‘Evensong’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society February 11, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments . Evensong The embers dimmed on the Pacific; _The sky a scarlet hue. One might conclude the fire seraphic--- _A seascape brushed by the muse. Some...
‘A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 10, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 39 Comments . A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer My prayer is not pitched heavenward _To fall upon deaf ears. It’s lashed to Earth for greater good. _It cashes in on...
‘Leoncavallo Fumes at the Premiere of Puccini’s La Bohème, 1896’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society February 10, 2025 Music, Poetry 14 Comments . Leoncavallo Fumes at the Premiere of Puccini’s La Bohème, 1896 Damn Giacomo Puccini and his little La Bohème. How dare he bring this...
‘Another Winter’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society February 9, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . Another Winter Another winter's growing old. __Another spring is coming. Another hive, gripped by a branch, __Will make its endless...
‘The Clown’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero The Society February 9, 2025 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . The Clown I went inside my mind today. I hoped my thoughts would want to play. But all they did was get me down. I saw a large imposing clown. She...
‘On the Porch’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society February 8, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 30 Comments . On the Porch The roof and eaves, low walls or none, slim railings, Contrive a sense of shelter customary. Worn floor between front steps and door...
‘Splendid Majesty’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society February 8, 2025 Poetry 9 Comments . Splendid Majesty "I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works."---Psalm 145:5 I tried to meditate uponthe...
‘Reflections on Still Waters’: A Collection of Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society February 7, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Reflections on Still Waters . Isaiah 55:12 You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace, And a song will break forth from the lands. While...
‘Piazza della Signoria, Florence: February 7, 1497’: A Villanelle by Tom Wehtje The Society February 7, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 20 Comments . Piazza della Signoria, Florence: February 7, 1497 Savonarola gets up off his knees (much contact with the ground has formed a welt) and lights the...
‘Lament to the Passing of Paper’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society February 6, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 29 Comments . Lament to the Passing of Paper I learned to write my A-B-Cs and form my shapely 1-2-3s on paper, when I was a lad; but now, since I’ve become a...
‘A Summer Hour’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook The Society February 6, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . A Summer Hour A burgeoning bush, some butterflies, Low wooden steps, warped, faded, rise Amid the calm of idle talk— The blur of shadows on the...
A Poem on USAID, by Warren Bonham The Society February 5, 2025 Poetry, Satire 24 Comments USAID USAID Mission Statement: On behalf of the American people, we promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad, and advance a free, peaceful,...
‘Concerning Snow’: A Conversation in Verse by T.M. Moore The Society February 5, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Concerning Snow ---a conversation between Beauty and Necessity “Well, there you go again.” “What's that?” “Come now, don't act so...
‘Classic Case History’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society February 5, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Terza Rima 11 Comments . Classic Case History Though I was blind, it wasn’t hard to see That blindness was a gift at least as good As any other. People seeing me As...
Two Poems of Judgment by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 4, 2025 Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . The Judge Addresses the Defendant "Living in America is like serving in the army; ninety percent of conduct is prescribed by law and the remaining...
‘Our National Precipice’: A Poem by Kenneth Horne The Society February 4, 2025 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Our National Precipice The time has come for all good men To recognize our nation’s end. We have been silent much too long, Just caught up in a...
‘Sonnet 1’ by Saki The Society February 3, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . . Sonnet 1 I felt like trying something new today, And so I put my pen upon a page To mimic Shakespeare's famous olden way— A style which, I...
‘The FBI—Then and Now’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society February 3, 2025 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The FBI---Then and Now So respected when I was a kid, For the things we all read that they did, It’s substantially altered today--- Now we hardly...
‘Dead Sea Scrolls Trilogy’: Poems by Brian Yapko The Society February 2, 2025 Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Dead Sea Scrolls Trilogy “Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for...
‘The Grindstone’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack The Society February 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . The Grindstone The grindstone spun as fiery sparks were sprayed,for even iron broke against his force,and by his edge the blunt became the bladea...
The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2025 Best Poems, Poetry, Poetry Contests 28 Comments . The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of the 13th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges C.B. Anderson, Susan Jarvis Bryant, Margaret...
Winners of 2024 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced The Society February 1, 2025 High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests 2 Comments . First Place ($200 Prize) "The Shepherd God" Jane Schulert, 11th grade student at Redeemer Classical School in Indiana . Second Place "To Speak...
