‘No Extra Lives’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society November 11, 2022 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . No Extra Lives While all his friends were learning skills To gain them wives or pay their bills, John fought with monsters on a screen, Got...
‘Cop27—A Sonnetised Summary’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 10, 2022 Poetry, Satire, The Environment 54 Comments . Cop27---A Sonnetised Summary upon reading the Cop27 VIP jet dinner menu A swarm of jets belch fumes that blight the blue As contrails stripe...
Poem on a Long-Surviving World War II Veteran: ‘Our Superman’ by Margaret Coats The Society November 10, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 51 Comments . Our Superman Porfirio Landa (1925–2022), one of the United States Army’s longest surviving World War II veterans The modest glory of this...
‘Mother Nature Is Bipolar’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society November 9, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, The Environment 24 Comments . Mother Nature Is Bipolar Mother Nature is bipolar. She needs to take a pill. One minute she's a blowhard. The next one she is still. I've seen her...
‘The Cricket’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society November 9, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . The Cricket These mornings there’s a cricket cross the way Whose chirrup purls and eddies in the air, Autumnal now and cool, to counterpoint The...
A Get-Out-And-Vote Poem: ‘Lest We Forget’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 8, 2022 Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Lest We Forget Today’s the day I cast my hard-won vote (My voice and choice, my prized ancestral gift) Bought with guts and...
‘Hell Rising’ by C.B. Anderson The Society November 8, 2022 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire 29 Comments . Hell Rising They’ve come with a purpose: to numb or perturb us __By infecting the already-sick, And with them they bring a more tangible...
‘Who’s Behind the Door’ by R.M. Zimmerman The Society November 7, 2022 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Who's Behind the Door The quiet words, the trembling lips, __we’ve heard it all before. Keen questions dwell within our minds, __like who’s...
‘Autumn Trail’ by Dan Tuton The Society November 6, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Autumn Trail Dreamy glimpses of a world recalled and yet to come: The Stagecoach Trail declines and wends through thickets under trees, Illumined...
‘Think (Ideo)logically’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society November 5, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 11 Comments . Think (Ideo)logically Say---friend or foe? What else could people be? … Stop thinking, since it’s useless, and it’s hard. We’ll do your...
Two Poems by Victor Hugo, Translated by Joshua C. Frank The Society November 5, 2022 Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Translation 10 Comments . Guitar by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translated by Joshua C. Frank Gastibelza, the rifleman coming to town, Sang loud and clear: “Has someone seen...
‘CDC: Save the Planet from Poison CO2!!’ by Mike Bryant The Society November 4, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science, The Environment 113 Comments . CDC: Save the Planet from Poison CO2!! “We used to think CO2 was a harmless trace gas… How wrong we were!” ---Dr. Dillard “Sparky”...
‘Poetry 101 Lecture’ by Mary Gardner The Society November 4, 2022 Culture, For Educators, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Poetry 101 Lecture Today we shall discuss why poems have a poor repute (Though if one dislikes poetry, apology is moot). Let’s take four types of...
‘1914 Sierra Honeymoon’ by James A. Tweedie The Society November 3, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Note: The above photos are of the poet's grandparents, Herbert W. & Evelyn Slater Tweedie in 1914 Wedding Picture; Glacier Point, Yosemite; Top...
‘Sonnet to a Friend’ by Johanna Donovan The Society November 3, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments . Sonnet to a Friend It’s you who’ve been a constant in my life from earliest thirst and to this very day. You’ve helped me sail through...
‘The Players’: An Excerpt from Legacy: The Saga Begins, by Michael Pietrack The Society November 2, 2022 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 26 Comments The Players Legacy: The Saga Begins is a 14-chapter narrative poem that is set to launch on January 21, 2023. This is an excerpt from Chapter 11...
‘Fool’s Gold’ by David Watt The Society November 2, 2022 Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . Fool’s Gold In a febrile jungle region where the threats to life are legion And deflected rays land each on greenness rich as burnished...
‘Gone Are the Days’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society November 1, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 16 Comments . Gone Are the Days The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young. ---Oscar Wilde Gone are the days—the halcyon, magical...
‘A Half Century Ago’ and Other Poetry by Phil S. Rogers The Society November 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . A Half Century Ago Oh there once was a time in our nation so fair, When the pledge to our flag was in schools everywhere, When young children...
‘Halloween—The New Normal’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 29 Comments . Halloween---The New Normal The maskless masses mingle on the street Pooh-poohing overreaching, grouchy rules. The granny-slaying, unvaxxed ogres...
