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...
‘Word Witch’ and Other Halloween Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 31, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 19 Comments . Word Witch She’ll tease and tempt with mystic words, __This foxy sorceress. Her syntax soars like sun-bound birds--- __This wizard...
‘The Great Sonnet’: A Poem by Prison Inmate Bob H. Cook The Society October 30, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 18 Comments . The Great Sonnet I set myself to write a sonnet. I labored hard and long upon it. Sweet verse some maid might shed a tear at, More ere's than one...
‘Mrs. Cyclops’ and Other Odyssey Inspired Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society October 30, 2023 Homer, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 34 Comments . Mrs. Cyclops Ain’t really gonna leave. I’ll just pretend, Brontesa. Cy and I are bound. I simply Can’t bear to turn a blind eye to my...
‘The Democratic Party Dressed for Halloween’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 29, 2023 Poetry, Satire 34 Comments . The Democratic Party Dressed for Halloween The Democratic Costume Party is held on Halloween With Hillary as Jezebel, the dangerous sleazy...
‘Plato’s Pumpkins’ and Other Halloween Poetry by Leland James The Society October 29, 2023 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . . Plato’s Pumpkins A patchwork quilt of pumpkins sown with gourds, odd fellows green and yellow ‘twixt-and-‘tween October’s orbs of...
Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin, by James Sale The Society October 28, 2023 Beauty, Epic, Poetry 24 Comments . Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin DoorWay is the Poet’s journey through Heaven. Having left the constellation of Libra in...
‘Apocalypse Women’: A Poem by Monika Cooper The Society October 28, 2023 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Apocalypse Women The Christians gather at the baby’s grave. There are no tall stones in the children’s field. Red scarves veil women’s heads...
‘Autumn’ by Rilke and ‘The Art of Poetry’ by Verlaine, Translated by Bruce Phenix The Society October 27, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 23 Comments . Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), translated by Bruce Phenix The falling leaves seem fallen from afar, as though in heaven distant gardens...
Book Review: Selected Verse of Émile Nelligan: Québec’s Great Lyric Poet, by Ian Allaby The Society October 26, 2023 Poetry, Reviews, Translation 8 Comments . Reviewed Book: Selected Verse of Émile Nelligan: Québec's Great Lyric Poet, translated with commentary by Ian Allaby, Petra Books, 2023 by...
Classical Poets Live: An Interview with C.B. Anderson, Readings of Paterson and Wilbur The Society October 25, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings 12 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 2: C.B. Anderson, Poetical Gardener If you enjoy this video, please like and...
‘A Vision of Hell’: A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society October 25, 2023 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . The Number 192: Inside the Floor in which we encounter a vision of Hell ’Twas on the 192 at Tottenham Hale, It happened not so many years ago, A...
‘The Reincarnations of Donald J. Trump’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk The Society October 24, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Epic, Poetry 26 Comments . The Reincarnations of Donald J. Trump after Andrew Benson Brown’s Legends of Liberty . I. 218 B.C. Above the mellow grass, cliff faces...
‘After Brain Death’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society October 24, 2023 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . After Brain Death Based on the article “May We Donate Our Organs?” by Drs. Jay Boyd and Paul A. Byrne: Warm and pink, his heart still...
On Michael R. Burch, Poet and Editor of The HyperTexts: A Poem and Note by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 23, 2023 Culture, Essays, Poetry, Satire 35 Comments . Mike Burch Still Around? Good Lord, No… with apologies to J.C. Squire’s Ballade de l’Évolution Créatrice Strange beasts have gone to their...
‘Excusing Evil’: A Poem on Hamas Attacks on Israel by Warren Bonham The Society October 23, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 21 Comments . Excusing Evil A peaceful protest just took place, and some unlucky people died. Hamas just wanted more air space where at-risk kids could...
‘The Word’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society October 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 8 Comments . The Word “Let there be light,” He said and light there was. The seething chaos split to day and night And space and time were brightly set...
Classical Poets Live: The Problem with Arts Grants The Society October 22, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Poetry, Video 13 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 1: The Problem with Arts Grants If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on...
‘The Life of the Party’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society October 22, 2023 Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . The Life of the Party The commissar, in his most common clothes, Patrols the margins of their conversations, And tries to feign that cheer which he...
