washington based on the story by Wesley Bradshaw, published in 1880 . I. Message Disclosed What you have heard of Washington...
Poems on Artistic Collaboration and Gilbert and Sullivan, by Brian Yapko The Society July 21, 2024 Beauty, Music, Poetry 27 Comments . . An Epistle of Sullivan Dear Gilbert---your libretto is delightful! A charming English-Japanese confection. I now concede my words last week were...
‘Cyprus’: A Poem for the 50th Anniversary of Turkey’s Invasion, by Maria Panayi The Society July 20, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Cyprus July 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the invasion of part of Cyprus by Turkey Land of my birth you’re blessed with gifts divine Of...
For the 25th Anniversary of the Persecution of Falun Gong: ‘Candlelight Vigil’ by Shindy Cai The Society July 20, 2024 Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry 7 Comments . Candlelight Vigil the persecution of the peaceful meditation practice Falun Gong by the CCP began on July 20, 1999 A single candle burns tonight, a...
‘My Vacation Trip in Verse’ by James A. Tweedie The Society July 19, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . My Vacation Trip in Verse by James A. Tweedie One of the comments in response to the recent “On the Meeting of Poets” post read: “A diary in...
‘Desire’: A Golden Shovel Poem after Langston Hughes’ ‘Dream,’ by Lucia Haase The Society July 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . Desire "Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." ---Langston Hughes, 'Dreams' To have, to HOLD what’s...
‘Second Chances’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society July 18, 2024 Beauty, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 14 Comments . Second Chances Just know that you’ve been staked a second chance At any time the future’s looking muddy. Put on your shoes and socks, and join...
‘Colors’ by Kukai, Translated by Joshua C. Frank The Society July 18, 2024 Alliterative, Beauty, Poetry, Translation 24 Comments . Colors by Kukai (空海) (774-835) translated by Joshua C. Frank Colors, fragrant like the flowers, Fade to ash in final hours, Extinguished,...
‘The Small Commission’: A Poem by Paul Erlandson The Society July 17, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . The Small Commission When school yearbooks are thrust forth to be signed, We give out life advice. We speak our mind, And charge our classmates to...
‘Freedom of Speech vs. the NBA’: A Poem by Drilon Bajrami The Society July 17, 2024 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 8 Comments . Freedom of Speech vs. the NBA The CCP has raged and seethed, oh joy! Daryl Morey was not playing coy, He spoke the truth, a gun then to his...
‘Brainwashed and Hopeless’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society July 16, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . Brainwashed and Hopeless My old friend is a doctor---very bright, But he just said to me the GOP, Opposed equality and human rights, Here’s how...
A Poem on Cancer Drugs, by Phillip Whidden The Society July 16, 2024 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Dementing Torture of Benign Drugs against Malignancy His life came to its End. Smell of the medicine Departs chillingly. ...
‘Fire Lurks’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society July 15, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 30 Comments . Fire Lurks I recognize, while watching ghastly nightEncircle statesmanship revoltingly,Bright bursts of a spangled pyrotechnic star.America! No...
A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part V: ‘Nose Blind,’ by Daniel Kemper The Society July 15, 2024 Essays, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Readings 22 Comments . A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part V: Nose Blind by Daniel Kemper After a stressful day, because of issues with which you, dear reader need not...
On the Attempted Assassination of Trump: ‘Trail of Hate’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 14, 2024 Culture, Poetry 54 Comments . The Trail of Hate Amid the upbeat crowd a sudden blast Of noise arose like fireworks kissing skies. Fallacious musings struck then swiftly...
‘Washington and the Cherry Tree’: Excerpt from the Mock Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown The Society July 14, 2024 Epic, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments . Washington and the Cherry Tree from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Young George chopped down his father’s cherry tree, Not knowing that a woman...
‘Problem Child’: A Poem by Frank Rable The Society July 13, 2024 Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . Problem Child Barley and hops acquainted, meet, __And yeast completes the marriage. Soon happy news as something brews __With keg for baby...
‘Storming the Bastille’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society July 13, 2024 Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Storming the Bastille from eyewitness accounts July the twelfth, the City of Light was filled With brigands bought by dimes and dismal speech; How...
‘Anniversary Remembrance’: A Poem by Daniel Pugh The Society July 12, 2024 Humor, Poetry 5 Comments . Anniversary Remembrance Sometimes I envy them the lives they lived, the death they died: They perished at the peak of lovers’ hopes and nuptial...
‘Gunfight at the Oatcake Corral’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley The Society July 12, 2024 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Gunfight at the Oatcake Corral There’s an old English town known as Fargo, In the dark, rugged hills of the west. Where they say, there was many...
‘A Town’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook The Society July 11, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . A Town The difficulty of describing how This town was then, may only be because So little happened there, compared to now, Though what occurred...
“I Worship My Mistress, for I Have Seen Her Beauty”: A Poem by James Sale The Society July 11, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 26 Comments . “I Worship My Mistress, for I Have Seen Her Beauty” ---Egyptian Coffin Texts, spell 484---a poem for Linda It may be said that I am weak,That...
A Poem on ‘Red Carpet’ Dresses by Cheryl Corey The Society July 11, 2024 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . The Red Carpet There's nothing left to tease imagination When so-called starlets, vying for attention, Sashay the carpet practically nude; And you...
‘The Expert Class’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society July 10, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . The Expert Class “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see” ---Benjamin Franklin The experts with professorships are filled with...
‘My Patchwork Quilt’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society July 10, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 23 Comments . My Patchwork Quilt Somewhere within my closet a patchwork quilt rests there; The patches cut by hands and with stitches sewn with care. The...
‘Houses Made of Stone’: A Poem on Great Zimbabwe by Paul A. Freeman The Society July 9, 2024 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Houses Made of Stone Masvingo, southern Africa’s the place; a backwater, land tired and over-farmed, where army ants cut underbrush and...
‘Promises Made, Promises Kept… Give Me a Break!’ and Other Poetry by Mark Stellinga The Society July 9, 2024 Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Promises Made, Promises Kept... Give Me a Break! We know, because they promise us their virtuous intent when allocating funds is always currency...
