‘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...
‘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...
‘Delightfully Mine’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society April 27, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 32 Comments . Delightfully Mine Of handsome landscapes I admire, How few were planned to please my sight. High skies of which I never tire Are gifts of light,...
‘Encapsulations of Classic Texts’: Four Poems by Joshua C. Frank The Society April 27, 2023 Alexandroid, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Encapsulations “It’s a shame that the tradition of producing small poetic encapsulations of classic texts seems to have died out.” ---Joseph...
‘La Luna’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society April 26, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . La Luna The poet compares the moon to Eve, our fallen but redeemed mother, and the sun to Mary, daughter of Eve and Mother of us all; she...
‘Receiving an Organ Transplant from China’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk The Society April 25, 2023 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 38 Comments . Receiving an Organ Transplant from China The waiting time was short, extremely short: A couple weeks and fifty thousand bucks Was all it took in...
A Poem for New Writers: ‘The Window Seat’ by D.T. Holt The Society April 25, 2023 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . The Window Seat “They don’t read poets till they’re dead.” That’s what my wise-guy father said. “They wait till they have gone...
Sketches of Three Communistic Big Heads: Poems by Damian Robin The Society April 24, 2023 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Satire 9 Comments . Sketches of Three Communistic Big Heads . 1. Xi Jinping Who thinks this belly-flopping avarist is good except those marrying the flies that buzz...
Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society April 24, 2023 Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation 6 Comments . Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And now my eyes were fastened once...
A Poem on Social Media Vanity: ‘Awaiting Adulation’ and Other Poetry by Warren Bonham The Society April 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Awaiting Adulation We all spend our lives awaiting adulations’ late arrival. We’re convinced that’s all we need for our emotional...
Poems for Shakespeare’s Birthday in an Era of A.I. Poetry, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 23, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare 29 Comments . Bardic Bots Will Shakespeare has been rendered obsolete. Bill’s quillings are a patriarchal scandal. His iambs...
Poems by Human Beings Versus Poems by AI Poems by ChatGPT: Take the Quiz The Society April 22, 2023 Essays, Haiku and Senryu, Limerick, Poetry, Villanelle 30 Comments . Human Poetry Versus ChatGPT's AI Poetry Can you tell the difference between artificial intelligence poetry and human poetry? by Evan Mantyk and...
A Poem for Earth Day: ‘Green… Greener… Greenest…’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 22, 2023 Pantoum, Poetry, Satire, The Environment 43 Comments . Green... Greener... Greenest... a doomsday pantoum Zoom with raving saviors to Net Zero. Bewail our frail and...
Two Cinquains by Tiree MacGregor The Society April 21, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Education, Poetry 6 Comments . A Novice Speaks to a Guardian Tell me, Oh honoured one, The secret of the Way, Of how to live, to reach the place Of light! . The Guardian’s...
‘A Few Special Letters’: An Alphabet Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society April 21, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . A Few Special Letters . The mother goddess The m’s the mother goddess of the letters: Her shape exemplifies the female form. A bosom there for...
Poems on a Vilhelm Kyhn Painting and Jan. 6 Writer Julie Kelly, by Bruce Dale Wise The Society April 20, 2023 Acrostic, Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 7 Comments . A Picture of Repose A young boy’s seated on a wall that overlooks Capri, an oil painting by Dane Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn, where a rock ridge...
