‘On Silicon Avenue’ and Other Poetry by Paul A. Freeman The Society July 18, 2023 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . On Silicon Avenue The lawns on Silicon Avenue were mowed on Wednesdays. All the hedges, too, were cut. On Thursdays cars were polished till they...
‘The Park’: A Kubla Khan-like Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society July 17, 2023 Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . The Park The Park he’d built, which hovered overhead, Went far beyond the scope of any to That time constructed. Architects were bred For...
‘It’s Dangerously Close to Too Late’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society July 17, 2023 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . It's Dangerously Close to Too Late Virtually stormed by countless disciples, __trolled by their merchants of Hate, We, who obligingly counter their...
‘Balderdash?’ A Poem on the Supernatural, by Peter Venable The Society July 16, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Balderdash? What are these hidden, unseen things? Do angels, demons, float on wings? Such ghostly shapes the full moon brings! __Our modern minds...
‘A Birthday Prayer’: A Birthday Poem by Jonathan Shoulta The Society July 16, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . A Birthday Prayer Dear God, a new year has begun, My thirty-fourth of blessèd life. You’ve given children, lovely wife, And lately, happy,...
‘Me and My Pronouns’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society July 15, 2023 Poetry, Satire 11 Comments . Me and My Pronouns Pronouns—I’ve gotten rather tired of them. Not quite so tired, though, as of being queried as to mine. “He,” “him,”...
Excerpt from ‘Panchavati’ by Maithili Sharan Gupt, Translated by Paddy Raghunathan The Society July 15, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 10 Comments . Panchavati, An Introduction by Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964) translated by Paddy Raghunathan The full moon’s mesmerizing rays Appear to skim...
‘White House Coke’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society July 14, 2023 Poetry, Satire 27 Comments . The White House Coke Though Hunter left his laptop at the shop, The Woke deny he lost his White House coke, And call the chance of Joe partaking...
‘Stand’: A Poem by Mark Lukey The Society July 14, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Stand There comes a time to stand for what you know To be the right, whatever be the cost. Then get you up to speak, or do, or go, To fill some...
A Poem on Japanese Suiseki Stones, by Margaret Coats The Society July 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Shape Poems 40 Comments . Suiseki Rainfall has stopped; it’s the best time for hunting a stone. Drizzle still dampens debris; Trees put forth roots unobtrusively; mosses...
A Poem on Insomnia and Other Poetry by Lisa Majaj The Society July 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Triolet 17 Comments . Insomnia Kyrielle The stars above have gone to bed, their quilt of clouds a calming sweep as moonlight strokes their tossing heads: O lord have...
Two Poems on the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II, by Paul Martin Freeman The Society July 12, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . The Nation’s Heart The Nation’s heart has passed away, A loving grandmother to all. And now it’s for her son we pray Whom Charles the Third...
‘Heavy Excess’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society July 12, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Heavy Excess a plea from the human realm I must flee this land where feelings choke, Unrope attachments that were tied in love. Through halting...
SCP Poet Cynthia Erlandson Wins the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Competition The Society July 11, 2023 Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings 24 Comments . SCP Poet Cynthia Erlandson of Michigan has won the 2023 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Competition. Her sonnet, "Fire and Ice," is a Top Four prize...
‘Better with Love’: A Poem by Russel Winick The Society July 11, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 20 Comments . Better with Love I thought I was a pleasant sort __When we first met. Not perfect but near sweet and kind __As one could get. ____I knew I had...
‘Peace For Our Time’: A Poem in the Voice of Neville Chamberlain and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society July 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 39 Comments . Peace For Our Time "I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep." ---Neville Chamberlain “An appeaser is one who...
Four Poems About Road Travel, by Joshua C. Frank The Society July 10, 2023 Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire 16 Comments . The Billboard a pantoum It’s propped along the route I roll— A squatting square against the sky, Atop a sturdy metal pole, To tell me what new...
‘Don’t Mess with Texas Gals’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society July 10, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 20 Comments . Don't Mess with Texas Gals On My Late Life Wife . Don't mess with my hot Texan. She's Texas born and bred. She does not fool with strangers. She'd...
‘The Misologist’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry 65 Comments . The Misologist “There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.” ---Socrates He reads the notion on the page. __It...
‘A Poet’s Plight’: A Poem by Phil S. Rogers The Society July 9, 2023 Poetry, Satire 23 Comments . A Poet's Plight I’ll think of a theme for my next little verse, intriguing and witty, though still must be terse. Not road kill, dead flowers,...