‘Forecast One to Two Inches’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society January 31, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Forecast One to Two Inches Within the snow’s approach I sense a hope Connected more to memory than truth. It fails to fall within the narrow...
‘The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam’ and Other Poetry by Susan Steele Rives The Society January 31, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 6 Comments . The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam I received the somber news __as sun set low today. My beloved Uncle Sam __by death was swept away. It...
‘Accidents Happen’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society January 30, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Accidents Happen We’re told time tends toward catastrophe, And that a butterfly’s ephemeral wings Might quake the sky somewhere across the...
‘The Discharge of the Woke Brigade’: A Poem by Peter Lillios The Society January 30, 2025 Poetry, Satire 6 Comments . The Discharge of the Woke Brigade ---after Tennyson Half a mil, half a mil, __Half a mil onward, __All from the Treasury ____Filched the...
‘The Settlers’: A Poem by Martin Rizley The Society January 29, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . The Settlers —to my forefathers, and all the intrepid men and womenwho settled the Oklahoma panhandle. Across these barren hills, the cold winds...
‘Rather Drown Than Hang’: A Poem by A.R. Pereira The Society January 29, 2025 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Rather Drown Than Hang “He who is destined for the gallows will not be drowned.” ---Russian proverb A lethal thing, the writ of man _that soaks...
Three Rhyming Riddles by Matthew J. Morris The Society January 28, 2025 Poetry, Riddles 10 Comments . 1. A rainbow diced to tease unhurried brains __With rotating rows of parallel planes. What is it? . 2. With no known cure, this blight Bends down...
‘Wisdom and Sway’: A Poem by Mark F. Stone The Society January 28, 2025 Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Wisdom and Sway Life was tranquil and calm, not a care, not a qualm, in a town not too near you, but not far away. It was led by a mayor, a...
Society of Classical Poets High School Artwork Gallery—Winter 2025 The Society January 27, 2025 Art, High School Submissions 2 Comments . In line with its mission to preserve humankind's artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best of artwork submitted...
‘Snow Sonnet’: A Poem by Susan Norvill The Society January 27, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . Snow Sonnet Where silent flakes of whiteness fill the air And cutting winds of winter come to rule The bitter storm of new year strips all...
‘The Great Rub-off’: A Poem by Martin Elster and Joan Axelrod-Contrada The Society January 26, 2025 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 8 Comments . The Great Rub-off Norm and Zip, in mismatched chairs, __were sipping tea and talking, when Desi, their loyal hound, said, “Listen, __you’re...
‘Mexican Sestina’ and Other Poetry by Geoffrey Smagacz The Society January 26, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Sestina 8 Comments . Mexican Sestina Perhaps I left because I got too bored, and no one could put sense in my thick head, or talk me out of trekking to the beach by...
‘Tick. Tock. Tick.’: A Poem by Twila Brase The Society January 25, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Tick. Tock. Tick. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Silently beats an invisible clock. Night turns to day, day turns to night. Following a metronome nowhere...
‘Autumn Twilight’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson The Society January 25, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 21 Comments . Autumn Twilight Full moon. Crickets singing. Scarlet sky.Long past summer solstice; now the sunDescends before the short day’s work is done.Last...
‘The Introvert’: A Poem by James Bontrager The Society January 24, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . The Introvert Sequestered in an abstract mood,Replete in blissful solitude;Behind the veil of scenes overtYou’ll find the pensive introvert. You...
‘Rattler’: A Poem on Wyeth’s ‘Master Bedroom’, by Carl Kinsky The Society January 24, 2025 Ekphrastic, Poetry 14 Comments . Rattler ---inspired by Master Bedroom, Andrew Wyeth, 1965 The walls and windows unadorned, the bedkept neatly made, the blanket smooth as cream,two...
‘Libra’ and Other Poetry by Patricia Rogers Crozier The Society January 23, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . Libra There in my hand I held a crystal vial Of distillation potent, red, and sweet, By which my broken heart was put on trial, And golden apples...
‘On Bill Mahrt’s Retirement as Choirmaster of the St. Ann Choir’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society January 23, 2025 Acrostic, Beauty, Music, Poetry 18 Comments . On Bill Mahrt’s Retirement as Choirmaster of the St. Ann Choir (June, 2024) W e all should thank our God for William Mahrt, I nto whose hands He...
