‘December 31’: A New Year’s Poem and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society December 31, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . December 31 __Another year _Gasps out its dying breaths. __Oh, do not spare _Any further Death’s ___Swift hand _From seizing its demand! __Do...
‘A Creation Myth’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk The Society December 30, 2024 Culture, Epic, Poetry 17 Comments . A Creation Myth The curtain opens. A million violinsCrescendo. Trumpets blare. A single drumBeat booms. In perfect time, the cosmos spins.The Hero...
‘Nordic Memories’: A Poem by Dan Tuton The Society December 30, 2024 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Nordic Memories They rise with the dawn of fashion Their eyes for new booty are keen, To ride the tide of nostalgia For something that they’ve...
‘Lines Written in a Time of Illness’ and Other Poetry by A.J. Illingworth The Society December 29, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Lines Written in a Time of Illness My body is weak, and this reflects my soul,Who baser pleasures is obsessed to know;For the mind, of late,...
‘The Matters of Life’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society December 29, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . The Matters of Life With furrowed brow she knits away her troubles,Her wrinkled face so tight and drawn with age.The skeins of yarn unwind in rapid...
‘Help! I Can’t Stop Speaking in Iambic!’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson The Society December 28, 2024 Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . Help! I Can’t Stop Speaking in Iambic! Help! I can’t stop speaking in iambic Pentameter! No matter what I say, Somehow it keeps on coming out...
‘On Learning of a Lover’s Death’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society December 28, 2024 Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry 18 Comments . On Learning of a Lover’s Death Your parting words were not exactly nice, But when I read the news that you had died, At least for old times’...
‘The Blank-Page Stage’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham The Society December 27, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . The Blank-Page Stage I once embraced the blank-page stage, when words would somehow always rhyme, but now my brain shows signs of age, and operates...
‘Catching Up’ and Other New Year’s Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 27, 2024 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Catching Up An hour passes in a second. A month goes by in just an hour. The rosy future that once beckoned Has now become a withered...
‘Twas the Day After Christmas’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 26, 2024 Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . 'Twas the Day After Christmas ‘Twas the day after Christmas. Mom went to the store To return all her presents and gift herself more. The...
‘Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming’: A Musical Arrangement by James A. Tweedie The Society December 26, 2024 Music, Poetry 5 Comments . Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Every year I either compose new music for Christmas or create a new arrangement of a familiar carol. This year I...
‘Ode to a Christmas Pudding’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 25, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Ode to a Christmas Pudding O fragrant orb of dark and luscious depths Made with magic conjured every year By souls who know the spell---those...
‘Stars Voluble’: A Christmas Poem by Margaret Coats The Society December 25, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Stars Voluble Profound and lightless silent night _Lay still with curtains closed. Into unspeaking dark the Word Descended from his regal...
‘Christmas in Florida’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society December 25, 2024 Culture, Humor, Poetry 22 Comments . Christmas in Florida I watched him pass! St. Nick himself---Kris Kringle,Who hails from Buffalo, not the North Pole.He waved; I heard bells on his...
‘A Present Unclaimed’: A Christmas Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society December 25, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . A Present Unclaimed Under the tree is a present unclaimed Paper and ribbon and bows, good to go. Who is it for? “Who it’s from” isn’t...
A Yuletide Medley Performed for Christmas Day by Poet Jeff Eardley The Society December 24, 2024 Music, Poetry 9 Comments . Professional musician and SCP poet Jeff Eardley performs a medley of Christmas songs on his guitar. Merry Christmas from the Society of Classical...
‘Make Room, He’ll Come In’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society December 24, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Make Room, He’ll Come In Have you spent much time wandering, feeling distressed,and upon your arrival, found no place to rest?You can’t...
‘Santa Claus Has Passed Away’: A Christmas Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society December 24, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Santa Claus Has Passed Away As is their custom every year, the Men’s Club promptly after class had half the hallway commandeered and cheerfully...
‘Love Broke Through Time’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society December 24, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Love Broke Through Time On the first Christmas night Love broke through time With pain to Mary and her child whose bed Was straw with ox and ass in...
‘A Remarkable Day’: A Christmas Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society December 24, 2024 Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 3 Comments . A Remarkable Day "He's God in human form!" whispers the crowd In motley clothes and groups of twos and threes Beneath the bulky, partly-aqua...