A Poem on Cystolitholapaxy, by Jeff Eardley The Society October 21, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry 36 Comments . Cystolitholapaxy Cystolitholapaxy (si-stow-luh-THAA-luh-pak-see): a procedure to break up bladder stones into smaller pieces and remove...
‘Be Careful What You Ask For’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society October 21, 2023 Poetry, Satire 21 Comments . Be Careful What You Ask For “Genie, please make me a banana split.” Poof! “You are a banana split! Just feel yourself sliced down the...
‘The Truth about Fall Colors’ and Other Autumn Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 20, 2023 Alexandroid, Beauty, Humor, Satire 22 Comments . The Truth about Fall Colors I am October’s most submissive bitch, And just when I believed I’d struck it rich, The gold that hovered overhead...
‘Quiet Night Thoughts’ by Li Bai, Translated by Talbot Hook, and Other Poetry The Society October 20, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai (701-762), translated by Talbot Hook My bed looks over bright moonlight. I muse: could it in fact be frost? I lift...
‘Unveiled, They Appear’: A Poem by David Hollywood The Society October 19, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . Unveiled, They Appear Reminiscence, and longings, and echoes unseal, from the depths in the ground which has covered, concealed, recollections of...
‘Salome’s Soliloquy’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society October 19, 2023 Culture, Poetry 38 Comments . Salome's Soliloquy John the Baptist rebuked Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, for an incestuous and adulterous union with his brother’s wife,...
‘Avoidance’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society October 18, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . Avoidance I don’t sign up for group Zoom calls __With folks I know are boorish. I don’t go visit galleries __Where art is amateurish. I...
The Battle of Bunker Hill in Epic Poetry, by Andrew Benson Brown The Society October 18, 2023 Culture, Epic, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Bunker Hill an excerpt from the forthcoming Legends of Liberty, Vol. 2 . The Eve of Battle The midnight moon. The month of June. A neck Of land. A...
‘Words of Wisdom’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 17, 2023 Poetry, Satire 22 Comments . Words of Wisdom “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.” ---Socrates She knows the what. She knows the why. __She knows the...
‘A Petless State’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society October 17, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . A Petless State after Katherine Philips' A Married State, 1664 A house with pets affords but little grace. The best of dogs or cats destroy the...
SCP Poet Paul A. Freeman Wins Queen’s English Society Poetry Competition The Society October 16, 2023 Chaucer, Poetry 23 Comments . Congratulations to Society of Classical Poets Member Paul A. Freeman who won the Queen's English Society Poetry Competition. His winning poem was...
‘My Brother in Galilee’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society October 16, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 38 Comments . My Brother in Galilee I had a fearsome dream---I saw my friend -- My teacher-brother---nailed onto a cross. I wept with sorrow at my brother’s...
‘A Leftist Rebukes Hamas’: A Satirical Poem by Joshua C. Frank The Society October 15, 2023 Poetry, Satire 35 Comments . A Leftist Rebukes Hamas Hey, Hamas, you silly dolts, You need to mow down more adults. Keep fighting for your patch of sand, Since Jews do not...
‘Autumn Winds have Come Again’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 15, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 33 Comments . Autumn Winds have Come Again Autumn winds have come again, Whistling wafts are dithering, Trees are shedding leaves like rain, Garden vines are...
Three Epiphanic Poems (and a Short Note) by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 14, 2023 Beauty, Education, Essays, Poetry 23 Comments . Epiphany It stays in your memory like a pealing bell, A smallish thing, an unimportant fact— The mute suggestion of a random act. What do I speak...
Two Trump Haiku, by Monika Cooper The Society October 14, 2023 Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 10 Comments . Trump in Asia the carp glows in dark waters, remembering the time that Trump fed him . . White House Advent Melania walks in her orchard of glass...
‘Autumn in Pennsylvania in 2023’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper The Society October 13, 2023 Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . Autumn in Pennsylvania in 2023 In response to Susan Jarvis Bryant’s poem on "Autumn in Texas" If Autumn is a bummer down in Texas, Up north it...
‘Two Bugologues’ and Other Poetry by Donald Mace Williams The Society October 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Two Bugologues . Moth Onto a wall in chilly gloom I fold myself, all silk and dust, and then, from half across the room, the candle flickers: Come....
‘Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 12, 2023 Poetry, Satire 38 Comments . Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans Columbus bumped into this wondrous land— Out of his ships came a little band To offer...
