‘How Septuagenarian’s Cope’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society February 9, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments . How Septuagenarian’s Cope Past seventy. Age does prevail. __The day is growing dim. I’ve managed through life’s calms and gales— I still...
‘I See Dead People’: A Poem on Biden’s Gaffes, by Brian Yapko The Society February 8, 2024 Poetry, Satire 31 Comments . . I See Dead People Don’t tell me that my mind’s no longer keen And that I should be in a nursing home. I’m still in charge, as sharp as a...
What Happened to Great Poetry?—A Video by Andrew Benson Brown The Society February 8, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Essays, Poetry 33 Comments . . . What Happened to Great Poetry? by Andrew Benson Brown When was the last time you sat down and thoroughly enjoyed a serious poem written by a...
Poems from the Night, by Sarah Stoltzfus Allen The Society February 8, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Triolet, Villanelle 10 Comments . Bedtime Stories in triolets He’d curl her close and hold her tight and let the words dance in the air. The dragons soared and knights did...
‘Proof of Climate Change’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society February 7, 2024 Poetry, Satire, The Environment 40 Comments . Proof of Climate Change The proof of existential crisis climate change is seen In too much snow, too little snow, and all that’s in between. When...
‘Paradise Island’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society February 7, 2024 Culture, Poetry 33 Comments . Paradise Island Some years ago, from cliff top and from shore,a flock of birds that never touched the skylooked out upon an ocean ship that borea...
‘The Knitted Dress’: A Poem by Norma Pain The Society February 6, 2024 Humor, Poetry 39 Comments . The Knitted Dress I began with the best of intentions, Though in hindsight I have to confess, That the scope of my project’s dimensions Were a...
‘My Beatrice III’: A Poem by Stephen Binns The Society February 6, 2024 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 9 Comments . My Beatrice III Affording still these glimpses like the first, those moments you were yet without a name; between us was the distance...
Poems on Bach’s Ricercar Fugue and Sonata F–A–E of Schumann et al., by Julian Woodruff The Society February 5, 2024 Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry 10 Comments . A Musical Offering When Bach arrived at Sanssouci, King Frederick said, “Sir, you must be tired. My fortepianos may help to revive you. Please,...
‘The Fall of Time: A Haiku Sonnet’ by Andrew Benson Brown The Society February 5, 2024 Haiku and Senryu, Love Poems, Poetry 46 Comments . The Fall of Time A Haiku Sonnet . Thinning coat of frost Whitening the ground with grief— Love forever lost Wrinkles on the leaf Yellowing a...
Poems on the U.S. Southern Border by Texan Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 4, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Triolet 42 Comments . Off Guard Coyotes drag their quarry past the line Drawn in the sand to stop the ghastly game Of selling wide-eyed tots to vile swine--- No...
‘A Temporary Exhibit’ and Other Water Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society February 4, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . A Temporary Exhibit A million drops of water will be sprayed Across my yard today. And each of them Will capture the refraction of each blade Of...
‘Masks’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley The Society February 4, 2024 Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Masks When tourists arrive in our village, The question that most of them ask, Is, “Why is it all of your menfolk, Are walking around wearing...
‘Left Outside’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Kemper The Society February 3, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . Left Outside The shopping cart, precisely ordered now while searching for those perfect little lines of lights for decorations---anyhow, I'm sure...
‘Sunshine’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society February 3, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Sunshine Sun, shine on me—come and stay! Dry my tears, send gloom away. Warm my soul, chilled to the bone By the freezing wind that’s...
‘Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness’: An Alliterative Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 2, 2024 Alliterative, Beauty, Education, Poetry 22 Comments . Gawain’s Prayer in the Wilderness …the wildrenesse of Wyrale; wonde ther bot lyte That auther God other gome with gode hert louied. (…the...
Two Sonnets by James Sale The Society February 2, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 33 Comments . Had I held you in the fields of Hay beside The Wye and on an afternoon that cleared To brilliance, although the sun soon would Sink to an evening...
From Michael Bunker’s Surviving Off Off-Grid, and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society February 2, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 28 Comments . In a Home based on Michael Bunker’s grandmother (b. 1909) as described in his book Surviving Off Off-Grid . I Old, blind, and helpless,...
