Introduction to SCP Journal XI and First Section of Poems The Society May 18, 2023 Essays, From the Society, Poetry 5 Comments . Below is the SCP Journal XI Introduction written by lead editor and SCP co-founder Evan Mantyk. After the Introduction is the complete first...
‘Rhymeless in Manama’ and Other Poetry by Wael Almahdi The Society May 18, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Rhymeless in Manama My UK friend said, “Rhyme is old, you need to venture free and bold.” My Turkish friend said, “Rhyme's a must, a...
‘Canyon de Chelly’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society May 17, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Canyon de Chelly Reflections of a Non-Native Visitor . An updraft from the red-rock canyon floor Blows through the mesa’s Piñon pine and sage As...
‘So Much For Legitimate Women’s Sports’ and Other Poetry by Mark Stellinga The Society May 17, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 27 Comments . So Much for Legitimate Women's Sports Vladimir Gonzales, a young Italian athlete, With 28 inch biceps and a 68 inch chest, Entered competitions...
‘Spring’s Here!’: A Springtime Poem by Rohini Sunderam The Society May 16, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Spring’s Here! It’s sprung in the branches and springs home to me, It soars through the sap and the buds in the tree. The geese have returned...
‘Bach’s Amazing Journey’ and Other Bach Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society May 16, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 35 Comments . Bach's Amazing Journey In the autumn of 1705, when Johann Sebastian Bach was 20, he set out to travel over 275 miles (each way) on foot from...
‘The Garbageman’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society May 15, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . The Garbageman Adrift amid a world that’s lost all rhyme, Where reason reels from first degree assault, It’s little wonder that from time to...
‘The Power of One’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society May 15, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 25 Comments . The Power of One You think that you're alone. There's nothing to be done. But I say, "You have strength. It is the Power of One." You may have had...
From a Grandmother to Her Grandaughter: Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 14, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Newness a sonnet corona for Doris I watch you view the newness of your world. Your widened eyes are dazzled by the light. Your fists of...
‘The Ballad of the Heroic Mother’ and Other Poetry for Mother’s Day by Joshua C. Frank The Society May 14, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 29 Comments . The Ballad of the Heroic Mother a true story A toddler into water fell __And sank as quick as rock. At nine feet deep, she couldn’t yell __Or...
CPL: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Sally Cook, Interview with Susan Jarvis Bryant, Thomas Gray, and More The Society May 13, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Video 38 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 2: Fake Poets and Hollow Prestige . Audio version available here: Spotify:...
Winners of Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition Announced The Society May 13, 2023 Human Rights in China, Pantoum, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Villanelle 14 Comments . FIRST PLACE . Tooth and Claw a pantoum by Susan Jarvis Bryant Observe the tooth and claw of savage deed. Beware the ferric breath of looming...
Poetry As The Philosophers’ Stone: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi The Society May 12, 2023 Essays, Poetry 44 Comments . Poetry As The Philosophers’ Stone by Joseph S. Salemi The alchemical art, though long in disrepute, is nevertheless of great antiquity. ...
‘The Devil Comes to Buckingham’ from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2, by Andrew Benson Brown The Society May 12, 2023 Epic, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . The Devil Comes to Buckingham from Legends of Liberty: Volume 2 One day as Britons cheered their sovereign’s sight, The devil crawled into his...
‘On the Divine Mercy’: A Poem by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats The Society May 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 29 Comments . On the Divine Mercy Seven times the just man falls, and rises again. ---Proverbs 24:16 by Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406) translated by Margaret...
A Poem on ‘Land and Lake and Sky’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society May 11, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 25 Comments . Land and Lake and Sky Here standing by the margin of a lake, I look into its waters, cool and deep, Then scan its surface, glassy and...
‘Why Can’t I Marry My Pit Bull?’ and Other Poems by Norma Pain The Society May 10, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 28 Comments . Why Can’t I Marry My Pit Bull? Why can’t I marry my pit bull? He’d make an incredible spouse, In spite of the dog hair and doo-doo, He’d...
A Poem on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, by Jeff Eardley The Society May 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . September 9th 1901… A September evening in old Paris town, The time when Parisians let their hair down. There’s laughing and dancing and folk...
‘Ode to the Turnip’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society May 9, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 31 Comments . Ode to the Turnip Oh, turnip! You’re a vegetable maligned, suggestive of a drunk’s empurpled nose. Baked, or boiled, or steamed, on you I’ve...
‘Bend in the River’: A Poem by Leland James The Society May 8, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Bend in the River In looking back, a moment since it seems, the river ran, a fawn, leaping, cavorting; and I beside would follow to the sea. The...
