‘Infernos on the Pages of Literary Journals’: A Poem by Phillip Whidden The Society March 16, 2024 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Infernos on the Pages of Literary Journals That one barbaric yawp might just have been All right, but then it ricocheted right down The later...
‘Choices’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society March 16, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Choices Some lovers only give the rose, __Some only choose to take, Although the florist keeps a bunch __For every partner's sake. The sun has...
‘Serenade’ and ‘Serenity’: Poems by Margaret Coats The Society March 15, 2024 Beauty, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry 30 Comments . Serenade Down dash the splashlets of rain to the ground; Streams from the eaves full and fluent resound. Guests gaily chatter, and clatter their...
A Poem on How Native Americans Were Swindled Out of Manhattan, by Mark Stellinga The Society March 15, 2024 Culture, Poetry 29 Comments . Native Americans Were Swindled Out of Manhattan in 1634 Knowing Eyes—an aging elder, born in Black Bear County Famed for being fearless and the...
‘For Dorothy’ and Other Poems by Joseph S. Salemi The Society March 14, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 28 Comments . For Dorothy I have at times sat silent in this chair And furtively cast looks about the room Admiring, or to jot a mental note Of someone’s...
Portrait of ‘Ivan, The Barber, 1882-1963’: A Poem by Phil S. Rogers The Society March 14, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . His Stories Were His Legacy Ivan, The Barber, 1882-1963 . Covered in a heavy blanket, __he sat and watched the rain; it had been more than thirty...
‘Homophonophobic’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack The Society March 13, 2024 Humor, Poetry, Readings 34 Comments . . Homophonophobic (This poem is so vain and humorous you’ll burst a vein or break your humerus) My editor returned my latest piece, but all...
‘The Alleged Bulldozer’ and Other Poetry on Married Life by Mark F. Stone The Society March 13, 2024 Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . The Alleged Bulldozer My wife told me, shortly after we got married, that I “bulldozed” her into the marriage. Bulldozed you into marriage? A...
DoorWay Canto 5: ‘Waters of the Crab’ from James Sale’s Epic Poem The Society March 12, 2024 Epic, Poetry, Terza Rima 19 Comments . DoorWay Canto 5: Waters of the Crab From Canto 4 in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull, the poet has been led by Michael, the Seraph, to the...
A Poem on St. Monica, St. Augustine’s Mother, by Brian Yapko The Society March 12, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 27 Comments . Monica's Consolation for Margaret Coats, who introduced me to St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) and his mother, St. Monica (332-387) Caritas, enter!...
‘For Paavo Nurmi’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Kemper The Society March 11, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 23 Comments . For Paavo Nurmi who trained against his stop-watch and in medias rez we begin as the runners approach the penultimate turn. Though their torsos are...
‘Good Intentions’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society March 11, 2024 Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . Good Intentions “One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and...
‘Bowing to Power’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society March 10, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . Bowing to Power Although they might Not do what’s right, The very strong Are never wrong. If you complain, You’ll feel the pain That’s...
‘Samson, Tribe of Dan’: A Poem by Alexander King Ream The Society March 10, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Samson, Tribe of Dan "Dan is a serpent in the path. He bites the horse's heel and causes the rider to fall backward." ---Jacob, Genesis 49 My...
‘The Stoat and the Old Goat’: a Children’s Tale by Jeff Eardley The Society March 9, 2024 Children's, Poetry 17 Comments . The Stoat and the Old Goat This tale concerns a little stoat, With eyes of black and velvet coat, Who frolicked in the virgin snow, Above the...
‘Stop All The Clocks’: A Poem by Radhika Soni The Society March 9, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 18 Comments . Stop All The Clocks after W.H. Auden Stop all the clocks, stop all humdrum, Silence the warblers, their constant hum; Bid the sun to pause, just...
Legends of Liberty — Prologue Read by Andrew Benson Brown The Society March 8, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry, Readings 21 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGLFPOccCAI https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NwnsyJD044?feature=share . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems...
Two Poems on Story Time, by Joshua C. Frank The Society March 8, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . Story Time The father, he sits on the couch with a book, A child in each arm, and one more on his knees; The mother, the same. All the other ones...
‘Home Invasions’: Three Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society March 7, 2024 Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . Hatching A gelid mass of wings that seethed and surged— A squeamish sight that caught me by surprise— A swarming hatch of termites had...
‘Sunday Morning Flock of Starlings’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise The Society March 7, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 19 Comments . Sunday Morning Flock of Starlings He saw, while driving down the roadway, off 288, a flock of starlings at the electrical substation gate. It was...
‘Philanthropaths & Puppets’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 6, 2024 Culture, Poetry 30 Comments . Philanthropaths & Puppets Philanthropath: a psychopath masquerading as a philanthropist. ---the Urban Dictionary . I. So Rose the Puppeteer He...
