‘On Cats and Love’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz The Society January 23, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 4 Comments . On Cats and Love My cat does not explain himself. He knows his reasons. Why must I? He needs to bathe while on a shelf Or hunt some trash? I...
Poetry Paraphrased from Suicide Notes, by Jeff Kemper The Society January 23, 2024 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . The Plight of a Troubled Young Soul Parts I and II are paraphrases of actual notes. . I. Not Today I know I’m ill; I am not well. In truth, I...
‘Failing at History’ and Other Poetry by David Whippman The Society January 22, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 17 Comments . Failing at History She always argued when I used to say We were like the great lovers of the past. That was just woolly thinking, she’d...
Sonnets on Famous Ladies of the Early 20th Century, by Peter Austin The Society January 22, 2024 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Zelda She and Scott were the face of the Jazz Age, Drunk and riotous in post-war Paris, He scribbling out page on potboiling page To fund the...
‘To Find a Waterfall’: A Poem by Monika Cooper The Society January 21, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . To Find a Waterfall The wild forest is a spiritual place. Disbelief does not last there. Halfway through My span of life, my sunrise-to-set...
A Poem with a Glossary: ‘The Kakistocracy’ by Phil S. Rogers The Society January 21, 2024 Culture, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . The Kakistocracy Does the news give you malneirophrenia, __but you've not been to sleep? Do you galumph all day around the house, __your mind in...
A Poem on Iranian Woman Roya Heshmati, by Cheryl Corey The Society January 20, 2024 Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Because She Walked In Beauty They sentenced her to over seventy lashes, Because she walked in beauty, hair revealed, Which beauty they demanded be...
‘Summer of ’73’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society January 20, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Summer of ‘73 It’s sunset and the sidewalk still feels hot. My legs and feet are bare, they do not mind Mosquitos nearly eating me alive. The...
‘Father’ and Other Poetry by Alan Steinle The Society January 20, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Father after "So Far, So Near," by Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813-1892). Father, maker of all spirit, infinite, You can ensphere it. Still, You...
‘Smash, Careening Thrash’: A Poem by Maura H. Harrison The Society January 19, 2024 Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . . . Maura H. Harrison is a writer, photographer, and fiber artist from Fredericksburg, VA. She is currently an MFA candidate in Creative...
‘Again’ and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva The Society January 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Again The bench is near where children play And where she sits to dream and muse. She knows her life will shortly fade— A doleful thought she...
‘I’ll Keep My Truck’: A Poem by Mark F. Stone The Society January 18, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 28 Comments . I’ll Keep My Truck I’ll keep my truck. I won’t revise my thinking as gas prices rise. My son-in-law berates and blames my truck. It...
‘The Pitcher Plant’ and Other Poetry by Andrew Yeager The Society January 18, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . The Pitcher Plant The insect dances on a pitcher plant drinking deep the fabled honey nectar. The rim affords a place to lean and slant— heedless...
‘The School Bell’: A Poem by Satyananda Sarangi The Society January 17, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . The School Bell The schooldays weave a maze inside my mind, A maze with streets resounding childish zeal; The world was then a fairy land...
‘Long List of Requirements’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society January 17, 2024 Poetry, Satire 33 Comments . Long List of Requirements The sweet and lovely woman sought __A man to call her own. She had lots of prerequisites __And kept them cast in...
‘To My Brother, After John Keats’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society January 16, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . To My Brother after John Keats When I have fears that I may lose my sight before I've savored books I long to read, before famed writers oust my...
‘A Mighty Fortress’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society January 16, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 38 Comments . A Mighty Fortress for Diane My eyes ache from the tears still left unshed As I remember all she meant to me. I still can’t quite accept that she...
‘The Five Ages’: A Poem by Morrison Handley-Schachler The Society January 15, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . The Five Ages Beneath rose bower and sweet cherry shade Long since have Saturn’s golden people slept And for their sins the silver race were...
‘Song of the Snow’ by Amado Nervo, Translated by Isabel Chenot The Society January 15, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 12 Comments . Song of the Snow by Amado Nervo (1870-1919) translated by Isabel Chenot How miraculous Nature is! Doesn't the snow give light? Immaculate and...
Bunker Hill in Poetry: The Death of Joseph Warren, by Andrew Benson Brown The Society January 14, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry 14 Comments . Bunker Hill: The Death of Joseph Warren from Legends of Liberty, Volume 2 Dramatis Personae Joseph Warren – Physician, spymaster, and major...
