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  • ‘Florida Beach Vacation 2025’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk

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‘King George III Declares War’ from Vol. 2 of Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem

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May 19, 2024
Epic, Humor, Poetry
17 Comments
. King George III Declares War from Legends of Liberty, Volume 2 Note: The British have won a pyrrhic victory at Bunker Hill. King George, who has...

Poems About Doing the Dishes, by Julian Woodruff

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May 18, 2024
Humor, Poetry, Song Lyrics
18 Comments
. Dishing Out Advice Why are there always dishes in the sink? So lazy and undisciplined. You’d think they might show just a little more respect and...

‘He Lied About His Age’: A Poem by Joyce E. Rogers

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May 18, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. He Lied About His Age 'Twas May of nineteen seventeen, our country now at war. Will had decided to enlist, this great world to explore. His...

‘Saturn’: A Poem by Alan Orsborn

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May 17, 2024
Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
14 Comments
. Saturn "When we have shuffled off this mortal coil" —Shakespeare "According to medieval thought, the worst planet was Saturn,  sponsor of death,...

A Poem for the 30th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, by Paul A. Freeman

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May 17, 2024
Culture, Poetry
27 Comments
. Rwanda, April 1994 Inside Nyamata Church the pews are piledwith clothes, the blood that drenched them dull and dry.What demon turned sane men and...

‘An Incomplete Account of How Things Are’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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May 16, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
28 Comments
. An Incomplete Account of How Things Are __From where I drift, One hundred meters from the shore, The elemental thunderous roar __That’s falling...

‘Herman the Cripple’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

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May 16, 2024
Culture, Music, Poetry
44 Comments
. Herman the Cripple A body helpless in deformity Was mine, though loving parents carried me Full seven years in sick infirmity, Then placed me in...

‘Go Woke, Go Broke’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

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May 15, 2024
Poetry, Satire
22 Comments
. Go Woke, Go Broke Sports Illustrated’s prize was doing great. Big bucks each year from the swimsuit edition. But then it seemed keen to...

‘The Dead’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

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May 15, 2024
Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Dead They’re pretty but the dopamine Has hollowed out their pale blue eyes. They sit there, staring, silent, numb, (They only need to move...

‘And Yet We Wash Our Hands’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

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May 14, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
25 Comments
. And Yet We Wash Our Hands When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, butthat instead an uproar was starting, he took waterand washed his hands in...

‘Look Homeward, Sweet Afton’: Poem by Brian Yapko, Set to Music by Jeff Eardley

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May 14, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics
32 Comments
. Music by Jeff Eardley . Look Homeward, Sweet Afton after Robert Burns Look homeward, Sweet Afton, back to thy green braes, Recalling with pride...

Book Review: What Was and Is—Formal Poetry and Free Verse by Theresa Werba

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May 13, 2024
Poetry, Reviews
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. Book Reviewed: What Was and Is---Formal Poetry and Free Verse, by Theresa Werba, Bardsinger Books, April 2024 by James A. Tweedie With What Was...

Winners of Friends of Falun Gong 2024 Poetry Competition Announced

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May 13, 2024
Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests
9 Comments
. FIRST PLACE . Free to Be the PRC by James A. Tweedie According to the PRC’s unwritten protocol,To be Chinese these days it seems you can’t be...

‘Rosella’: A Mother’s Day Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 12, 2024
Poetry
16 Comments
. Rosella My Lone Star mother beams a summer smile As golden as the sun-hugged coastal plains. In snake-proof boots she trekked that extra mile To...

‘A Mother’s Day Sonnet’ by Evan Mantyk

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May 12, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
22 Comments
. A Mother’s Day Sonnet I hope you have a happy Mother’s Day And take a moment out to feel the love I’m sending to you there, though...

A Poem on D.C.’s S.W.A.M.P., by Warren Bonham

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May 11, 2024
Culture, Poetry
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. S.W.A.M.P. Soulless, Warped, And Monstrous People look at us as smelly “sheeple.” Easily manipulated. Otherwise, we’re mocked and...

‘Hookerville School’: A Poem on the One-Room Schoolhouse by Phil S. Rogers

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May 11, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
. Hookerville School Built just before the Civil War, employed till twenty-nine, This one-room school that stands today withstood the test of...

‘Orpheus’: A Poem by James Sale

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May 10, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
29 Comments
. Orpheus We want the heroes back so we can learn: Herakles smashed his way to hell and stormed By violence the ferryman and three-faced dog; Even...

’10/7/2023′: A Poem on the Attack on Israel, by Michael Vanyukov

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May 10, 2024
Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
. 10/7/2023 More than one has risen up against us to destroy us. Rather, in every generation they rise against us to annihilate us. —The...

Election Year 2024 Satire: Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 9, 2024
Pantoum, Poetry, Satire
31 Comments
. All Aboard!   a pantoum He’s pumped and ripe to ride the gravy train. He’s armed with cheese and charm to save the day. He’ll pulverize...

‘Epicure’s Delight’ and Other Poetry by E.C. Traganas

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May 9, 2024
Humor, Poetry
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. Epicure's Delight A wondrous day, my love, is this— An afternoon of utter bliss! The two of us alone at last Embracing tightly, holding...

