‘Playing with Matches’ by Aidan Casey The Society October 25, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments Playing with Matches "We don’t seek conflict with Russia but we are ready." ---Antony Blinken, March 4, 2022 We don’t seek conflict with...
‘Meditation’ and Other Poetry by Rachel A. Lott The Society October 25, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Meditation Say to yourself at break of day: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, proud, treacherous, envious, malicious. All...
A Poem on the Movie Eternal Spring, by Evan Mantyk The Society October 24, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle 15 Comments . His Pen a villanelle written upon watching the movie Eternal Spring His pen flies back and forth, a righteous flurry That recreates the scenes of...
‘A Southern Italian’s Reply to Shakespeare’ by Bradley Samore The Society October 24, 2022 Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 10 Comments . A Southern Italian’s Reply to Shakespeare If you compare me to a summer’s day then, Bill, your mind has melted in the heat. Let’s go inside,...
‘A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer’ by Okura, Translated by Seiji Hakui The Society October 23, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments . A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer, followed by an Envoi From the book five of the Man'yōshū, this poem is believed to be based on...
‘What Life Throws at Us’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 22, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . What Life Throws at Us A sentiment can sometimes get the best Of me and bring hard logic to an end. I need someone to share my destiny; Perhaps I...
‘The Trees: A Moment’ by Elliot Christophers The Society October 22, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . The Trees: A Moment Amongst the trees in such a wood That veils the sky with vaults of green, In sudden joyous peace I stood As nature did in full...
‘Ambience’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society October 21, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Ambience Oh, what a difference lighting throws __On these autumnal scenes, As back and forth it hides or shows __Drab browns or emerald...
‘When Orpheus Looked Back’ by Brian Yapko The Society October 21, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 37 Comments . When Orpheus Looked Back I find no peace. I lean upon this stone As wine-dark waves crash on the Grecian shore, My voice and lyre silent as the...
‘Last Words’ by James A. Tweedie The Society October 20, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Last Words They say I traced my finger in the air Before I died and let the wind erase My final, silent words. Those who were there Had fixed their...
An Essay on John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 20, 2022 Culture, Essays, Poetry 24 Comments . John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: A Restorative from the Restoration by Joseph S. Salemi John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester, stands out because of...
‘Alone Together’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society October 19, 2022 Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Alone Together Narcissus, in the days of old, Fell in love with his reflection. He knew none greater to behold And starved while staring at...
‘The Red Sea’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society October 19, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . The Red Sea From quite far off we smelled its salt And now stand stunned upon its shore. We stare into the writhing vault Where Moses sees a...
A Poem for Atheist Evolutionists: ‘Asinine’ by Damian Robin The Society October 18, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . Asinine to atheist evolutionists When your science cannot put to rights The special wrongs of our divinity, Your exasperation reaches heights That...
‘Ian’s Ire’ by Peter Venable The Society October 17, 2022 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Ian’s Ire Forecasts: Storm blasts. Cars leave. Clouds heave Endless rain. Flood’s domain. Massive surge. Nature’s scourge. Toy boats heaped...
‘Eluding Beauty’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 17, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 28 Comments . Eluding Beauty “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” ---William Shakespeare I yearn to write about the moon, __The moon and that is all--- The...
‘Just Not Alone…’ by Michael Charles Maibach The Society October 17, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 9 Comments . Just Not Alone… I never asked For easy tasks, For burdens light For just delights. Expected not The breaks I’ve got, And when they came I...
‘The Modern Cardinal’s Song’ by Adam Sedia The Society October 16, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 23 Comments . The Modern Cardinal’s Song after “The Major General’s Song” from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance from a faithful...
‘Moonburst’ and Other Poetry by Sourav Sengupta The Society October 15, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Moonburst I saw a comet streak across the night, And rend the sky with fire-tipped harpoon; While stars went out in fits of astral fright, The...
‘Dr. Quack’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society October 14, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . Dr. Quack My name is Dr. Henry Quack and in my little room out back, Are lots of pills and potions. There's drugs for this and drugs for that; if...
‘Leisure’: A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX, by Jonathan Shoulta The Society October 13, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 3 Comments . Σχολή (Leisure) A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX You see the glist’ning peak of Mount Soracte, which towers, high with snow, its...
