‘The Dodo of Mauritius’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley The Society December 29, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 39 Comments . The Dodo of Mauritius This island nation scarcely can be proud Of avifauna lacking common sense, Surviving only in the perfect tense, Their right...
‘Fields of Grass’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society December 28, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Fields of Grass In youth I ran through fields of grass, Convinced that I could fly, And endless were the days to pass Seen through my guileless...
‘Poppy’ and Other Poetry by A.S. Chuba The Society December 27, 2021 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Pantoum, Poetry 7 Comments . Poppy A vase of poppies on the table there, Twelve years have past, all white is now her hair. A shadow running up the path she sees, Her son has...
‘Sonnet 1 (In Theory, Real)’ by Hannah Yee The Society December 27, 2021 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 10 Comments . Sonnet 1 (In Theory, Real) Are dreams confined to stars or stars to dreams? Both full of mysteries and seldom clear, Restrained, yet free to dance...
‘To Saint John the Evangelist’ by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats The Society December 27, 2021 Beauty, Chant Royal, Culture, Poetry, Translation 14 Comments . To Saint John the Evangelist by Eustache Deschamps (c. 1346–1406) | translated from French by Margaret Coats Young, perfect, just, in all you...
‘Anyone But You’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society December 26, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Love Poems, Poetry 5 Comments . Anyone But You The phone may ring; The call will bring __Anyone but you. The mail will come; It will be from __Anyone but you. A text may...
‘My Sonnet as Texted’ and Other Poetry by Carl Kinsky The Society December 26, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 11 Comments . My Sonnet as Texted Her face, uplit as she scrolls through her phone, no feelings shown, she wears light like a mask. Have we two lives we share?...
‘A Sentimental Villanelle’ and Other Christmas Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima, Villanelle 27 Comments . A Sentimental Villanelle This year I’m wrapped in Christmases of old--- The tinseled tree and glee of hearts on high. My mood is laced with myrrh...
Three for Christmas Day: Poetry and Music by James A. Tweedie The Society December 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics 12 Comments . Introduction Each year I compose or arrange music in celebration of Christmas. This year I have created three arrangements of familiar Christmas...
‘A Wretch Like Me’: a Christmas poem by Joe Tessitore, set to music by Jack DesBois The Society December 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Video 10 Comments . https://youtu.be/fx3NidSVFKk . A Wretch Like Me by Joe Tessitore To miss the mark, to lose my way,To choose the dark, on Christmas Day.No star I...
‘A Christmas Carol,’ after Charles Dickens, by Talbot Hook The Society December 24, 2021 Beauty, Children's, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . . Dramatis Personae: Ebenezer Scrooge: An infamous miser Bob Cratchit: Scrooge’s assistant Mrs. Cratchit: Bob’s wife Tiny Tim: Disabled child...
‘The Night He Came’ by Martin Rizley The Society December 24, 2021 Poetry 11 Comments . The Night He Came The stench of damp straw mixed with mold, The low moan of the night wind cold, The murky shadows draping all Within a drafty...
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ by Brian Yapko The Society December 24, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . It's a Wonderful Life The forecast promised luscious, gleaming snow; Instead the sky pours bitter, freezing rain. The lights are strung but half of...
‘The North Pole’s on Lockdown’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 23, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 31 Comments . The North Pole's on Lockdown ‘Tis the night before Christmas; it pains me to say--- The North Pole’s on lockdown before the big day. The...
‘The Tunnel to Australia’ by Jeff Eardley The Society December 23, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Song Lyrics 21 Comments . The Tunnel to Australia It’s raining every day in Merrie England. It’s falling from the sky most every day. But I’ve just heard about a place...
‘The People That Walked in Darkness’ by Paul Erlandson The Society December 22, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . The People That Walked in Darkness The Christmas lights are out tonight, __Early and fierce and brave. The lawns of all suburbia, __A parti-colored...
‘Hedge Theory’ by David Watt The Society December 22, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Hedge Theory The hedge plants are trimmed by a gardener with shears As they have been, like clockwork, for twenty-five years. Yet they push out new...
‘This Present Madness’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society December 21, 2021 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . This Present Madness “To sleep! Perchance to dream; aye, there’s the rub…..” ---Shakespeare, Hamlet I The daily nightmare hovers; and each...
‘Twelve Chaucerian Limericks’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society December 20, 2021 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 19 Comments . Twelve Chaucerian Limericks for Paul Freeman Some pilgrims went riding to Kent, And here’s how the journey was spent: As they traipsed through...
‘Critical Race Theory’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society December 20, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . Critical Race Theory It’s quite amusing when some first Defend it with persistence, Then---feigning that they’ve not reversed--- Deny its whole...
