‘King George III Declares War’ from Vol. 2 of Andrew Benson Brown’s Mock Epic Poem The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society May 13, 2024 Poetry, Reviews 5 Comments . 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society May 11, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society May 9, 2024 Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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 The Society 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...
An Interview with Poet Brian Yapko: Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown The Society 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 The Society 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...
‘Overkill’ and Other Light Verse by James A. Tweedie The Society 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 The Society 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...
