A Poem for the 100th Anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial, by Warren Bonham The Society July 21, 2025 Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . Hairless Apes On the 100th Anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial . In nineteen hundred twenty-five, as Darwinists began to thrive, they wisely...
‘The Inclusivity Policy of a British School’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 20, 2025 Poetry, Satire 37 Comments . The Inclusivity Policy of a British School ---on a 12-year-old student in Britain being barred from making a speech about being British on Culture...
‘Don’t Call Me Shirley’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society July 20, 2025 Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . Don't Call Me Shirley A Comic Homage Robert Hayes as reluctant pilot Ted Striker: “Surely you can’t be serious!” Leslie Nielsen as Dr....
‘On the Epstein Files Debacle’: A Poem by Drilon Bajrami The Society July 19, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 6 Comments . On the Epstein Files Debacle ---a villanelle Where are those awful Epstein files? It doesn’t matter left or right! Who are those sordid...
‘One Dumb Mistake’: A Sestina by M.D. Skeen The Society July 19, 2025 Poetry, Satire, Sestina 8 Comments . One Dumb Mistake When young I made a dumb mistake And was arrested by the cops. I found myself alone in court. Needless to say, my case was...
‘Not All Angels Play the Harp’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society July 18, 2025 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Not All Angels Play the Harp Not all angels play the harp, _Or sing in heaven’s choir. Some of them are warriors _Who fly on wings of...
‘Living Dead’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society July 18, 2025 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Living Dead The riffled rush of water mingles withThe wind among the Ponderosa pinesAs damp chill of late summer mountain rainSoaks through my...
‘Martha’: A Poem by Scharlie Meeuws The Society July 17, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Martha “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” ---Martha, Luke 10 In Jericho, the...
‘The Harvest’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society July 16, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments . The Harvest As drops of water drop and drip and drop, Each dripping drop soon fills the deepest crack. But when there is a freeze, they split the...
‘Unspoken Moments’: A Poem by Michael Pendragon The Society July 16, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . Unspoken Moments A sunpatch nap the first warm day of Spring, A curled up kitten sleeping in your lap, A country walk down lanes where robins...
‘The Hokey-Cokey—Chaucer Style’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society July 15, 2025 Chaucer, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Hokey-Cokey---Chaucer Style With music was a dingy tavern blessed, In Southwark, where we stopped to take our rest. The Miller, Robin, on his...
‘Poetic Influences’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society July 15, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Poetic Influences Elements swirling in motion,Music in splashes and streams!Waterfall, wild rushing river,Nature is stirring up dreams. Fog on the...
‘Of a Feather’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society July 14, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . Of a Feather Professor Swann was new among the fonts of knowledge chugging up the tenure track; he'd earned his place among the college fac- ulty...
‘Vesper’ and Other Poetry by Martin Briggs The Society July 14, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . Vesper At dewfall Pipistrella brings her silent flickering silhouette to haunt the after-glimmerings that linger on the garden yet. And quiet...
‘Lasting Karma’: A Poem by Thomas Beckman The Society July 13, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Lasting Karma What’s the key to living life that matters? How do we spend this precious time on earth? Listen to the lessons of our...
‘Three Philosophical Quatrains’ by Ian Allaby The Society July 13, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments . Myths _I mined the Grecian myths _and wrung from them this gem: The gods amuse themselves with us and we amuse ourselves with them. . . Chuang...
‘Poetry as a Pathway to Critical Thinking’: An Essay by Leland James The Society July 12, 2025 Education, Essays, Poetry 4 Comments . Poetry as a Pathway to Critical Thinking —with a focus on metaphor and image Poetry: “the right words in the best order.” —Samuel Taylor...
Poetry Challenge: Classic Poem and Response The Society July 12, 2025 Poetry, Poetry Challenge 41 Comments . In this poetry challenge, poet Roy E. Peterson challenges you to post a classic poem and a poetic response to it (of any length). See his example...
‘The Flower’s Refrain’: A Poem by Ulysses Arlen The Society July 11, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . The Flower’s Refrain A tender shoot breaks through the ground, Drawn upward by the golden sun; It spreads its quiet leaves around, And grows till...
‘Family Affair’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society July 11, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . Family Affair It was an educational affair, So many distant relatives were there, And it was nice to learn who they all were, Too bad without a...
