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  • ‘O Say, Can You See?’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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‘A Tribune to Mrs. Malaprop’ by Brian Yapko

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June 7, 2022
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. A Tribune to Mrs. Malaprop My fellow poets, lend me your arrears! Of arms and divan I sing. Let’s have three cheers For Mrs. Malaprop, that dole...

‘Gravitas’ by Andrew Benson Brown: On the Sack of Rome, 390 B.C.

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June 6, 2022
Culture, Poetry
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. "Gravitas" On the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 B.C. adapted from Livy’s “Ab Urbe Condita,” Book V, Chapters 38-42 The sunset torched the...

Share Your Poetry on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Part III

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June 5, 2022
Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Share your poetry on currently unfolding Russo-Ukrainian war in the comments section below.  We received a large response on our first post of...

‘The End Begins’ and Other Poetry by Mike Bryant

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June 5, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
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. The End Begins a rondeau redoublé Now the end begins, do not despair. It’s meant to be. What better battlecry? It’s time for positivity and...

‘And Turn’ by Jack Granath

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June 5, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry
. And Turn Thanks for the twenty seconds of Your crisp, medicinal perspective, Encapsulated in a laugh That shook like a bragging monkey’s...

‘Three Poems on Problems’ by Joseph S. Salemi

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June 4, 2022
Culture, Poetry
26 Comments
. Servant of the Servants of God Servus Servorum Dei —a title of the Pope A small informal gathering of clergy From satin cassocks down to the...

‘From Heathrow to Houston’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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June 4, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
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. From Heathrow to Houston I heard my words would never change a thing From those who had a nose for senseless stuff. They warned me that my odes...

‘Habakkuk’s Prayer’ and ‘The Patriot’s Prayer’ by Jeff Kemper

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June 3, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. Habakkuk’s Prayer after Habakkuk 3:2, 16-19; excerpts of the prophet’s prayer as he awaited certain destruction of his nation, Judah, by the...

‘A Man’s Retreat’ and ‘A Woman’s Domain’ by Cheryl Corey

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June 2, 2022
Culture, Humor, Poetry
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. A Man’s Retreat A man’s retreat is his garage—a place To keep his vehicle, yes; but also space To store his manly, miscellaneous hoards: The...

Poems for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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June 1, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
33 Comments
. More than My Queen My Queen has always been a noble force--- A force for good on chilly English days. Her friendly face, her air of grace---my...

‘The Twins’ by Norma Pain

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June 1, 2022
Children's, Humor, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Twins _Said one foot to the other, _“Please don’t nag, you’re not my mother, I am sick to death of listening to your woes. _You lament...

Expansive Poets, Classical Poets, and the Future of Poetry: An Essay by Michael Curtis

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May 31, 2022
Essays, Poetry
5 Comments
. Expansive Poets, Classical Poets, and the Future of Poetry by Michael Curtis Modern poetry is not—it is neither poetry nor modern.  Poetry is...

‘Uvalde’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 30, 2022
Culture, Poetry
64 Comments
. Uvalde I’m struck with news and views today __As youth and truth lie dead. Words bruise me in a mad melee __Of mind-marauding...
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‘Memories of Memorial Day’ by Roy E. Peterson

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May 30, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Memories of Memorial Day Sad son standing all alone Staring at the marker stone. Father died he never knew--- Died for him and died for...

A Memorial Day Poem: ‘Liberty’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 30, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
27 Comments
. Liberty If skies were ever-blue each lustrous day, If moons were in bold bloom each raven night, If life was never fouled by disarray And all...

‘Race Then and Now’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick

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May 29, 2022
Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. Race Then and Now Race did not matter, The way we were taught. It never should influence Judgments or thought. Just look at the person, We’re...

‘Simplicity’ by Jeffrey Essmann

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May 28, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. Simplicity I’m aching for a vague simplicity: Sophistication’s dainties have grown cold And tepid on the plate and suddenly My tastes lean...

The SCP Classical Figures Poetry Reading

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May 27, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Readings
7 Comments
. You are invited to a reading of exquisite poetry and conversations with the poets.  . Date & Time Sunday June 26, 2022 2 p.m. (New York...

‘Karl Barth Platz’ and Other Poetry by Adam Wasem

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May 27, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. Karl Barth Platz 1999 Perhaps we walked the same worn cobblestones, Between the same sheer walls, shops clean and trim, Down the same pathways,...

Review of Modern Art: An Exhibition in Criticism, a Book of Poetry by Michael Curtis

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May 27, 2022
Art, Essays, Poetry, Reviews
11 Comments
. Reviewed Book: Modern Art: An Exhibition in Criticism, by Michael Curtis, National Civic Art Society, 2022 by Evan Mantyk On May 12, 2021, a...

