‘Not Sonnet 18… Yet’ and Other Poetry for Shakespeare’s Birthday, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 22, 2024 Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 40 Comments . Not Sonnet 18… Yet I strain in vain to sparkle like the Bard. I strive to spill slick iambs by the ream. Comparing thee to spring in my...
‘Another Coffee Shop, Another Crush’: Poems by Daniel Kemper The Society April 22, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 22 Comments . Another Coffee Shop, Another Crush Another coffee shop, another crush, a moment frozen just before my turn, a chance to grin and let her make me...
Are Epic Heroes Toxic?—Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown The Society April 21, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Culture, Essays, Poetry, Reviews 11 Comments . https://youtu.be/ICEvMGx4WnY . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His epic-in-progress, Legends of...
‘On an Otter’: A Poem by Kensley Greene The Society April 21, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . On an Otter He slinks beneath, but not for long; surprise! he sprouts atop the pool to stare: his leather nostrils round, his prickled whiskers...
‘Climate: The Movie’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise The Society April 20, 2024 Poetry, The Environment 15 Comments . Climate: The Movie learn about and watch the movie here It shows there is no basis found in science for its fare.The film exposes the alarm as an...
‘Rolling the Roads—The Days Before Snow Plows’: A Poem by Phil S. Rogers The Society April 20, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Rolling the Roads The Days Before Snow Plows . A major storm throughout the night __Of heavy, wet, spring snow. Nor'easter off the coast of...
‘The Moment’ and Other Poems by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz The Society April 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . The Moment I’m sure of what will happen when The tide resumes its rise again And drowns the beach: Erasing signs that we were here, The water...
Carpe Diem: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society April 19, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Carpe Diem Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. (“Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow.”) Horace, Odes I:11 We live our...
‘The Sound of Dirt’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society April 18, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . The Sound of Dirt in memory of my granddaughter, Valerie (March 30, 2020 - April 20, 2020) Above uneven chairs a canopy Protects the mourners...
‘On Noms de Plume’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society April 18, 2024 Poetry, Satire 15 Comments . On Noms de Plume Justin Von Depathos strode across the ballroom floorTo sit with Carlton Vishizwa and Charlotte Genevieve—While I, in silent...
‘If Need Be’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society April 17, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . If Need Be If lawfare prosecutors aren’t proficient, And Biden family crimes can’t be denied, The ballots that they harvest aren’t...
‘Snowy Egret’ and ‘Dusky Seaside Sparrow’: Two Bird Poems by Margaret Coats The Society April 17, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 37 Comments . Snowy Egret Here where sunlight sparkle rinses Cypresses whose balding branches Shoulder epiphytic orchids (Cowhorn, spider, ghost, or...
A Poem on the Persecution of Donald J. Trump, by Brian Yapko The Society April 16, 2024 Culture, Poetry 43 Comments . . On the Altar of Our Nation I must confess it took a long, long time For Donald Trump to grow on me. He’s gruff, Undiplomatic, calls opponents...
‘The Woods Have Waited Anxiously’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society April 16, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 41 Comments . The Woods Have Waited Anxiously The woods have waited anxiously for me to reappear. I left them when the snow piled high in fall of late last...
‘Miss Pronoun-ciation’: A Poem by Andrew Benson Brown The Society April 15, 2024 Poetry, Satire 47 Comments . Miss Pronoun-ciation She know how Grammar Nazis be all anal. Their like theyre fancy, boring words—so banal. When grading papers, allways giving...
‘Gallows Lane’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society April 15, 2024 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Gallows Lane A lesser charge once meant the pillory, With head and wrists securely set in blocks; For just the legs and feet, a pair of stocks; Or...
‘The Proud’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society April 14, 2024 Poetry, Satire 27 Comments . The Proud “You are proud because you live in those high, inaccessible cliffs. ‘Who can ever reach us way up here!’ you boast. Don’t...
‘To the Evening Breeze’ and Other Poetry by Shamik Banerjee The Society April 14, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . To the Evening Breeze When I unbolt the terrace door, He enters quickly, greeting me With kisses on my cheeks and hair As if a friend who'd longed...
‘A Clock Describes People’: A Poem by David Whippman The Society April 13, 2024 Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . A Clock Describes People Their faces do not show the time of day But something called emotion: what that is, I've no idea; but I can tell you...
‘Empire’: A Poem by Michael Vanyukov The Society April 13, 2024 Poetry 22 Comments . Empire “We have been nought, we shall be all!” —The Internationale “The Empire is a country for fools” — Joseph Brodsky, Post aetatem...