‘Habeas Corpus’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 19, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Habeas Corpus Of those whose job it is to get results It might be asked: to what infernal purpose? Extortion, threats, felonious assaults, And foul...
‘Journey’s End’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook The Society December 19, 2021 Beauty, Children's, Poetry, Villanelle 2 Comments . Journey’s End To Adventuresome Children at Bedtime Mountain, forest, stone, and stream all glisten under sun, While golden morn and midnoon beam...
Two Translations of Poems by Gustavo Bécquer (1836-1870) The Society December 18, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Translation 10 Comments . The Harp by Gustavo Bécquer | from Spanish by Cheryl Corey Obscured by corner shadows, gathering dust, perhaps forgotten over time—there...
Poems on the Three Fates: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, by Cheryl Corey The Society December 18, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Three Sisters Clotho When mother sat me down, I feared the worst. Her words, however, offered praise instead. “Your gentle hands are motherly,”...
‘Panic’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley The Society December 17, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 31 Comments . Panic What is this feeling that sometimes afflicts Us with awful intensity and fear? A feeling close to panic, very near To dread, to terror;...
‘Fool’s Gold’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 16, 2021 Culture, Poetry 42 Comments . Fool’s Gold The gutsy suffragettes gained girls the vote--- One bold soul trampled by a monarch’s horse Grabbed patriarchy by...
‘A Spider in My Room’ and Other Poetry by Radhika Bianchi The Society December 16, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments . A Spider in My Room In the corner, there's a spider Between the ceiling and the wall. Its legs are long, its body small, Seeing it there my eyes...
‘Bidenflation’ to the Tune of ‘Tomorrow’ by Will Spiller The Society December 15, 2021 Humor, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics 1 Comment . . Bidenflation to the finale of “Tomorrow” from the musical Annie Fuel prices go up Tomorrow Bet your shrinking dollar that tomorrow They...
A Poem for Astronaut Michael Collins and Other Poetry by Lawrence Fray The Society December 15, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Tidal Lock for Michael Collins died (Oct. 31, 1930 - April 28, 2021):, Apollo 11 Command Module Astronaut who saw the dark side of the...
‘A Flower’ by Alceste De Lollis, Translated by Adam Sedia, and a Sonnet The Society December 14, 2021 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 19 Comments . A Flower for Giannina Milli by Alceste De Lollis (1820-1887) | translated from Italian by Adam Sedia A fragile herb, this blooming flower, I...
‘Lightning Could Strike’ by Michael Charles Maibach The Society December 14, 2021 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 8 Comments . Lightning Could Strike Just when hope Is out the door, Has flown the coop, Has said “No more.” Just when "up" You have now "given," Just when...
A Poem for Emily Dickinson, and Other Sonnets by Tamara Beryl Latham The Society December 13, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Tamara to Emily for Emily Dickinson We viewed the lighted houses well below, whose roads ran serpentine through mounding snow, zoomed in on walls...
‘There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie,’ Nursery Rhyme Sung by Jack DesBois The Society December 12, 2021 Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video 13 Comments . There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie sung to the tune of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" . https://youtu.be/luLcKkCHWFo There...
‘Advent Twist’ by James A. Tweedie The Society December 12, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Advent Twist "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his...
‘Sibylline Sonnets for Advent’ by Margaret Coats The Society December 11, 2021 Acrostic, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 44 Comments . Sibylline Sonnets for Advent The sibyls were ecstatic prophetesses active from about 600 B.C. in the Greek coastlands of Asia Minor, and in Greek...
‘Samode Palace Hotel’ by Isabel Miles The Society December 11, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Samode Palace Hotel An erstwhile palace, and all wished to claim a former sultan's, not a servants', room. So we drew keys, for all had paid the...
‘So Simple’ and Other Poetry by Mike Bryant The Society December 10, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . So Simple Lies are told to Balkanize, To disenfranchise, federalize, To bloat the vote. An anecdote, A narrative, a false footnote To cast their...
‘Maria Montessori’ and Other Clerihews by Peter Hartley The Society December 10, 2021 Clerihew, Culture, Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . Maria Montessori Seldom felt hunky-dory. Her vision for education Fell short of inspiring a nation. . King George the Second It has often been...
A Poem on Hot Flashes: ‘The Devil and the Hounds of Hell’ by Norma Pain The Society December 9, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . The Devil and the Hounds of Hell Over and over in the gloom of night, In degrees of Celsius or Fahrenheit. From deep in the middle of a hard-won...
A Fake News Pantoum and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society December 9, 2021 Culture, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau 9 Comments . What Is Truth? a pantoum To keep us blind and riven You falsify the facts. You will not be forgiven--- These are a tyrant’s acts! You falsify...
