‘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...
‘An Idyll at the Local Diner’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook The Society February 26, 2024 Beauty, Music, Poetry 13 Comments . An Idyll at the Local Diner There is this place where you can get a fill And top your tank off any time of day. Amid the ketchup jugs upon...
‘Knee Jerks’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society February 26, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . Knee Jerks When wronged or hurt, the way life works, we all convert to knee-jerk jerks. Our brains react, but do not think. It’s just a...
‘Anthony Comstock: An Extended Dactylic’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 25, 2024 Culture, Poetry 38 Comments . Anthony Comstock: An Extended Dactylic Higgledy, piggledy, Anthony Comstock, the Toughest enforcer of morals to date, Couldn’t stand looking at...
‘ The Taxman Cometh’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey The Society February 25, 2024 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The Taxman Cometh Get out your Number Two and calculate Your taxable income; what, if anything, You owe. The taxman doesn’t like to wait, And...
The Ten Best Poems to Analyze The Society February 25, 2024 Best Poems, Education, Essays, Poetry 11 Comments . The Ten Best Poems to Analyze by Adam Sedia The Roman poet Horace famously set forth the twofold purpose of poetry: to teach and to delight. The...
‘Outside Chance’: A Poem by Anna J. Arredondo The Society February 24, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . Outside Chance I hold my heart out in my handpalm up, the same way one might offerseeds to birds. (They’d understandthe danger in the gifts I...
‘Old Clem’: Song from Dickens’ Great Expectations Set to Music by Jeff Eardley The Society February 24, 2024 Found Poem, Music, Poetry 15 Comments . Old Clem In his novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens refers to a song sung by blacksmiths at the forge "Old Clem," which plays an important...
Third Eye: An Ophthalmologic Triptych by Jeffrey Essmann The Society February 23, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Third Eye An Ophthalmologic Triptych . The Emergency Room I came because the website told me to, My symptoms glowing dully on the...
‘Peacemakers’: A Poem by Michael Vanyukov The Society February 23, 2024 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Peacemakers Islam is sometimes referred to as the Religion of Peace Go on, won’t you bless the peacemakers— The ones who make peace with the...
On Black History Hero ‘Captain Francisco Menendez’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society February 22, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . Captain Francisco Menendez Born a Mandinga, on Africa’s west coast, Where farm and hunting toil supported most, But tribal spats and small jihads...
Short Poems of C.B. Anderson Read by Andrew Benson Brown The Society February 22, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings 13 Comments ...
A Poem on Pill-Popping and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society February 22, 2024 Poetry, Satire 31 Comments . Puddleplat Place The pill-popping people of Puddleplat Place, __Were a very unhealthy lot. You could tell by the pained look on everyone’s...
‘Peaches, Plums, and the Sistine Chapel’: Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 21, 2024 Art, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 43 Comments . . Peaches, Plums, and the Sistine Chapel . . I. Pondering Prufrock a pantoum . The women come and then they go As foggy muzzles...
‘Authenticity’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society February 21, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Authenticity Some skies stark and vivid, But others milky white. Sometimes lovely azure skies, Or pale with fading light. Some skies gray and...
10 Poems on Builders & Buildings The Society February 20, 2024 Best Poems, Essays, Poetry 6 Comments 10 Poems on Builders & Buildings by Michael Curtis . Temples and architects, builders and buildings are like poets and poems, each creates...
‘On Me’ and Other Poetry by Shamik Banerjee The Society February 20, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . On Me I am a simple Eastern bard __Who moseys by the heather That grows in sweeping fields and loves __To dance in springy weather. I glamourize...
Three Poems Exploring the Experience of Grief and Loss, by James A. Tweedie The Society February 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Lachrimosa As winter pushes fall aside And birds complete their southward flight I sit and watch the water glide Beneath the old stone bridge at...
‘The Name We Leave’ and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva The Society February 19, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . The Name We Leave When we first breathe and start to peer, What we will be is still unclear. A book of pages yet unturned Is what we are when we...
‘Vast, Vacuous, and Hungry’: A Poem by Maura H. Harrison The Society February 18, 2024 Culture, Poetry 30 Comments . . Maura H. Harrison is a writer, photographer, and fiber artist from Fredericksburg, VA. She is currently an MFA candidate in Creative Writing...
‘You Can’t Control Everything’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society February 18, 2024 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . You Can't Control Everything You can't control the wind that blows, The destiny of others' souls, Time and tides and what they bring--- You can't...
A Poem on Descartes’ ‘I Think Therefore I Am’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society February 17, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Ipse Dixit I say Cogito ergo sum To the animal here in the room. So how do I know I exist? Well, here’s a provisional list: I doubt, and I fear,...
‘In the Woods’ by Eduard Mörike, Translated by Alan Steinle The Society February 17, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 20 Comments . In the Woods by Eduard Mörike (1804-1875) translated from German by Alan Steinle While lying on the grass beneath the leaves, I listen to a...
Sonku Poetry Challenge: Write a Sonnet-Haiku The Society February 16, 2024 Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 53 Comments . Epic poet and poetry video maker Andrew Benson Brown created a bit of excitement with his invented sonnet-haiku or haiku-sonnet published earlier...