A Free Verse Poem Rewritten Into Formal Verse, and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society January 14, 2024 Poetry, Rondel, Satire 18 Comments . Fallen Hummingbird A formal-verse remake of a free-verse poem of the same name written by my mother on October 16, 2000, in memory of my...
‘Saint Sebastianus’ and Other Poems by Joseph S. Salemi The Society January 13, 2024 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Saint Sebastianus Sebastianus, soldier, pinioned, bleeding, Stands at his lonely and forgotten post Unperceived—no, even unsuspected— By the...
‘The Unchecked Pawn’: A Chess Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society January 13, 2024 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . The Unchecked Pawn Quickly Black castled king-side and planned his attack. White then countered with confidence, primed for a sack, with the...
‘Shakespeare Re-placed: Re-Verse Engineering’: Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society January 12, 2024 Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 14 Comments . Shakespeare Re-placed Re-Verse Engineering In the picture above, SCP poet James A. Tweedie has taken the image of Venus from Botticelli’s...
The 10 Best Poems of Emily Dickinson The Society January 12, 2024 Best Poems, Essays, Poetry 34 Comments . The 10 Best Poems of Emily Dickinson by Monika Cooper Being presented with an Emily Dickinson poem is like getting a telegram from a strange...
‘Homebound’: A Poem on Delivering Communion by Jeffrey Essmann The Society January 11, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Homebound They get too old to come to Mass, too sick, Too shaky on their legs or just too scared To leave the house. The bleak arithmetic Of life...
‘The Darkened Hill’: A Poem by Adam Wasem The Society January 11, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments . The Darkened Hill We drove and found the childhood place where you would run and hide for space away from family pain and disgrace. Up to the top...
‘Without a Dad’ and Other Poetry by Gregory Ross The Society January 10, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 11 Comments . Without a Dad Without a Dad, you are not sure, And never know you could endure The many doubts that blur your sight, Or fears that stalk you every...
Andrew Benson Brown Reads Poems by D. Robin, Tessitore, Freeman, A. Casey, Dickey, and Tweedie The Society January 10, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Readings 9 Comments ...
‘Venus Sighed’: A Poem by Suzanne Ramljak The Society January 9, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Venus Sighed Venus sighed and turned aside, tired of seeing people try to feebly mimic Beauty’s pride, too easily pleasing hungry eyes that eat...
‘The Old Native Chieftain’ and Other Poetry by Corey Elizabeth Jackson The Society January 9, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . The Old Native Chieftain The old native chieftain from forests among __Bright sparkling lakes of the tribe, With death approaching instinctively...
Our Faith Is What?—Canto XXIV of Dante’s Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society January 8, 2024 Dante, Poetry, Translation 6 Comments . Our Faith Is What?--- Canto XXIV of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “O fellowship elected to the feast ...
‘Puffins’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society January 8, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 45 Comments . Puffins The puffin’s beak is bright: Quince yellow stripes contrast With chests of fluffy white And wings of satin black, But suit dense orange...
‘Unchristian’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 7, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 39 Comments . Unchristian I hope you burn in Hell for nasty things You said to me, but if you don’t, I hope A host of energetic angel wings Will lash your...
Poetry for Children: Seven Great Poems to Read to Your Kids The Society January 7, 2024 Best Poems, Children's, Poetry 13 Comments . . Poetry for Children by Shaun C. Duncan . To speak of poetry for children might appear redundant at first. With rhymed and metered poetry hounded...
‘Enlightened Minds’: A Poem On Anti-Israel Protests on Campus, by Warren Bonham The Society January 6, 2024 Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . Enlightened Minds Most live life unsure and frightened, bearing burdens they want lightened. Waking, working, living, dying. Wondering why they...
‘The Barista’s Hands’ and Other Sonnets by Daniel Kemper The Society January 6, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . The Barista’s Hands Surprisingly, she knew my name and used the chance to give a fleeting glimpse and catch me off my guard. I cocked my head,...
‘A Valedictorian’s Address at Harvard, about Claudine Gay’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society January 5, 2024 Poetry, Satire 39 Comments . A Valedictorian’s Address at Harvard, about Claudine Gay written at the request of Brian Yapko, and in deepest appreciation of Chris Rufo, who...
‘Kintsugi’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 5, 2024 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 42 Comments . Kintsugi There is an ancient practice in Japan--- Chipped and broken vessels, dear to hearts, Are mended with a striking golden...
‘The Resistance’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society January 5, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . The Resistance There’s something in the way you hear __My meanings when I speak; It draws me dangerously near, __Makes my defenses...