The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2024 Best Poems, From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 28 Comments . The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of the 12th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Evan Mantyk, Sally...
Winners of 2023 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced The Society February 1, 2024 High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests 4 Comments . First Place ($200 Prize) "A Star" John Freeborn, Logos Online School, 12th grade student in Concordia, Kansas. . Second Place "Child's...
‘A Wing-stroked Spectacle’: A Poem by Daniel Moreschi The Society January 31, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . A Wing-stroked Spectacle Segmented sets of starlings sharply elevate towards candescent skies, suspend, then circulate in sync. Their wingspans...
‘A Pro Who Can Con’: A Poem by Mark F. Stone The Society January 31, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . A Pro Who Can Con “Truth” is whatever will further the movement. You’re “credible” if you are telling the “truth.” “School” is my...
A Poem on the Winter of 1949 Blizzard, by Roy E. Peterson The Society January 30, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . A Blanket of Snow from childhood memories of the blizzard of 1949 on a farm near Bonesteel, South Dakota. The world is all bound in a blanket of...
‘Unshackling the Spirit’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society January 30, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 53 Comments . Unshackling the Spirit I toss and turn at night. I wonder why I’m here. But then with dawn the skeptic’s free, Dismissing faith and scoffing at...
A Poem on Brutalist Architecture, by Adam Sedia The Society January 29, 2024 Art, Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Once the Future You were the future once, not long ago. Your sterile walls of concrete, brick, and glass Outlined in steel, and jutting angles...
‘Learning to Laugh’ and Other Poetry by William Harder The Society January 29, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Learning to Laugh The pathos of a circus clown, with empty pockets inside out, now challenges a small boy’s frown. Bewildered by the mimicked...
A Poem Inspired by Kari Lake: ‘I Can’t Be Bought’ by Mark F. Stone The Society January 28, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 12 Comments . I Can’t Be Bought I can’t be bought. They always pan my poems and they have a plan to pay me if I will agree to stop composing poetry. They say...
‘Another Day’: A Poem by Christina Lesinski The Society January 28, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 29 Comments . Another Day How time has wasted, over time, over time. __At least to me, that’s how it seems. Oh how I’ve chased it, back and forth, back and...
‘The Blue Absorbent Towel’: A Poem by Charles Southerland The Society January 28, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . The Blue Absorbent Towel . As he fillets my leg and makes a flap above my knee of skin to sew it shut, interns are watching closely how the cut is...
‘Dear Death…’ and Other Poems on Death by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 27, 2024 Humor, Poetry 59 Comments . Dear Death… Don't tickle with your sickle __Don't taunt me when I'm sick. Don’t make me writhe. Don’t spare the scythe. __Be slick and...
‘Ambition’: A Poem by Siân Marlow The Society January 27, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Ambition We’re dipping our toes in the paddling pool __When we ought to be tackling the seas. There’s no point at all in thinking so...
Readings of Odyssey Book 1 (Solot), A.M. Juster’s East African Proverbs, and Stellinga The Society January 26, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Homer, Poetry, Readings 10 Comments ...
A Poem on Paisley, and Other Poetry by Margaret Coats The Society January 26, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 39 Comments . Windjam Dry leaves abruptly fell that day— Whirled weathervane communiqué Proposing a quick stroll away Along a narrow inlaid path To venture...
On Living with Someone with Alzheimer’s, and Other Poems by Vicki Roberts The Society January 26, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . What Time Is It? “What time is it?” he asks of me, __“It’s now eleven o’clock;” “What time is it?” he asks of me, __As I hear the...
‘Requiem’ and Other Poems by C.B. Anderson The Society January 25, 2024 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments . Requiem The notes we cherish most Are gathered from the throats Of those who perished young. The song we sadly toast Was sown from wanton...
‘A Star’: A Poem by John Freeborn The Society January 24, 2024 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 12 Comments . A Star O silent sphere of silver-soft-spun light,Thou crystal pearl strung on an airy veilSuffusing bright celestial delightIn snowy glory o'er...
‘Blessings’: A Poem by Adrian Fillion The Society January 24, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Blessings Every now and then when I’m in prayer I feel Your famous joyfulness descend. It doesn’t descend, of course; it’s always...
‘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...