‘Original Smile’ and Other Poetry by Stephen M. Dickey The Society March 6, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Original Smile Fossil remains show nothing of the first Facial flourish dimpling a human cheek. Was it some reflex as a female nursed Her young...
‘Fed Suffering: The True Story of Dai Mingrong’: A Poem by Daniel Magdalen The Society March 5, 2024 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 14 Comments . Fed Suffering The True Story of Dai Mingrong . Not merely stale today, her bowl of rice Now tastes like bitter dust. Then, all’s ablur. Her grip...
‘To Catch The Wind’: A Poem by Lucia Haase The Society March 5, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 22 Comments . To Catch The Wind after Tennessee Williams "We Have Not Long To Love" I want to catch the wind __this windy day, as all encompassing __it comes my...
‘Come on Congress, Do Your Jobs’: A Poem on the Southern Border by Roy E. Peterson The Society March 4, 2024 Culture, Poetry 38 Comments . Do Your Jobs Live up to the Constitution That contains a plain solution. Guard us from invading mobs. Come on Congress, do your jobs. It’s...
‘Insomnia, My Sometime Muse’ and Other Poetry by Norman Solowey The Society March 4, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 5 Comments . Insomnia, My Sometime Muse She comes to me while I’m asleep,Not with strange imaginings of dreamsBut with fragmented thoughts. It seemsShe...
‘I Am with You’: A Funeral Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society March 3, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . I Am with You You are with me, this day, and I’m with you; in spirit and in memory we meet to celebrate and joyfully to rue my span, which in the...
A Poem on Abuse by Clergy: ‘Jane Doe’ by Brandi Lawson The Society March 3, 2024 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Jane Doe These trembling hands are not the first to jostle away unholy grabs from praying hands; you crossed the lines Christ drew in coastal sands...
‘The Crimson Creed’ and Other Poetry by Mike Bryant The Society March 2, 2024 Culture, Poetry 31 Comments . The Crimson Creed We know the primal aggregate, Self-molded at the start of time, Before the Big Bang uppercut Made all the cosmic flotsam...
‘The Nymph’ by Góngora and Other Poetry by Nervo and Vega, Translated by Alan Steinle The Society March 2, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments . The Nymph by Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627) translated by Alan Steinle As morning sunlight first began to show, a nymph went out to tread...
A Poem on the Georgia District Attorney: ‘Fani Fever’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society March 1, 2024 Poetry, Satire 32 Comments . Fani Fever Wide eyes are mesmerized by Fani Willis In pink as vivid as an amaryllis. The guy she gadded with—was he her beau? Did fraud and flesh...
‘Credit’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society March 1, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . Credit Does it make any sense, For me to have pride, When I just dispense, What God put inside? And is it the same, If I’m disappointed, When...
‘A Walk At Night’ and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva The Society March 1, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 8 Comments . A Walk At Night She's clothed in light when she appears; Freckles speck her argent skin. Her dazzling smile is bright tonight, A lamp to earth's...
‘The Marble Angel’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society February 29, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . The Marble Angel The marble angel stood upon a tomb Erect and at attention, wings outspread, His blank eyes watching through the growing...
‘Ogygia’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier The Society February 29, 2024 Beauty, Homer, Poetry 12 Comments . Ogygia Ogygia was green and fair, A dreamy vision to behold, Beyond the wars for blood and gold, Far from the weight of mortal care. Afloat a...
‘O Darling Turtledove’ and Other Poems by Tasso, Translated by Daniel Howard The Society February 28, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry, Translation 6 Comments . Poems by Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) translated by Daniel Howard . O Darling Turtledove __Oh darling turtledove, __You for your partner pine, And I...
‘Probing for the Problematic Polyp’ and Other Poetry by Mark F. Stone The Society February 28, 2024 Children's, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . Probing for the Problematic Polyp Bob was testy yesterday. __A fractious, famished fellow. You would be, too, if all that you __consumed was juice...
On Scientists’ Suggesting Cannibalism: ‘In Praise of Braising Aphids’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 27, 2024 Poetry, Satire 31 Comments . In Praise of Braising Aphids "New archaeological evidence shows that ancient humans ate each other surprisingly often---sometimes for compassionate...
‘Shoveling Out the Blizzard’ and Other Poetry by Adam Wasem The Society February 27, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . . Shoveling Out the Blizzard Snow came so thick, the roof makes pops and creaks; downspouts froze solid as cement with ice; while working on the...
‘Textual Harassment’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society February 27, 2024 Poetry, Satire 54 Comments . Textual Harassment Now listen, Sunshine, I don’t mean to carp, But I’m the agent, pal. You’re just the writer. You’re smart, but...
