‘Darkface at Dusk’: A Poem on Death by Martin Rizley The Society June 25, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Darkface at Dusk "Death is swallowed up in victory" ---1 Cor. 15:4 At twilight, as I walked in solitude Along a country lane, unpaved and...
A Poem on San Francisco: ‘Even the 49ers Don’t Play There Anymore’ by James A. Tweedie The Society June 24, 2023 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Even the 49ers Don’t Play There Anymore Is San Francisco slip-sliding away? Old Navy, Nordstrom, Saks, the Gap, have all Closed stores—with...
‘Job’s Rant’ and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson The Society June 24, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Job’s Rant Job 3: 3-10 . May darkness and death’s shadow claim the day When I was sent to bear the curse of earth. May clouds blot out the...
‘In Extremis’ and Other Poetry by Adam Wasem The Society June 24, 2023 Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . In Extremis ---from the Western wilds Here at the most attenuated ends Of America’s arterial transport map, Where pavement stops, dissolves to...
‘This Is the Choice’: A Poem by Michael Charles Maibach The Society June 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . This Is the Choice The gates of hell Closed from within. No one sends us--- We lock ourselves in. . The gates of Heaven Are open and...
‘The Deluge’: A Poem by William Harrison The Society June 23, 2023 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . The Deluge From Heaven came the rain; On Earth the waters swelled To wash away each stain The eyes of God beheld. Each structure man had made Of...
Book Review: Poems with a Wink and a Smile by James A. Tweedie The Society June 22, 2023 Essays, Poetry, Reviews 14 Comments . Reviewed Book: Laughing Matters: Poems with a Wink and a Smile by James A. Tweedie, Duncrest Press, 2023 by Theresa Werba This collection of...
‘Green’ and Other Nature Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society June 22, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 12 Comments . Green I’m talking green: the greening ground Of spring and springing hope eternal; The spectrum’s hidden light unbound And animation of all...
‘Pharaoh’s Dream Redux’: A Poem by Paul Erlandson The Society June 21, 2023 Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . Pharaoh’s Dream Redux “And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: And, behold, there came up out of...
‘The Gallows’: A Poem by Christopher Lindsay The Society June 20, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . The Gallows The trial was quick, the verdict read: “Guilty as charged,” the foreman said. The judge declared the man would hang, the leader of...
‘The Straight-Fishing, Straight-Talking Jiang Ziya’ by Damian Robin The Society June 20, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Straight-Fishing, Straight-Talking Jiang Ziya Far off in time and place but still on this small globe, By a river with his beard and stick and...
‘Runway Ready’: A Contemporary Nursery Rhyme by Tonia Kalouria The Society June 19, 2023 Children's, Poetry, Satire 9 Comments . Runway Ready An Anorectic at a Playground . Scrawny, lean and teen Miss Annie sat upon her bony fanny, straddled ‘cross a teeter-totter, filling...
‘Distant Thoughts from Nearby’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society June 19, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 30 Comments . Distant Thoughts from Nearby I need to turn my dog-ears up __and harken to the quietude ____ignored for many years, __and contemplate my...
‘The House on 58th Street’: A Poem for Father’s Day, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society June 18, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 26 Comments . The House on 58th Street for my father Salvatore J. Salemi (1913-2008) The house on 58th Street stood right by A cemetery—Calvary by...
‘The Test’ and Other Poetry by Alan Steinle The Society June 17, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 5 Comments . The Test The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' —Jesus (Matthew 22:39, NASB1995) Is every trial just a self-created...
‘The Number 207: The Road to Nowhere’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society June 17, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . The Number 207: The Road to Nowhere Oh once along the Road to Nowhere That used to be the Uxbridge Road You’d board and pay the tuppenny bus...
‘Anesthesia’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society June 16, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments . Anesthesia Where was I for that half an hour or so While somewhere deep inside me they explored? The body’s secrets mine so far outsoared, I’d...
‘Fracture Mechanics’: A Poem by Stephen M. Dickey The Society June 16, 2023 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Fracture Mechanics Dams, bridges, tunnels, buildings and the like Are often structurally sound for years If not centuries, whereupon men’s...
‘Emptiness’: A Poem by Cathy McDonald The Society June 15, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 9 Comments . Emptiness I search for you in every face I see. True love should last forever and a day: Its book not closed until all chapters end. You walked...
‘The Moselle’: A Poem on the European River, by Margaret Coats The Society June 14, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . The Moselle Tranquil meandering alluvion, From Vosges pink sandstone hills it percolates In rillets past rich vines in echelon To cradle villages...