‘Press On, Regardless’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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May 26, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Press On, Regardless Conduct a full internal audit, Then throw all caution to the wind. Expect a decent measured plaudit No hypercritic can...

Sibylline Sonnets for Eastertide, by Margaret Coats

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May 26, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. Sibylline Sonnets for Eastertide See an explanation on what Sibyls are here. The Phrygian Sibyl Speaks portrayed with the resurrection banner or...

‘Where Your Treasure Is’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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May 25, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry
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. Where Your Treasure Is “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and...

Society of Classical Poets Journal X Published

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May 24, 2022
From the Society, Poetry
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. The Society of Classical Poets Journal X has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the SCP...

‘Nil Carborundum Illegitimi’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 24, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
25 Comments
. Nil Carborundum Illegitimi  On dismal days enswathe yourself in rays, Then flash your splash of sunrise with panache. Such zesty citrus, saffron...

‘The Mass Mock-Shock of Monkeypox’: A Villanelle by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 23, 2022
Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
21 Comments
. The Mass Mock-Shock of Monkeypox a villanelle Shun the mass mock-shock of monkeypox--- Force-fed fear declaiming death is nigh. Spurn the...

‘Free-Fall’ and Other Ponderings by James A. Tweedie

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May 23, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
19 Comments
. Free-Fall My life has been in free-fall since the day that I was born. __Through clouds and sunshine, I have flown and soared. The trip has been...

‘Actaeon Transformed’ by Royal Rhodes

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May 22, 2022
Culture, Poetry
2 Comments
. Actaeon Transformed after Titian and Ovid Like his hounds, the hunter Actaeon in Titian's painting, drawn by some sharp scent, saw the goddess...

‘May God Excuse Us’ by Mike Bryant

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May 21, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
22 Comments
. May God Excuse Us If life’s a falling knife then catch the handle... Your every move makes enemies and friends. If life’s a fading flare, a...

‘Formal Poetry Against Free Verse’ and Other Poetry by Phillip Whidden

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May 21, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
. Formal Poetry Against Free Verse "Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Plato in...

‘Now Once Again’ by Leland James

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May 20, 2022
Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry
5 Comments
. Now Once Again How many years ago, I’ve lost the count, we lay beneath these trees at summer’s end; the orchard left to tend itself for...

‘Shanghai’s Robo Dogs’ by Maura H. Harrison

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May 19, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings
7 Comments
. . Shanghai's Robo Dogs With quick unnatural steps, and side to side Focusing glances, robo dogs preside And prowl the streets. They wear their...

‘Culloden, April 16, 1746’ by Jeff Eardley

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May 19, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. Culloden, April 16, 1746 In the Winter of 1745, the Jacobite army of Bonnie Prince Charlie passed through my town of Leek on the way to Derby. This...

‘Shear Wickedness’ and Other Cat Poetry by Julian Woodruff

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May 18, 2022
Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Shear Wickedness He was black from his nose to the tip of his tail __But for irises of a rich yellow. In his earlier days he was handsome and...

University Program to Remove Sonnets as Part of ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’

The Society
May 17, 2022
For Educators, Poetry, Shakespeare
25 Comments
. According to The Telegraph, the University of Salford is planning to remove sonnets from its Creative Writing program.  The reason? They are...

‘All Are Numbered’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook

The Society
May 17, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
26 Comments
. All Are Numbered Moving along the narrow grassy rows Under a sherbet sky, time seems to be The only place where nothing ever grows Or dies, and...

‘The Devoted Angler’ by David Watt

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May 16, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
19 Comments
. The Devoted Angler The river follows on its winding way, And in the angler’s camp above the bank Lilt murmurings arise to greet the...

‘Satan’s Limericks on the Seven Deadly Sins’ by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
May 15, 2022
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
19 Comments
. Satan’s Limericks on the Seven Deadly Sins Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum; linguis suis dolose agebant: venenum aspidum sub labiis...

‘The Obsession of Emily Rose’ (A Cautionary Tale) by Norma Pain

The Society
May 15, 2022
Children's, Humor, Poetry
28 Comments
. The Obsession of Emily Rose (A Cautionary Tale) Emily-May Matilda Rose, from the age of three, Acquired the habit of picking her nose wherever she...

‘Ozymandias’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Reading by S.A. Todd

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May 14, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Readings, Video
6 Comments
. https://youtu.be/6gDs63kyLhc . CREDITS Poetry: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Voice-Over: S.A. Todd Photos/Footage: Photo of Pharaoh by...
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