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  • ‘An Unfortunate Encounter’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

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‘The Polish Martyrs’: A Poem by Michael Curtis

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March 30, 2025
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. The Polish Martyrs Forever faithful to his flock, Good Father Rapacz would not flee. Steadfast he heard the soldiers knock. Devout, the priest was...

‘The Restoration’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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March 30, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau
39 Comments
. The Restoration ---for SJB Words sometimes fail. How best explainThat life can seem eternal rain?That though friends care they cannot seeOr grasp...

‘Be Careful What Ya’ Wish For’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga

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March 29, 2025
Humor, Poetry
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. Be Careful What Ya’ Wish For Well, all o’ ya’ knows when ol’ Paddy McFarland’s _been drinkin’ ‘e’ll spin up a tale Oooozin’ with...

A Poem Written Upon Watching Public Cremations in Nepal, by James A. Tweedie

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March 29, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. Burning the Pieta Thoughts After Viewing Public Cremations at the Pashupatinath Temple Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal ---for Alok With tears wash...

‘Dim & Blinding Lights’: A Poem by Dan Davis

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March 28, 2025
Culture, Poetry
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. Dim & Blinding Lights The lights that shine from streets and cities block out all the stars at night. The dim lights of our partial...

‘Blood Moon Eclipse (14 March 2025)’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

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March 28, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Science
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. Blood Moon Eclipse (14 March 2025) The Moon’s blood red this morning as it floats within Earth’s shadow, bathing it in light refracted round...

Society of Classical Poets High School Artwork Gallery—Spring 2025

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March 27, 2025
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. In line with its mission to preserve humankind’s artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best of artwork submitted...

‘What the Wind May Do’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

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March 27, 2025
Culture, Poetry
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. What the Wind May Do The wind’s come out to exercise today. It tests itself: how long can it exhale? With steady breath it makes the trees...

‘Bohème’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook

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March 26, 2025
Beauty, Performing Arts, Poetry
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. Bohème Opera in a bare and frigid room As winter winds were sweeping, like a broom, Raised an enthusiasm, understood As contrast to the landscape....

‘The Lilliputians Confront Elon Musk’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham

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March 25, 2025
Poetry, Satire
22 Comments
. The Lilliputians Confront Elon Musk One giant has thoughts that are new and transcendent,It’s clearly a sign that he’s too independent.He...

John Neihardt’s Epic ‘Cycle of the West’: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown

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March 25, 2025
Classical Poets Live, Epic, Essays, Poetry
19 Comments
. https://youtu.be/lUU-G7-7nKE . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...

‘Learning Curves’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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March 24, 2025
Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science
70 Comments
. Learning Curves In classrooms smeared with monkey poop__Where questions meet deceit,She heard she came from soupy gloop---__A slab of soulless...

‘Boomerang’ and Other Poetry by James Bontrager

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March 24, 2025
Culture, Poetry
6 Comments
. Boomerang In the chronicles of hist’ry There we see a vast array Of malicious, scheming tricksters Who themselves became the prey, Thus,...

‘The Unknown God’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper

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March 23, 2025
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Unknown God ---Paul’s Address at the Areopagus (Acts 17:22-31) My dear Athenians, this I surveilled While passing by: you’re quite...

‘Ode to The New York Times’ by Brian Yapko

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March 23, 2025
Poetry, Satire
43 Comments
. Ode to The New York Times O, soulless source of leftist propaganda Known still throughout the world as “The Gray Lady”--- You promulgate...

Disaster Sonnets by Margaret Coats

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March 22, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. How Many Homes? ---January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires Twelve thousand lost, from stricken memories more Schools, churches, meeting places, shops...

‘Winter Song’ and Other Poetry by Diego Calle

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March 21, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Triolet
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. Winter Song Hymen, Venus, Graces three, _save me lest I wither like some sap-sucked blasted tree; Hymen, Venus, Graces three, come and set my...

‘Another Old Myth’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable

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March 21, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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. Another Old Myth The Ancient One warned Noah's doom was near. Since men possessed with greed kept spilling blood, That cataclysmic rain would soon...

‘Vernal Equinox’ and Other Poems by Benjamin Cannicott Shavitz

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March 20, 2025
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
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. Vernal Equinox Germans call this season “frühling.” Spaniards name it “primavera.” Welshmen say the term is “gwanwyn.” Shetland...

‘Equinox Blues’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

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March 20, 2025
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
. Equinox Blues Welcome to spring! The last snow may be past,_and bright blue frames the parting clouds.The sun rides longer in the sky, at...

Take a Tour of Poet Gigi Ryan’s ‘Backyard’

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March 19, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
20 Comments
. My Backyard  . The Campfire Elisha loves to build a fire; His dog is near, she loves to watch For birds that she will try to catch. They each...

‘The Tundra Swan’: A Madrigal by Daniel Howard

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March 19, 2025
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Tundra Swan Its full and light and interfolding feathers __Number ten thousand plus, No wonder that the tundra swan out-weathers __With less...

