Death in Life, Life in Death: Canto XXXIII of Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society November 29, 2023 Dante, Poetry, Translation 15 Comments . Death in Life, Life in Death: Canto XXXIII of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns The sinner raised his face from...
‘What Sort of Freedom?’ and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society November 28, 2023 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . What Sort of Freedom? What sort of freedom is it that proclaims Its export to the savage and demands Oceans of youthful blood to back its...
‘You Might Be a Leftist Liberal Democratic Clone’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society November 28, 2023 Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . You Might Be a Leftist Liberal Democratic Clone You might be a leftist liberal Democratic clone, If you think someone else should pay your student...
‘The Return to Ithaca’: Brian Yapko’s Poem Set to Music by Jeff Eardley The Society November 27, 2023 Homer, Love Poems, Music, Poetry 28 Comments . . Music by Jeff Eardley . . The Return to Ithaca by Brian Yapko This shall not be forever, This life spent on the sea. __I’m going to find...
‘My Last Delivery as Attending Physician’ and Other Poetry by Duane Caylor The Society November 27, 2023 Poetry 8 Comments . My Last Delivery as Attending Physician adapting a line from Carl Sandburg Although she’s labored for eleven hours, determination freckled on her...
A Poem on the Music of Schoenberg, and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society November 26, 2023 Beauty, Music, Poetry 16 Comments . Revolution Puckish Schoenberg, bored with Bach now assaults the tonic scale, pounding (his a frontal shock), on Mozart's coffin, a modernist...
‘2 Peter 3’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society November 26, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . 2 Peter 3 “Consider that our Lord’s patience is directed toward salvation.” ---2 Peter 3:15 For once in church (before, I think, the...
Three Poems on Forgiveness, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 25, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 38 Comments . Wayward Their frosty hearts and polished oaken door Slammed shut the night she found her stolen voice. She sang a moonbeam song---a...
‘The Ballad of Baldy McCass’ by Julian Woodruff The Society November 25, 2023 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . The Ballad of Baldy McCass Canteen I From Utah to Colorado rode that wily desperado. Sometimes off to wild Wyoming or Nevada he went roaming. In...
A Poem on How ‘Israel Is Real’ by Michael Vanyukov The Society November 24, 2023 Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . To Whom It May Concern a common spelling error: “Isreal.” "Woe to those who say of the evil that it is good and of the good that it is evil;...
‘Remembrance’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society November 24, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 12 Comments . Remembrance I When I, a boy whom youth made bold, Had bid my land of birth one last adieu, To search for glory, fame and gold On distant shores, as...
‘A 2023 Survival Villanelle for Potentially Contentious Thanksgiving Gatherings’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 23, 2023 Poetry, Rondeau, Satire, Villanelle 30 Comments . A 2023 Survival Villanelle for Potentially Contentious Thanksgiving Gatherings Keep dinner chatter chirrupy and perky. Don’t prod the pachyderm...
‘Spirit of Thanksgiving Past’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society November 23, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 24 Comments . Spirit of Thanksgiving Past O, noble Spirit of Thanksgiving Past, You are a very strange yet gracious host! Of course the thought of going back...
‘The Eve of Thanksgiving’: A Poem by Anna J. Arredondo The Society November 22, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . . The Eve of Thanksgiving ‘Tis the eve of Thanksgiving, and all through the class, The students are wishing the time would soon pass. Though...
A Poem for the 60th Anniversary of JFK’s Assassination, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society November 22, 2023 Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Interrogation at the Grassy Knoll: November 22, 1963 Who are you guys? We’re from the CIA. And you? I’m Lucien Sarti from Marseilles. What...
‘World View’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society November 21, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . World View Beyond the line where sea and sky collideLie distant lands beyond myopic sightWhere men and women live and love besideThe self-same...
‘Reversing Babel’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson The Society November 21, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . . Reversing Babel . I. Babel “Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.” ---Genesis 11:1 . An ill wind blows through Babel, where...
‘Perpetual Emotion’: A Poem on Israel and the Jews, by James A. Tweedie The Society November 20, 2023 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Perpetual Emotion “And everybody hates the Jews.” ---Tom Lehrer, National Brotherhood Week Not many people like the Jews; __By many they are...
On the United Nations, Israel, and Hamas, and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society November 20, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . “United” Nations? The U.N. won’t condemn Hamas’s slaughter,Supporting those who want Jews underwater.Iran’s a U.N. human rights group...