‘My Resignation’: A Poem by Michael Taormina The Society July 8, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . My Resignation Be still, my Heart, be stiller than the grave. When consciousness dissolves into the sea, This desperate taste will fade with...
Two Summer Sonnets by James A. Tweedie The Society July 7, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . Forever Nine My bare feet merge with weathered, knotty pineAs dripping swimsuit water cools the pier.The day belongs to me, for I am nine,With...
An Essay on Geoffrey Chaucer: ‘The Great Legitimizer’ by Euphrates Moss The Society July 6, 2023 Chaucer, Essays, Poetry 4 Comments . The Great Legitimizer by Euphrates Moss Up from the barbaric yawp of Beowulf and routing through Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), an Italian poet of...
‘Putin’: A Poem on the Russian Leader, by Michael Vanyukov The Society July 6, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 33 Comments . Putin That’s, I’m sure, a vampire: Gnaws on bones, bloody-lipped. —A. S. Pushkin. “Vurdalak,” Songs of Western Slavs (Это,...
‘Graves’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society July 5, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Graves “Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and have you rise from them.” ---Ezekiel 37:13 There was a time indeed...
A Poem on Snowfall by Louis Groarke The Society July 5, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Snowfall: Via Negativa “Less is more.” ---Literary Dictum Out on the highway, snow settles in place Covering the tracks the traffic has...
‘Independence Day?’: A Fourth of July Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 4, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 43 Comments . Independence Day? a rondeau Some dared. Some died. With pluck and pride And guts and grit the brave defied Despotic rule. They stripped the foe Of...
A July 4th Satire: ‘To All Great Eagles Up on High’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society July 4, 2023 Poetry, Satire 119 Comments . To All Great Eagles Up on High To all great eagles up on high I hope you hear my battle cry! I have some plans I know you’ll love While you are...
A Fourth of July Limerick by Paul A. Freeman The Society July 4, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Limerick, Poetry 8 Comments . Fourth of July Limerick Top left, there’s an oblong that’s blue; add in fifty stars, white in hue. To offset the stars are parallel bars, six...
‘America Is Not the Same’: A Poem by Richard Lackman The Society July 3, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . America Is Not the Same America is not the same. __I do not recognize it. We all know who should bear the blame, __But still we analyze it. The...
‘Evra’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society July 3, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 10 Comments . Evra Our grandma Evra was a trifle difficult. If ever sound advice was needed she’d be there, But quiet, not a word until a person asked, And...
‘Adams Mountain’: A Poem by Leland James The Society July 2, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Adams Mountain I gather in from this high place, my shadow sprawled on shivered stone: Dusk drifts down: autumnal shroud upon the rusk-brown earth...
‘First Steps in a New World’: A Poem for a Grandfather, by Rafael Moras, Sr. The Society July 2, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . First Steps in a New World for Toribio Moras, age 14, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1908 The young Castilian boy set sail, alone, and sought to build a life...
‘This Silence’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society July 1, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 24 Comments . . This Silence. Foremost among my woes: _This silence as it grows, __My mind fatigued from listening for your voice; Amid the constant buzz, The...
Virgil Recalls Meeting Beatrice: Canto II of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society July 1, 2023 Dante, Poetry, Translation 9 Comments . Virgil Recalls Meeting Beatrice: Canto II of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . The light was failing and...
CPL: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet, and an Interview with Adam Sedia The Society June 30, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Video 18 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 5 Parts I & II: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet / Building a Renaissance If you...
‘La Campana’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society June 30, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . La Campana Ring, grandfather! And ring for liberty. The bell spoke once and, speaking, croaked and cracked. Our gazes bathed its iron in gold...
A Poem on Saint Margaret’s Gospels: ‘Miracle of the Book’ by Margaret Coats The Society June 29, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 31 Comments . Miracle of the Book Distance was short, but porters would be needed, And sacks were packed with small necessities. I wrapped the Gospel book and...
‘Incensed’ and Other Poetry by Mary Harwell Sayler The Society June 29, 2023 Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 12 Comments . Incensed For days, drawn draperies of fire, pinned close by dry pines, needled us with smells of smoke so thick it stung our eyes and burned our...
‘The Number 44: The Cookery Class’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society June 28, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . The Number 44: The Cookery Class Now, this is a tale of a cookery class; It happened in Battersea early one March. The teacher was Jane who though...