‘Fifth Glyph’: A Poem on the Letter E, by Paul A. Freeman The Society June 14, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Fifth Glyph This glyph, in British talk, occurs most oft--- most common, too, writ down within our books. Twixt ‘a’ and ‘z’ it’s fifth,...
A Petrarchan Sonnet for a Spring Day, by Jane M. Schulert The Society June 14, 2023 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 13 Comments . Sonnet When sitting on a swing my cheeks were chilled, I gazed and saw the dawn, a new spring day. I knew those colors soon would fade away, But...
‘Commodore Perry Opens Japan’ and Other Japan-Inspired Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society June 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Limerick, Poetry 29 Comments . Commodore Perry Opens Japan On July 8, 1853, on the orders of President Millard Fillmore, Commodore Matthew Perry led four American ships into the...
‘Lord, Give Me Serenity’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society June 12, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 35 Comments . Lord, Give Me Serenity Lord, give me serenity To deal with lunatics, Especially the ones Who are found in politics. Help me to stay calm, And keep...
CPL: ChatGPT Poetry Quiz, Lillian-Yvonne Betram, Interview with James A. Tweedie, and More The Society June 11, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Reviews, Video 13 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 4: Poetry in the Age of AI If you enjoy this video, please like and subscribe on YouTube to...
‘All That’s Left Is Yours’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society June 11, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 22 Comments . All That’s Left Is Yours based on I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris The bride walked the aisle to her husband-to-be, __Who gently took...
‘Beyond the Visible Veil’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society June 10, 2023 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Beyond the Visible Veil Gravity cannot hold those forms who float __And drift—hiding in air— Though some guard human souls; the others...
The 10 Best Love Poems of 2022 The Society June 9, 2023 Best Poems, Love Poems, Poetry 11 Comments . The 10 Best Love Poems of 2022 If you are more of an academic poetry lover who stills enjoy Shakespeare’s love sonnets now and again, then the...
‘Xanadu Revisited’: A Poem on D.C. Corruption, by Phil S. Rogers The Society June 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 4 Comments . Xanadu Revisited after "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Coleridge __In Washington aristocrats __ordain corruption happily: __here the Potomac River...
On Indian Boarding Schools and Continuing Subjugation: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society June 8, 2023 Culture, Poetry 88 Comments . How Strange We Cannot See a Reflection on Indian Boarding Schools and the Continuing Subjugation of Native Peoples God gave the land: the water,...
‘Half the Night’: A Poem on Growing Old, by Cynthia Bernard The Society June 8, 2023 Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 16 Comments . Half the Night a villanelle My stomach isn’t working right. Bubbles, gurgles, twinges and sighs Kept me up for half the night. I’ve got hives...
Advice for Budweiser: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society June 7, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 48 Comments . The Revised Guide to Selling Adult Beverages Dismiss the woke approach to advertising--- It’s mad and bad and far from enterprising. Avoid...
The ‘Muse’: A Poem by Leland James The Society June 7, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . The “Muse” A sailboat, small, unvarnished wood, her sail a swath, a patch, of red fastened by type-9 yo-yo string to a pencil mast and a stick...
A Poem on an Old Garden Gnome, by Norma Pain The Society June 7, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Gnome A long-time fixture at our home Is Schnozz, our little garden gnome. This non-complaining happy chap Appears to have a handicap, And looks to...
A Poem on the Odisha Train Crash, by Satyananda Sarangi The Society June 6, 2023 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . Life and Death This life has so much left in store, We think, a day gone by isn't lost; It's made of hours that bear no cost, A hundred gone, a...
A Poem on Piero della Francesca’s Fresco, and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society June 6, 2023 Art, Beauty, Ekphrastic, Love Poems, Poetry 16 Comments . Quattrocento On the Fresco “Madonna del Parto” by Piero della Francesca, Monterchi, Italy, circa 1460 We file into a silent darkened room. Now,...
‘An Aging Senator Returns to the Capitol’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society June 5, 2023 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . An Aging Senator Returns to the Capitol Confused and more than half-way gone to Hell, They wheel her in like some decrepit couch They found beside...
Monika Cooper Wins Sacred Poetry Contest, SCP Readers Invited to June 6 Reading-Celebration The Society June 5, 2023 Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings 23 Comments . Congratulations to SCP Poet Monika Cooper who took First Place in the 2023 Annual Sacred Poetry Contest held by Catholic Literary Arts. See...
A Poem on Creation, by D.R. Rainbolt The Society June 5, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Creation From deep within eternity, the soundOf song burst out! As Perfect Fullness stirred,A melody in wisdom wrought, profound,Complex in form...
‘Emptiness’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society June 4, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Emptiness “There’s emptiness and then there’s emptiness,” the wise old voice inside me sighing said (and maybe not so wise as old, I’d...