‘Hero, Leander and Marlowe’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society November 20, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . Hero, Leander and Marlowe Setting: Christopher Marlowe’s flat in London. Date: May 29, 1593. At last I see the tyrant in the Muse--- She...
‘Wishful Thinking’: A Poem on the Biden Family Criminal Investigation by Mark Stellinga The Society November 19, 2023 Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . Wishful Thinking The “investigation” widens of the traitorous crimes the Bidens __are and have been guilty of for years, As liberal scum like...
‘Prayerwise’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society November 19, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Prayerwise for Gloria (1934-2013) Tough, keen, opinionated, shrewd:Collected junk, shared what she foundWith those who shared her roof and...
‘Fungible Assets’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society November 18, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 26 Comments . Fungible Assets A pint’s a pound the world around. Now, lay your oars athwart the gunwales And let your aching muscles get some rest. Relieving...
A Poem on Babylon Then and Now, by G.M.H. Thompson The Society November 18, 2023 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Babylon (or Shelly's "Ozymandias" Paraphrased) . Oh Babylon, sweet Babylon, how long your skeleton has rotted in the sun— your name intoxicates...
‘Love Songs for Malcolm’: Poetry by Margaret Coats The Society November 17, 2023 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 35 Comments . . Love Songs for Malcolm . I. Quickly you approach, King Malcolm, Firm and steady is your tread, Predetermined on defeating Faint reluctance in the...
‘To Some Religious Brothers’: A Poem by Patrick Murtha The Society November 17, 2023 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . To Some Religious Brothers Beg! pray! or preach! Or make one gravel-throated noise, Make murmur or a whimper or a single moan! Burble or belch or...
Classical Poets Live: Torquato Tasso, ‘King of Poets’ The Society November 16, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Epic, Poetry, Readings 16 Comments Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 8: Torquato Tasso, "King of Poets" If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on...
‘What Do You Do When You No Longer Drink’ and Other Poetry by Geoffrey Smagacz The Society November 16, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments . What Do You Do When You No Longer Drink What do you do when you no longer drink, no tossing out the empties in a bag as one by one you hear that...
Poems Based on Kamala Harris Speeches, by Jeff Kemper The Society November 15, 2023 Poetry, Satire 31 Comments . Assorted Sonic Salads (i.e., Kamalisms) being the first installment of a repository of wisdom from the Vice President of the United States of...
Three Poems by Sally Cook The Society November 15, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 34 Comments . Poetry A poem, subscribing to a plan, Flies higher than the highest planes, Seems safer than a rose-red tan, Or traffic in the fastest lanes, Where...
‘It Seems Like Only Yesterday’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society November 14, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . It Seems Like Only Yesterday Votes and virtue did not yield Control of our own border, And context did not supersede A breach of law and...
‘Sounds Like Paradise’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society November 14, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Sounds Like Paradise Kids are in the backyard playing; __The dog is playing too. I think that sounds like Paradise--- __Doesn’t it to you? Wife...
‘Beware the Lion’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society November 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Beware the Lion "Your adversary the devil prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" ---1 Peter 5:8 Beware the lion! Stealthily...
A Poem for Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, by Margaret Coats The Society November 12, 2023 Culture, Poetry 96 Comments . Superior Pontiff for Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, deposed November 11, 2023 Our Father in heaven gives the Bread On which the need of...
‘The Navy’ and Other Love Poems by Paul Fort, Translated by Joshua C. Frank The Society November 12, 2023 Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Translation 10 Comments . The Navy by Paul Fort (1872-1960) translated by Joshua C. Frank We find them all again in brief In little loves that last one day, Every joy and...
Two Poems for the Indian Holiday Diwali, by Rohini Sunderam The Society November 12, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 12 Comments . Glow Brave little candle, shining bright! You send out rays of hope all night. Within your heart you hold a flame, A yellow flame, with loving...
‘London, 11-11-2023’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 11, 2023 Culture, Poetry 45 Comments . London, 11-11-2023 As wreaths of poppies roar in rebel red Commemorating all our noiseless dead, The streets of London buzz with blatant...
‘The Soldier’: A Veterans Day Poem by Richard Lackman The Society November 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The Soldier He started as a little boy from any small hometown. He loved to throw and hit a ball but never gained renown. His parents taught him...
Real War Stories, Retold in Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society November 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . War Paths in honor of veterans I have known through the retelling of their stories. . “Any Man’s Death Diminishes Me” Preface “Be killed...
‘Returning Soldiers’: An Armistice Day Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society November 10, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Returning Soldiers With hedgerows, fields and trees the soldiers of a forward trench have rested with unease, reduced beyond a carcase...