A Poem on Scotland’s New Hate Crime Law, by Cheryl Corey

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May 8, 2024
Culture, Poetry
47 Comments
. On Scotland Police were inundated with over 7,000 calls in the first week following the passage of Scotland’s Hate Crime and Public Order Act...

‘To a Beet’: A Poem by Kensley Greene

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May 8, 2024
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. To a Beet I sing the bristled hedgehog grainno horticulture can explain,with six sly seedlings in its brain:__the unborn beet.  That...

When Less Is More: A Poetry Challenge

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May 7, 2024
Beauty, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests
64 Comments
. When Less Is More An SCP Poetry Challenge by James A. Tweedie In a recent email exchange with a poet friend, I found myself typing the following...

‘The Cropland’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

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May 7, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Cropland Though coins, good health, and victualsAre mortal man's essentials,I pray for great fertilityOf that arable land in me,Where crops of...

‘A Curse Against a Thief’ from the Carmina Burana, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi

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May 6, 2024
Humor, Poetry, Translation
27 Comments
. A Curse Against a Thief from the Carmina Burana Let the thief who stole my cap be by death collected: Let it happen suddenly, and be...

A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic, Part II of An Essay Series by Daniel Kemper

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May 6, 2024
Essays, Poetry
22 Comments
. A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part II: The First Reader by Daniel Kemper Keith stands up semi-gracefully in the dead center of the metal...

‘Truth Is Not Beauty’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

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May 5, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
31 Comments
. Truth Is Not Beauty “What is the worst mistake you ever made in bed?” Reply: “My son.”  (Actual dialogue on social media) I learn the...
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An Interview with Poet Brian Yapko: Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown

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May 5, 2024
Classical Poets Live, Essays, Interviews, Poetry
18 Comments
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR0MktU78bA . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His...

‘A Divine Mistake?’: A Poem by Norma Pain

The Society
May 4, 2024
Humor, Poetry
25 Comments
. A Divine Mistake? Dear Father up in Heaven, Why create thou rats. Six times out of seven They even scare the cats. Why create thy creature’s...

A Poem on Rubens’ ‘The Hippopotamus Hunt,’ by Casey Robb

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May 4, 2024
Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry
8 Comments
. The Sultan’s Aging Son Recalls the Hippo Hunt “The Hippopotamus Hunt” by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615-1616 “The sultan sent three...
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‘Overkill’ and Other Light Verse by James A. Tweedie

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May 3, 2024
Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. Overkill K.I.S.S. ("Keep it simple, stupid.") My heart enflamed with rapture, burned With passionate desire; yearned For her and only her,...

‘Bridgerton’s DEI vs. Historicity’: A Poem by Drilon Bajrami

The Society
May 3, 2024
Culture, Poetry, Reviews
20 Comments
. Bridgerton’s DEI vs. Historicity They sacrifice true historicity, So DEI trumps authenticity. But Bridgerton and Netflix, they don’t...

‘Reservoir’: A Poem by Stephen M. Dickey

The Society
May 2, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. Reservoir Those who can still see through accreting years Are getting scarce, those who can lift such veil To remember when the Corps of...

‘Carmen’: A Poem by Théophile Gautier, Translated by Bruce Phenix

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May 2, 2024
Culture, Poetry, Translation
13 Comments
. Carmen by Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) translated by Bruce Phenix Carmen is thin—a dark-brown line Of bistre rings her gipsy eye. Her black...

SCP Journal XII Published—Read the Introduction & Table of Contents Here

The Society
May 1, 2024
Essays, From the Society, Poetry
. The Society of Classical Poets Journal XII has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the...

‘Easter Evening Appearance’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
May 1, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry
8 Comments
. Easter Evening Appearance Luke 24 Sealed up within my upper room, Absorbed by morbid discontent And fear, I questioned everything I’ve done and...

May Songs from Miracle Plays, Translated by Margaret Coats

The Society
May 1, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Translation
19 Comments
. May Songs . I. Where does loyalty take its rest? Where is charity’s portraiture, Except in you, sweet virgin pure? Where has virginity...

‘Some Can’t See the Beauty’: A Springtime Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
April 30, 2024
Beauty, Poetry
20 Comments
. Some Can't See the Beauty Some can’t see the beauty in __A flower or a tree. I call them nature blind because __Their minds won’t let them...

‘The Cartographer of Neverland’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

The Society
April 30, 2024
Poetry, Satire
45 Comments
. The Cartographer of Neverland inspired by a Qatar funded-map, in a Brooklyn public school, that erases Israel I’m late, so please forgive if...
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    Thank you, ex-neighbor. I’m glad that the poems resonated with you.

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    Thanks, Irene! I'm particularly glad to have you join me here, but equally happy we were able to sing together…

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    "No one possesses/The strength to withstand power's loving caresses." Excellent conclusion to your well-measured argument, Warren. I am of two…

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    Thank you, Scharlie. As this form seems unknown in English, I wanted to bring to light the Campion poem as…

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