‘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...
‘Carving Fingers’: A Poem by Daniel Kemper The Society November 10, 2023 Art, Beauty, Poetry 27 Comments . Carving Fingers "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." ---St. Paul Percy exhales with a scowl and he spits. In his hickory fingers,...
‘Until You Try’: A Poem by Michael Charles Maibach The Society November 9, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Until You Try "You’ll never know Until you try…" Make this mindset Your battle cry! Your first few steps, A paper route. Try out for...
‘Free Press’: A Poem on the Media, by Warren Bonham The Society November 9, 2023 Poetry, Satire 13 Comments . Free Press Our founding fathers fought the fight __to conquer tyranny. Once won, the Congress met to write __new laws to keep us free. They knew...
‘Israel: A Leftist’s Guide’ by David Whippman The Society November 9, 2023 Poetry, Satire 21 Comments . Israel: A Leftist's Guide Hamas atrocities? Don't say a word,To point them out would be an act of treason.A level playing field? Don't be...
‘The Moon Hung Low…’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson The Society November 8, 2023 Culture, Poetry 30 Comments . . “The moon hung low in the sky like a yellow skull.” ---Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray . The moon hung low in the sky like a yellow...
‘Alfie’s Answer’: A Poem by Peter Duff The Society November 8, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Alfie’s Answer “What’s it all about, Alfie?” ---Hal David Not selfish pleasure, as I thought, but love For isolated pleasures quickly...
‘The Stream of Love’: A Sonnet by Daniel Howard The Society November 7, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 12 Comments . The Stream of Love Like swollen streams in Spring, young love will roarThrough every obstacle that checks its flow,Though not so fast that winter...
‘Treasure in Heaven’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society November 7, 2023 Poetry, Satire 13 Comments . Treasure in Heaven "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But...
‘Ecstasy and Me’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society November 6, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Ecstasy and Me I’ve not, I fear, the spiritual thrust To quite propel myself to mystic heights; To taste the inconceivable delights That saints...
‘The Miasma Enshrouding Disneyland’ and Other Disney Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society November 6, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 35 Comments . The Miasma Enshrouding Disneyland I came here as a fairytale-struck child; The tickets cost less than a week of pay And we would spend a carefree,...
‘Ode to Old Tom’: A Poem on the British Ale, by Jeff Eardley The Society November 5, 2023 Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . Ode to Old Tom Old Tom he stalks the English Dales, The Patron Saint of potent ales. He makes you wobble when you walk, He makes you gobble when...
Traitors on Ice: Canto XXXII of Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society November 5, 2023 Dante, Poetry, Translation 5 Comments . . Traitors on Ice: Canto XXXII of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . If I could summon up such raucous rasp __in...
‘Beyond the Shadows’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society November 4, 2023 Alexandroid, Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Beyond the Shadows The light from above may be blinding And cause us to shelter our eyes, But promises God makes are binding, For laggards as...
A Poem Inspired by Music from Aandhi, 1975: ‘Paths’ by Paddy Raghunathan The Society November 4, 2023 Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Villanelle 12 Comments . Paths —Inspired by “Is Mod Se Jaate Hain” (see below) by Gulzar from the film: Aandhi, 1975 Sheer multitudes of paths diverge from...
On Paintings by Hunt and Millais: Two Ekphrastic Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society November 3, 2023 Art, Ekphrastic, Poetry, Shakespeare 17 Comments . Two Ekphrastic Poems . The Light of the World, Holman Hunt As predawn darkness shrouds the land, With warm-lit lantern in his hand The risen...
‘Icarus Sings’ and Other Poetry by Paris Michael The Society November 3, 2023 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 6 Comments . Icarus Sings I’ve tempted fate, And sought the sun, I’m Icarus, I’ve come undone. My wings have failed, For what it’s worth, My long...
‘Jack and Jill’ Style Nursery Rhymes Challenge The Society November 2, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 55 Comments . Poet Paul A. Freeman challenges you to write a nursery rhyme in the style of the Mother Goose classic "Jack and Jill." Below is his model example....
‘Child’s Laughter’: A Poem by Jane Schulert The Society November 2, 2023 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 13 Comments . Child's Laughter It bubbles forth from deep inside his soul; Joy twinkles brightly through his youthful eyes, For any pain he knows, his laugh...
Two Poems for Dia de los Muertos, by Brian Yapko The Society November 1, 2023 Poetry 31 Comments . To Dance with Death I caught the fierce gaze of the trickster, Death. He charred bleak Aztec ruins with his breath And shadowed me through pueblo,...
‘All Saints Day’ and Other Spiritual Sonnets by Coignard, Translated by Margaret Coats The Society November 1, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 19 Comments . All Saints' Day by Gabrielle de Coignard (c.1550–1586), translated by Margaret Coats O Saints, you have your heritage in hand Because you battled...
‘The Legend of Ole Stingy Jack’: A Poem by Kevin Matthew Hayes The Society October 31, 2023 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment . The Legend of Ole Stingy Jack Do you recall Ole Stingy Jack?Whose tricks cost him a great set back?They say he tricked the Devil twice,But when...