‘Poet, What Dreamer Thou Art’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey The Society May 8, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 18 Comments . Poet, What Dreamer Thou Art "I feel more and more every day, that as my imagination strengthens, that I do not live in this world alone, but in...
‘The Shortfalls of Empirical Knowledge’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society May 7, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . The Shortfalls of Empirical Knowledge Sorry, Iowa. Each night is different from all previous And therefore not the same as those to come. The ways...
A Poem Inspired by the Coronation of King Charles III, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 7, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 35 Comments . An Unexpected Smile inspired by the coronation of King Charles III Today I woke before the sun had spread Her golden grin across the Texas...
‘Byron Swims the Hellespont’ by Joseph S. Salemi: A Reading by Andrew Benson Brown The Society May 6, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 8 Comments . If you enjoy this video from Andrew Benson Brown's Classical Poets Live, please click on "Watch on YouTube" and then press like and...
DoorWay Canto 2 Extract from James Sales’ Epic Poem The Society May 6, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry 16 Comments . DoorWay Canto 2, Extract The Poet has gone through the ‘DoorWay’ and entered heaven. Here in the second Canto and in the constellation of Libra...
A Poem and Warning for the Coronation of King Charles III, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 5, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 58 Comments . A Right Royal Coronation Anon the pomp and pageantry will beam From London as King Charles III is crowned. The Abbey-bound procession’s set to...
A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman: ‘The Number 151: Teatime in Cheam’ The Society May 5, 2023 Children's, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . The Number 151: Teatime in Cheam A Cautionary Tale . Now this is a story of two little girls; The older had pigtails, the younger one curls. They...
‘Planets, Gods and Weekdays’: A Poem by Isabella Simmonds The Society May 4, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Planets, Gods and Weekdays Alarms are snoozed, and Monday's born. A few more snores as dreams are shorn, And sleep is corked by clanging...
Poems on Books and Devices, and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society May 3, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 22 Comments . Books Some say that books are obsolete, __Preferring new devices. But reading books is still a treat, __No gadget quite suffices. . . Tipping...
‘Sophisticated Lady—Small Town Girl’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society May 3, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Readings 6 Comments . . Sophisticated Lady—Small Town Girl “Sophisticated lady” gropes the table at her bedside, blindly taking random swipes to kill the morning...
Two Classic Christopher Columbus Poems and a Columbus Biography with PDF The Society May 2, 2023 Children's, Culture, Education, Poetry 10 Comments . Columbus by Joaquin Miller (1837-1913) Behind him lay the gray Azores , Behind the Gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before...
‘On Binge-Reading Sylvia Plath’: An Expanded Sonnet by Brian Yapko The Society May 2, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 47 Comments . On Binge-Reading Sylvia Plath Verdammte mirror-bee-eyes stare at you As you describe in depth colossal pain. You say too much: your tormented...
‘The Sonogram’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society May 1, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 11 Comments . The Sonogram Dodona housed the oracle of Zeus, And there the Greeks sought his prophetic aid (Whose force depended on how much they’d paid) In...
A Recipe and a Poem: ‘Chicken and Andouille Gumbo’ and Other Poetry by Mary Gardner The Society May 1, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Chicken and Andouille Gumbo Try my gumbo recipe From the land of andouille: ½ cup unsalted butter; ½ cup all-purpose flour Melt the butter, whisk...
‘Who Is Behind Your Mask’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society April 30, 2023 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Who Is Behind Your Mask Now some of my friends, who put on a good show, Are brave in the face of their fears, this I know. The burdens of life they...
Dogs, Cats, Nursery Rhymes & Mother Goose: Three Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society April 29, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Why Children Like Nursery Rhymes A story to be told, a tale to tell Of things that do not matter much at all. Who cares about the farmer in the...
On the Passing of the Poet’s Wife: A Poem by Tod Benjamin The Society April 29, 2023 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . A Requiem for Suzi She fed the birds, she knew them all by name; She cried to see a small dog hurt or lame; She stroked stray cats and even wild...
Classical Poets Live (CPL) with Andrew Benson Brown – Episode 1: Why Classical Poetry? The Society April 28, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Video 16 Comments . This inaugural episode features an interview with Society of Classical Poets' co-founder and editor Evan Mantyk who talks about the founding of the...
A Poem for National Poetry Month: ‘Salutations, Spring’ by Janice Canerdy The Society April 28, 2023 Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . Salutations, Spring We sing your praises long before you’re due and after you’ve departed—all year long! You bring green grass and flowers...
A Poetic Call to Action Regarding Transgenderism and Fairness in School Athletics The Society April 27, 2023 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Let Us Lift Our Voices Higher by Mark F. Stone Don’t let leaders make their choices never having heard your voices. Pay no heed to churlish...
