‘Mercedes Benz Makes a Corporate Decision’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society August 7, 2023 Culture, Poetry 39 Comments . Mercedes Benz Makes a Corporate Decision Good morning, fellow members of the board. I’ve summoned you because your vote’s required To update...
‘Curious Couplets’: A Poem by Sally Cook The Society August 6, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 29 Comments . Curious Couplets . Goose Lady When driving through a blizzard, Marge Espied a goose, not over large. Determinedly it marched along— One wing...
‘Snowflakes on the Campus’: A Satire by Roy E. Peterson The Society August 6, 2023 Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Snowflakes on the Campus Snowflakes on the campus. Snowflakes in the hall. Snowflakes were insulted. Watch the snowflakes bawl! “Political...
‘Paradise Lost Satan Found in the Modern’: An Essay by Michael Curtis The Society August 5, 2023 Art, Essays, Poetry 9 Comments . Paradise Lost Satan Found in the Modern by Michael Curtis The guardian prince Saint Michael, spiritual warrior, leader of the Army of God, cast...
A Poem on Censorship: ‘Batten the Sovereign Soul’ by Maura H. Harrison The Society August 5, 2023 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Batten the Sovereign Soul I think we used to be stronger, home-made With simple stuff. We’d read a headline, see An ad and know that we were...
‘The Blame Game’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 4, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondel 38 Comments . The Blame Game a kyrielle They rile. They gall. They know it all. These irksome jerks in folly’s thrall Are perilously cretinous. __It’s...
‘On Water & Evil’: A Poem by D.R. Rainbolt The Society August 4, 2023 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . On Water & Evil “Evil, like water, seeks the lowest point.” ---Earnest McDaniel The thunder clapped again, applauding light Displays, and...
‘Conversion’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society August 3, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Conversion The great advantage of the years I stacked up often carelessly And often as a mutineer Against all simple things and dear, Is how I...
‘Some Post-Animated Protestations of Goliath of Gath’: A Poem by James Sale The Society August 3, 2023 Poetry, Satire 27 Comments . Some Post-Animated Protestations of Goliath of Gath Firstly, I protest That this protestation Is useless nonetheless. Secondly, I object To...
A Poem for Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, by Cheryl Corey The Society August 2, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Forgotten Earl He thought about the sonnets that he wrote; The time he spent composing metered lines Of rhyme, divided into quatrains. He Alone...
‘The End’s Hard Edge’: A Poem by Damian Robin The Society August 2, 2023 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . The End’s Hard Edge The End Is Near, it always was, Its point is clearer now because Collapsed disturbance occupies With moaning cries and...
Haiku Competition 2023 The Society August 1, 2023 Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests 492 Comments . WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate. Among members of the Society of Classical Poets, everyone including Advisory...
‘August’ and Other Summer Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson The Society August 1, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 29 Comments . August. The rose-of-sharon blossoms float like stars Within my reach: I’m lying on the grass Observing sunset fade and twilight pass Between...
‘Medieval Scam Letter’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society August 1, 2023 Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . Medieval Scam Letter Felicitations from the Holy Land, Where I, as sole survivor of a band Of mercenary soldiers stashed away Much booty; and...
‘The Sky Within’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society July 31, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 22 Comments . The Sky Within The rolling sea becomes a frothy lather When argent Sister Moon calls forth a tide And sooty billows on the skyline gather. A flash...
‘Death Musings’: A Poem by Jeff Kemper The Society July 31, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Death Musings . 1 On New Year's Day my body fell as dead Before a frightened child who hid her face From terror's flaunt. Death-taunts delivered...
‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ and Other Poetry from Aesop’s Fables, by Rob Crisell The Society July 30, 2023 Children's, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 12 Comments . The Tortoise and the Hare in limericks A tortoise and hare were a-talkin’. Said Hare: “Why, your slowness is shockin’! __If we ran a...
‘One Law Away’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham The Society July 30, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . One Law Away Everyone can agree that we all disagree. __We don’t see what we see quite the same. We all think that we’re right so we can’t...
‘The Heavy Launch of the Siegfried Idyll‘: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society July 29, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 18 Comments . The Heavy Launch of the Siegfried Idyll The landing offered just the space required for Wagner and the band that he had hired to play the idyl...
‘Learn Now, Learn Now Young Master’: A Poem by Gary Borck The Society July 29, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings 9 Comments . . Learn Now, Learn Now, Young Master ‘Learn now, learn now, young master; You soon will take your test. The books to learn are plenty; You...