‘A Christmas Eve Sestina’ by Mary Gardner The Society December 24, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Sestina 8 Comments . A Christmas Eve Sestina “He who sings prays twice.” ---Saint Augustine The vagabond had too much Christmas cheer. He doesn’t notice that the...
Jupiter Hammon’s Christmas Poem: An Essay by Michael Curtis The Society December 23, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 6 Comments . Jupiter Hammon’s Christmas Poem by Michael Curtis 1761 was a slow, yet interesting year for poetry. The imposter Macpherson announced the...
‘Home for Christmas’: A Poem by Martin Rizley The Society December 23, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Home for Christmas Beneath the sinking skies I ride, a traveler on his way, .Through drizzling mist and fading light...
A Christmastime Poem by Gigi Ryan, Sung to the Tune of ‘Sterling’ The Society December 23, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 16 Comments . The Story the Stars are Retelling ---to the tune of 'Sterling' When burdens are heavy and Christmas is near And faraway star luster barely...
‘The Interview’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society December 22, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . The Interview “Respect my grammar rules or else,” K said, “This interview will be extremely short. Or better yet, I’ll summon you to...
Three Christmas Sonnets by Phillip Whidden The Society December 22, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Dim and Not He carries one white candle in the space Beneath cathedral vaults. He has to hold His hand in front of it so just a trace Of light...
‘Be Still and Know . . .’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society December 21, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Be Still and Know . . . Gulls brawl over a chip and squawk. __Waves wash shell shards on sand. On the sea shore, a morning walk. __I wade through...
‘Full Circle’: A Poem by Dennis McSweeney The Society December 21, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Science 7 Comments . Full Circle From age to age how long the fray’s been fought Tween those who seek the Truth on sacred ground And those who wish to harness...
‘Song of the Sophist’ and Other Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 20, 2024 Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau, Satire 37 Comments . Song of the Sophist a pantoum I tiptoe past all that is true--- The facts never matter to me. My aim is to wheedle and woo. I peddle malarkey with...
‘The Most Impactful Hate’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society December 20, 2024 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . The Most Impactful Hate It’s fun now to listen to every Trump haterWho tries to explain how a racist dictatorWas able to win with a new...
‘Aubade: Composure’: A Poem by Steven Frattali The Society December 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Aubade: Composure The first light tints the eggshell walls From dimmest grey to violet, And light-spokes through the window’s shade Glance over...
‘The Lonely Sailor’: A Poem by Thor Kangas The Society December 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . The Lonely Sailor No sailor is so lonely __As one who rows alone Across the vast and battered seas __Along the cliffs of stone. He has no one to...
A’sailin’: A Poem by Cynthia Bernard The Society December 18, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . A’sailin’ ‘Twould seem quite true I never was __the captain of this ship, though in my youth I did believe __in charting my own trip. But...
‘Come, Spring’: A Poem by Janice Canerdy The Society December 18, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . Come, Spring When by the winter cold we’re most oppressed, mere thoughts of spring’s arrival make us smile. We dream of earth in vivid colors...
‘The Wreath’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society December 17, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . The Wreath Circle of green— What does it mean? Never ending, Ever bending. It’s hope that’s vernal And faith that’s welling For God...
‘Intersubjective Bootstrap’: A Poem by Josh Mitteldorf The Society December 17, 2024 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Intersubjective Bootstrap If all life is a dream, is it your dream or mine? __And why should our two worlds agree? An answer avails if we’re both...
‘Journalists Live in a Fantasy World’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 16, 2024 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Journalists Live in a Fantasy World If you like fiction, then turn on the news. You will hear journalists giving their views. Facts are...
‘Let’s Just Say’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society December 15, 2024 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Let’s Just Say A friend of ours was asked by some reporter how he viewed the war his only son had gone to fight in and had died. His face went...
‘Imitating Shakespeare’s Sonnet 107’ by James Sale The Society December 15, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry, Shakespeare 16 Comments . Imitating Shakespeare’s Sonnet 107 . Sonnet 107 __by William Shakespeare Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming...
‘A House in Winter’ and Other Poems by Adam Sedia The Society December 15, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . A House in Winter Preternaturally silent, still.The omnipresent biting chill, And deepest, darkest night surround.The snow’s soft crunch, the...