‘I Failed’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

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March 18, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. I Failed I failed so dramatically most early days I failed horribly in most critical ways I failed to use schooling at each different age I failed...

‘Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

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March 18, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. Reflections on a Visit to Saint Augustine With each step up the old Castillo wall I pray The hurricane will detour east past Grand Bahama. If...

A Poem and Song for St. Patrick’s Day: ‘The Session’ by Jeff Eardley

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March 17, 2025
Beauty, Music, Poetry
8 Comments
. Guitar music for "Sheebag Sheemore" performed by Jeff Eardley. . The Session Monday at the Shamrock Inn, So, the session does begin, Rosin up...

‘St. Patrick’s Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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March 17, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. St. Patrick’s Day, 2025 While swathed in swirls of green, some raise a glass Of dark elixir topped with sheeny cream. Some twirl through Derry...

‘Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

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March 17, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious English literature tends to be wordy. Many tricks are exceedingly dirty. On a bright sunny day...

From James Sale’s Epic Poem DoorWay: ‘Arriving in Aquarius’

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March 16, 2025
Epic, Poetry
10 Comments
. Opening extract from Canto 9 DoorWay: Arriving in Aquarius The poet, wrenched from love’s bliss with Seraphina in Canto 8, is carried onward by...

‘A Summer Evening’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

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March 15, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. A Summer Evening The sky begins to cloak its face, Removing every streak of red. Above, two weary flyers trace The way back to their bough-held...

‘Beyond All Words’: A Love Poem by James A. Tweedie

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March 15, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
. Beyond All Words Can words alone, in skill-scribed shape or form— Inspired by muse or writ with feathered plume— Express the stark-dark depth...
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‘Eternally Grounded’: A Poem by Frank Rable

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March 14, 2025
Poetry, Satire
14 Comments
. Eternally Grounded There’s up and down, forward and back, Of opposites we have no lack. We have the dark and we have light, And we have left as...

‘Mussolini’s Minions’: A Poem by Mary Jane Myers

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March 14, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Mussolini's Minions ---Segesta, 2012 Entranced, we wander round the temple site.The hot Sicilian sun beats down. I’m frayed,now seek the parking...

‘A Fisherman’s Life’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero

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March 13, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. A Fisherman’s Life The fronds of the palm trees sway in the breeze. A lone tiny boat is bounced by the seas. The sunset is orange, reflection is...

‘Cherry Tree’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai

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March 12, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Cherry Tree One summer day not long ago a man planted a tree, With tender love and patience he invested energy. He poured his hope and faith into...

‘Blind Watchmaker’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
March 11, 2025
Poetry, Science
21 Comments
. Blind Watchmaker A blind watchmaker tinkered for billions of yearswithout blueprints for making his intricate gears.So, he failed many times but...

‘Pumpkin Spice’: A Poem by Michael Pendragon

The Society
March 11, 2025
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
13 Comments
. Pumpkin Spice The scent of Autumn lingers in the air With hints of ginger, cinnamon, and clove; At 42nd Street and Herald Square, On 8th Street,...

Three Poems on War, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 10, 2025
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Core of War a pantoum The trickster charms and arms both sides--- He funds the ally and the foe. His hype unites and it divides. He’s oh so...

‘Of Elizabeth Bishop’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

The Society
March 9, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. Of Elizabeth Bishop Ms. Bishop is one able–eyed observer;her vision is acute, that’s plain to see.Staring at her, I doubt I could unnerve...

‘An Ode to a Hymn’: A Poem by C. Walker

The Society
March 9, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
. An Ode to a Hymn “Like aught that for its grace may be Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery” ---Percy Shelley in “Hymn to Intellectual...
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A Poem for International Women’s Day: ‘Kitchen-Sink Musings’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 8, 2025
Poetry, Satire
26 Comments
. Kitchen-Sink Musings It’s International Women’s Day today But as a flunkee in biology I’m told I’m far from qualified to pay Fair tribute...
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  1. Joseph S. Salemi on ‘The New Headmasters’: A Poem on British Boarding Schools, by Lucius FalklandMay 9, 2025

    Thanks, Susan. My knowledge of the various horrors of the British public schools came from my reading of the stories…

  2. Margaret Brinton on ‘On Epic Madness’: A Poem by Bruce Dale WiseMay 9, 2025

    Bruce, well-done. I hold a similar angst about global conflicts.

  3. Jeremiah Johnson on ‘An Unfortunate Encounter’: A Poem by Paul A. FreemanMay 9, 2025

    I like the nuance at the end - your realization that showing up at those homes may not have done…

  4. jd on ‘An Unfortunate Encounter’: A Poem by Paul A. FreemanMay 9, 2025

    Good poem, Paul. The narrator did the right thing. Surprised and glad there wasn't more damage.

  5. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘An Unfortunate Encounter’: A Poem by Paul A. FreemanMay 9, 2025

    The "board of education" did wonders for our learning experiences way back when. There is more than one way to…

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