‘Key West’ and Other Florida Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society July 28, 2023 Art, Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 11 Comments . Key West Rum, reeling, raunchiness, and revelry, Palms, poincianas, palaces of old--- All lie behind; the Morro Castle’s hold Guards old Havana...
‘To His Coy Transport’: A Bus Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society July 28, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . The Number 53: To His Coy Transport Had we but world enough and time, My coy and tardy 53, This hesitancy were no crime And I’d be waiting...
‘Henry at Morning Time’: A Poem by Nathaniel Todd McKee The Society July 27, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . Henry at Morning Time I’m lost in Greek or Latin, when You break into my life again. “Daddy, look! It’s morning time,” You say, as rays of...
‘Seaside Retreat’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society July 27, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 32 Comments . Seaside Retreat Footsteps move slow through shifting sand; A weather-beaten picket fence Encloses beach verbena fanned By sea oats where the...
A Poem on Cocaine in the White House: ‘Crackpot Clown’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 26, 2023 Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 39 Comments . Crackpot Clown a villanelle “Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung” ---P. T. Barnum The blue moons wax and steely spirits...
‘Formulas for Failure’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society July 26, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 17 Comments . Formulas for Failure I’ve seen too much of devastating failure, In almost every avenue of life. One might guess lack of skill the main...
‘To Michael Burch: The Hillbilly Voice of Liberalism’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society July 25, 2023 Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . To Michael Burch: The Hillbilly Voice of Liberalism Mike Burch hates the stuff we write, Abuses us at his website, Spouting venom, bile, and...
‘The Emperor’s New Chromosomes’ and Other Poems on Transgenderism by Brian Yapko The Society July 25, 2023 Alexandroid, Culture, Poetry, Satire 22 Comments . The Emperor's New Chromosomes The Emperor would be remade; He felt if he could be a maid He’d be more loved and find relief. His maleness brought...
Three Poems on Sleep and Dreams, by Joshua C. Frank The Society July 24, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle 18 Comments . Back to Sleep In very early years, now far behind, When I returned to earth at midnight deep From nightmare scares within my frightened mind, My...
‘The Sea’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society July 24, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, The Environment 26 Comments . The Sea The sea rolls on, unchanged. Unmarred By earthly wars it stays unscarred. Always as long as man exists, The sea will froth in perfect...
‘The Jeweler’s Deposition at the Coroner’s Inquest’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society July 23, 2023 Culture, Poetry 30 Comments . The Jeweler’s Deposition at the Coroner’s Inquest I certainly will tell you what I can. I knew the family—watched her growing up. Take it for...
‘On Lies and Liars’: A Double (Petrarchan) Sonnet by James A. Tweedie The Society July 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . On Lies and Liars A Double (Petrarchan) Sonnet . “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a...
A Poem on the Late Ukrainian Writer Victoria Amelina, by Bruce Dale Wise The Society July 22, 2023 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . King Dom’s Dream Kingdom “In death’s dream kingdom…” —T. S. Eliot, “The Hollow Me" Ukrainian Victoria Amelina has died from injuries...
‘Poorer by the Day’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society July 22, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 14 Comments . Poorer by the Day a villanelle They pay in promises they will betray; A scam as cold and ancient as the sea. While those who work grow poorer by...
Three Love Poems by Evan Mantyk The Society July 21, 2023 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Sonnet I Our arms are leaves stretched out; our thoughts can bloom The grandest only when we crowd out those Who have been planted in a place of...
‘Melodious Curlew’: A Love Poem by Daniel Howard The Society July 21, 2023 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . Melodious Curlew Melodious curlew mottled brown and bister, No longer raise your crescent-shapen beak Towards the waning moon, to which you...
‘Via Appia’ and Other Poems by Luca D’Anselmi The Society July 20, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . Via Appia Beneath the pines of Rome, the wrinkled sibyl will croak your future for eleven cents, and with her finger in the dust will...
‘July 20, 1999’: A Poem by Daniel Magdalen The Society July 20, 2023 Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle 5 Comments . July 20, 1999 a villanelle for Falun Gong Practitioners after 24 years of persecution Your path is narrow, yet look at where it goes As you seek...
‘Meditation on the Moon’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society July 19, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . Meditation on the Moon O! think about that strange celestial clump, That ball of dust God found beneath His bed And set it spinning round the Earth...
‘Five Stars’: A Poem on the Chinese Communist Party, by Damian Robin The Society July 19, 2023 Human Rights in China, Poetry, Satire 6 Comments . ***** The Red Hotel has blood on ev’ry floor Where ev’ry room is numbered 666 And blood-greased door knobs bolting every door Suspend a blood...