‘Pope Leo XIV’s Green Mass’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 10, 2025 Poetry, Satire, The Environment 21 Comments . Pope Leo XIV’s Green Mass My aim is red. My game is green. _I’m cloaked in clouds of white. This choking planet’s mine to clean. _I’m...
‘For Liza Am I Westward Bound’: A Lyrical Folk Ballad by Davis Saunders The Society July 10, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 9 Comments . For Liza Am I Westward Bound _The year was 1868, __The place—Old King James’ town, _Young John was by his window sat, __Entranced and looking...
‘The Pervading Presence’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society July 10, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . The Pervading Presence The summer gleams in meadow, stream, and hill Beneath the warming sun of mid-July; No sudden sound disturbs the landscape...
‘Simply Chilling’: A Tetraptych of Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 9, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Rondel, Triolet, Villanelle 18 Comments . Simply Chilling . I. A Boring Villanelle My humdrum life has been a constant bore--- An unembellished scene of somber tone. Monotony is coursing...
‘After If’: A Poem After Kipling, by Josh Mitteldorf The Society July 9, 2025 Culture, Poetry 3 Comments . After If ---with affection and all respect for dear Rudyard If you can keep your heart when all about you Are stretching reason to its reasoned...
Eternal Rose, with Rows and Rows: Canto XXX of Dante’s Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society July 8, 2025 Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation 6 Comments . Eternal Rose, with Rows and Rows: Canto XXX of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Six thousand miles away, high...
‘On Never Giving Up’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society July 8, 2025 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . On Never Giving Up On reaching the point where it's tough to find answers to _“What-are-we-doing-this-for?” And the number of people that...
A Poem on the July 4th Texas Flash Floods, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 7, 2025 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . There Are No Words ---on the July 4th Texas flash floods There are no words to quell a swell of grief That swallows hope and snatches at the...
Lyrics of Oliver Goldsmith, Translated into Latin by Joseph S. Salemi The Society July 7, 2025 Poetry, Translation 14 Comments . When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly… by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What...
Prologue in Heaven from ‘Faust’ by Goethe, Translated by Josh Olson The Society July 7, 2025 Performing Arts, Poetry, Translation 14 Comments . From Faust: The Tragedy, Part I Prologue in Heaven by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) translated from German by Josh Olson . The Lord, the...
‘On Quantock Hills’: A Poem by Andy Moody The Society July 6, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . On Quantock Hills On Quantock Hills, as Skylarks sing aloft, A humble pilgrim walks on ways of old, In morning light, with air so still and...
‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society July 6, 2025 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . The Juggler ---with special kudos to George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg, Taylor Swift, Susan Sarandon, Tom Hanks, Mark Hamill, Robert DeNiro and a...
‘Optimism’: A Poem for the Graduating Class of 2025, by Benjamin Daniel Lukey The Society July 5, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Optimism ---to the Class of 2025 The world is cold and hard and dark enough; We need not cloud it with our own despair. And it is furnished, too,...
‘Never Time to Spare’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society July 5, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 10 Comments . Never Time to Spare ---a villanelle My daughter, I am watching you with love for I’ve been there, When dishes overflow the sink and books are...
A Poem on the Ghost Town Bodie, by James A. Tweedie The Society July 4, 2025 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Bodie The whistled whispers of a desert wind Drift through the dusty streets and haunted halls Where faded lives of those who loved and sinned Now...
‘Independence Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 4, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 33 Comments . Independence Day, 2025 It’s so much more than red and white and blue And stars that spangle banners flying high. It’s something strong and...
A Poem After Chesterton’s ‘A Ballad of Theatricals’, by M.D. Skeen The Society July 3, 2025 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . IRL —after G.K. Chesterton’s "A Ballad of Theatricals" (reprinted below) Though all the emails I receive—surprisingly politely...
‘The Playland’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society July 3, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . The Playland Once in a playland caked with fresh-born mud, I saw a league of book-freed children smile collectively like petals of a bud in varied...
SCP Symposium In-Person in September in Naperville, Illinois The Society July 2, 2025 From the Society, Poetry, Readings, Symposium 1 Comment . Request for Expression of Interest SCP Poet Russel Winick has graciously agreed to host an in-person SCP Symposium at his large residence in...
‘Summer Family Cookout’: A Poem by Doug Stoiber The Society July 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Summer Family Cookout Criss-cross, hamburger toss, _Flip that sizzlin’ patty! Pretty please, and top with cheese! _You’re the Great Grill...