‘Counsel from a Self-Help Guru’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 12, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 21 Comments . Counsel from a Self-Help Guru I haven’t come here purposed with defendingYour excesses or manifold omissions,Or promise all of you a happy...
‘Goodbye, Sweetie’: A Poem on Sugar by Paul A. Freeman The Society April 12, 2024 Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Goodbye, Sweetie Oh, devil-angel, Sugar! Your time’s done! You rot my teeth, yet melt upon my tongue. I’m forced to hide my black smile from...
‘Lone Musketeer’: A Poem by James Sale The Society April 11, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Lone Musketeer "To be a poet in a destitute time means: to attend, singing, to the trace of the fugitive gods. This is why the poet in the time of...
‘The Meat Purveyor’s Son’: A Sestina by Shirley Bunyan The Society April 11, 2024 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Sestina 14 Comments . The Meat Purveyor’s Son Aesthetically impaired, she was the heir to daddy’s fortune. She was plumpish, short and much too close together were...
‘The Snares of Simplicity’: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi The Society April 10, 2024 Essays, Poetry 37 Comments . The Snares of Simplicity by Joseph S. Salemi Liberals, Communists, and capitalists all share one dangerous and demonically-prompted trait. They...
Spring Poems from the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907), Translated by Evan Mantyk The Society April 10, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 20 Comments . Poem I of the three Quiet and Peaceful Melody Poems by Li Bai The clouds like swirling clothes, the flowers like a face, The Spring breeze brushes...
‘A Reverie’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society April 9, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 19 Comments . A Reverie Some days in August there’s a summer hum Of distant outboard motors, or a plane Relentlessly pursuing a puffed cloud, Echoes of past...
‘How to Build a Monster’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society April 9, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 34 Comments . How to Build a Monster Don’t bother digging corpses up to suture body parts; Don’t seek out full-moon werewolves or unstake vampiric...
‘The Qua-Train’ and Other Poems by Joshua C. Frank The Society April 8, 2024 Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . The Qua-Train In four lines stood iambic feet To board the quatrain from the street. The poem made of quatrain cars Passed each four lines like...
A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic, Part I of An Essay Series by Daniel Kemper The Society April 8, 2024 Essays, Poetry 18 Comments . A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part I: Before the Reading by Daniel Kemper A two-story, square shaped “U” made of corrugated tin. Two...
‘Old New England Logging Camps’: A Poem by Phil S. Rogers The Society April 7, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Old New England Logging Camps My father-in-law oft told me tales __Recalling logging camp— Tough men who cut gigantic trees __In winters cold and...
A Song on Biden after Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B, by Julian Woodruff The Society April 7, 2024 Poetry, Satire, Song Lyrics 18 Comments .\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8of3uhG1tCI . Uncle Joe B inspired by “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B,” sung by the Andrews...
Classical Poets Live: Readings of Poetry by Salemi, Yapko, Sedia, and Benson Brown The Society April 6, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings 15 Comments ...
‘Ovid in Tomis’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society April 6, 2024 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 17 Comments . Ovid in Tomis Relegated, scorned, I languish here in this drab town. Unwitting, I caught sight of what must not be seen; my wretched plight, harsh...
‘State of the Apple Pie’: A Poem by Russel Winick The Society April 5, 2024 Poetry, Satire 28 Comments . State of the Apple Pie I stepped into the finest restaurant, A destination nearly all would want, My expectations firmly in the sky, From its long...
‘Poetry in the Image of God’ by James A. Tweedie The Society April 5, 2024 Beauty, Education, Poetry 12 Comments . Poetry in the Image of God Conjure and weave a calligraphic spell Within the wells of mystic words and themes, And bring to life a voice with tales...
‘A Fitful Veil’: A Poem by Daniel Moreschi The Society April 4, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . A Fitful Veil A wanton wave of pallid hail descends from ashen skies. Its drifts are carried through to every nook and peak by lofty...
‘The Light Under the Door’ and Other Poems by Tiree MacGregor The Society April 4, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . The Light Under the Door for GGG, in lieu of roses On school days, dark on winter mornings, my mother rose Before us all and in her quiet way...
‘Thoughts Upon Hearing of the Taiwan Earthquake’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society April 3, 2024 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Thoughts Upon Hearing of the Taiwan Earthquake Big earthquake in Taiwan. My first concern: “Will China take advantage and attack?” Why did that...
‘The Mock Savior’s Song’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 3, 2024 Poetry, Satire, The Environment 24 Comments . The Mock Savior's Song also known as the Mobster Quadrille, after Lewis Carroll Saving critters from extinction (lonely lovelies, prone and...