A Poem on the End of Transgender Surgery on Minors at Vanderbilt, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 12, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Readings 44 Comments . . Vanderbilt’s Nemesis Written for Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire who has called out the evils of lucrative transgender surgery on minors at...
‘I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece’ and Other Children’s Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 12, 2022 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece I sailed away to ancient Greece In search of Jason’s golden fleece. I climbed aboard the Argonaut, But could not...
A Poem on California’s Proposition One and Other Poetry by Margaret Coats The Society October 11, 2022 Culture, Poetry 47 Comments . Proposition One Proposition One, written by the state legislature, amends the California constitution “to expressly include an individual’s...
‘Making Apple Butter’ by Cheryl Corey The Society October 11, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Making Apple Butter Once he got the fire good and hot, Old Silas filled the kettle with some cider; and when it boiled down to golden amber, he...
‘Critical Failure’ by Bennett Chatigny The Society October 10, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments . Critical Failure Failure to launch in every direction; Ran out of fuel before firing the rocket. Time for some long internal reflection; Retool the...
Metrical Clerihew Poetry Challenge The Society October 9, 2022 Clerihew, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Satire 71 Comments . The clerihew is a relatively new poetry form introduced by Edmund Clerihew Bentley in 1905. It is usually a single quatrain of light verse rhyming...
‘Tower of the Winds’ by Tad Tuleja The Society October 9, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Tower of the Winds Eight winds blowing, bluster overflowing,Buffet all the crevices of earth.Eight winds searching, lustily and lurching,Spawning...
A Poem on the Busing of Illegal Immigrants, by Russel Winick The Society October 8, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 42 Comments . Sincerity of the Left The sanctuary cities said: “Undocumenteds may come here, It’s merciless to keep them out, We welcome them with open...
‘Brain to Heart’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society October 8, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments . Brain to Heart God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart. —Ecclesiastes 3.11 To dig deep holes...
‘Never Argue with a Progressive’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 7, 2022 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 15 Comments . Never Argue with a Progressive They never tell the truth, except by accident, And when they do, they’ll tell you that they really meant The...
‘The Good Samaritan’ by Brian Yapko The Society October 7, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 37 Comments . The Good Samaritan Scene: The road between Jerusalem and Jericho. It is now three days since a good Samaritan has left an injured robbery victim...
Verse on Verse: Four Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society October 6, 2022 Beauty, Culture, For Educators, High School Submissions, Poetry 16 Comments . Serious Poetry Serious poetry, somber and grim; Dashing, descriptive, with narrative flair. Formal and versified; Rhythmic and dignified; Romance...
‘Equal Schmequal’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 5, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 32 Comments . Equal Schmequal The traits of men were glibly mocked __By those who thought men strange--- Those who thought the world half-cocked __ And...
‘The Tech Addict’s Lament’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society October 5, 2022 Culture, Poetry 30 Comments . The Tech Addict’s Lament As I take one more hit of electronic cocaine, I snort a fresh shot of noise into my brain And feel the cacophony’s...
‘1960s Soap Operas’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society October 4, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 33 Comments . 1960s Soap Operas “Soap operas,” they called them. Housewives watched Them while they sewed or cooked or ironed clothes. At two o’clock each...
‘Green Energy’ After Dr. Seuss’s ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ by Dan Ward The Society October 4, 2022 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire 35 Comments . Green Energy with apologies to Dr. Seuss I do not like green energy Don’t subsidize it, AOC. I do not like it in the dark, My solar panels will...
‘Sonnet 89’ by Richard Craven The Society October 3, 2022 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Sonnet 89 I passed her on the footbridge (underneath, the cars rushing pell-mell to Hades’ mouth). Backwards flowed time then as I scoped her...
‘Elysium’ by Adam Sedia The Society October 2, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Elysium O golden hour, soft denouement of day, O mystic time of quietude and peace, When boughs and rushes whisper as they sway, Twirled by the...
‘A Woodstock for China’ by Talbot Hook The Society October 1, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . A Woodstock for China You sit within a public Chinese bus, And out the window: buildings, concrete, dust, Which all are perfect—life is simply...