‘It’s Halloween’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 16 Comments . It’s Halloween It’s Halloween, and musty tombs expel Damnation’s brides and grooms; ghoulish creatures rule the night, a ghastly resurrected...
‘Night Visitor’ and Other Ghost Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 31, 2022 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Night Visitor Between the ticking of the clock I thought I heard a haunting knock. I pondered what I thought I heard, "Perhaps the tapping of a...
‘Are You Prepared for All Hallows’ Eve?’ by Kevin Hayes The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Are You Prepared for All Hallows’ Eve? All Hallow’s Eve will soon be here--- A time when our two worlds come near. They roam our world for just...
‘Shroud-Eater’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 30, 2022 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Shroud-Eater The undead Shroud-Eater, or mâcheur de suaire, is not as well known as the vampire, but is just as horrifying. He prowls...
‘Ghouls Rules’ by Norma Pain The Society October 30, 2022 Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Ghouls Rules Out in the middle of Howling Heath Lives a mean old monster with a million teeth, In a mouth as big as a catamaran, To accommodate the...
A Poem of Frankenstein: ‘The Modern Prometheus’ by Brian Yapko The Society October 30, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 39 Comments . The Modern Prometheus Grrrr! Linden trees with falling leaves infest These ancient mountains. Crimson-faced they scream Like mobs in Transylvanian...
‘A Seasonal Concoction’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 29, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . A Seasonal Concoction He loved to have a cup of coffee in dawn’s dimmest light. It helped clear cobwebs from those heavy eyelids of the...
‘The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election’ by Phil S. Rogers, after Macbeth The Society October 29, 2022 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare 18 Comments . The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election after Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1 Scene: Thunder illuminates a 2020 calendar page in...
‘The Italian Job’ by Jeff Eardley The Society October 29, 2022 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . The Italian Job a true story “I’m from Pisa,” she cried with a giggle, As she leaned, towering over the man, With the beard, the bald head...
‘Everyday Angels’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 28, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 30 Comments . Everyday Angels inspired by Guadalupe Amejorado (1955-2021) They don’t appear in swathes of white __On scintillating wing. Their...
‘The Empirical Strikes Back’ by Paul A. Freeman (For UK Readers Only) The Society October 28, 2022 Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . The Empirical Strikes Back Let’s emulate Liberia with measurements superior; once more we’ll weigh our cereal in ounce and pound imperial. And...
‘The Polls’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society October 27, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire 17 Comments . The Polls The polls are looking up right now, __But my faith’s not complete, Because no poll can measure how __The Democrats might...
‘Cemetery’ and Other Poetry by Paul Buchheit The Society October 27, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . Cemetery The grasses, flowing amber on the breezethat speaks to me in verses intimate,are stilled, as if contented to appeasemy meditative spirit,...
‘Storehouse of Memories’ by Janice Canerdy The Society October 26, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Storehouse of Memories My memory seems worst of foes when conjuring the times she knows will hurt me worse than fist-thrown blows __and bring hot...
While Reading Burns’ ‘Stanzas: On the Same Occasion’ by Lucia Haase The Society October 26, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . While Reading Burns' 'Stanzas: On the Same Occasion' "Fain would I say" Burns wrote, has me inspired. Perhaps this inspiration’s meant to be a...
‘Playing with Matches’ by Aidan Casey The Society October 25, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments Playing with Matches "We don’t seek conflict with Russia but we are ready." ---Antony Blinken, March 4, 2022 We don’t seek conflict with...
‘Meditation’ and Other Poetry by Rachel A. Lott The Society October 25, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Meditation Say to yourself at break of day: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, proud, treacherous, envious, malicious. All...
A Poem on the Movie Eternal Spring, by Evan Mantyk The Society October 24, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle 15 Comments . His Pen a villanelle written upon watching the movie Eternal Spring His pen flies back and forth, a righteous flurry That recreates the scenes of...
‘A Southern Italian’s Reply to Shakespeare’ by Bradley Samore The Society October 24, 2022 Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 10 Comments . A Southern Italian’s Reply to Shakespeare If you compare me to a summer’s day then, Bill, your mind has melted in the heat. Let’s go inside,...
‘A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer’ by Okura, Translated by Seiji Hakui The Society October 23, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments . A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer, followed by an Envoi From the book five of the Man'yōshū, this poem is believed to be based on...
