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...
‘Good Friday, Revisiting Glamis’: A Poem by James Sale The Society July 18, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Shakespeare 17 Comments . Good Friday, Revisiting Glamis "Not in the legions Of horrid Hell can come a devil more damn'd In evils, to top Macbeth" ---Shakespeare The...
‘On Silicon Avenue’ and Other Poetry by Paul A. Freeman The Society July 18, 2023 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . On Silicon Avenue The lawns on Silicon Avenue were mowed on Wednesdays. All the hedges, too, were cut. On Thursdays cars were polished till they...
‘The Park’: A Kubla Khan-like Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society July 17, 2023 Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . The Park The Park he’d built, which hovered overhead, Went far beyond the scope of any to That time constructed. Architects were bred For...
‘It’s Dangerously Close to Too Late’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society July 17, 2023 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . It's Dangerously Close to Too Late Virtually stormed by countless disciples, __trolled by their merchants of Hate, We, who obligingly counter their...
‘Balderdash?’ A Poem on the Supernatural, by Peter Venable The Society July 16, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Balderdash? What are these hidden, unseen things? Do angels, demons, float on wings? Such ghostly shapes the full moon brings! __Our modern minds...
‘A Birthday Prayer’: A Birthday Poem by Jonathan Shoulta The Society July 16, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . A Birthday Prayer Dear God, a new year has begun, My thirty-fourth of blessèd life. You’ve given children, lovely wife, And lately, happy,...
‘Me and My Pronouns’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society July 15, 2023 Poetry, Satire 11 Comments . Me and My Pronouns Pronouns—I’ve gotten rather tired of them. Not quite so tired, though, as of being queried as to mine. “He,” “him,”...
Excerpt from ‘Panchavati’ by Maithili Sharan Gupt, Translated by Paddy Raghunathan The Society July 15, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 10 Comments . Panchavati, An Introduction by Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964) translated by Paddy Raghunathan The full moon’s mesmerizing rays Appear to skim...
‘White House Coke’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society July 14, 2023 Poetry, Satire 27 Comments . The White House Coke Though Hunter left his laptop at the shop, The Woke deny he lost his White House coke, And call the chance of Joe partaking...
‘Stand’: A Poem by Mark Lukey The Society July 14, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Stand There comes a time to stand for what you know To be the right, whatever be the cost. Then get you up to speak, or do, or go, To fill some...
A Poem on Japanese Suiseki Stones, by Margaret Coats The Society July 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Shape Poems 40 Comments . Suiseki Rainfall has stopped; it’s the best time for hunting a stone. Drizzle still dampens debris; Trees put forth roots unobtrusively; mosses...
A Poem on Insomnia and Other Poetry by Lisa Majaj The Society July 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Triolet 17 Comments . Insomnia Kyrielle The stars above have gone to bed, their quilt of clouds a calming sweep as moonlight strokes their tossing heads: O lord have...
Two Poems on the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II, by Paul Martin Freeman The Society July 12, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . The Nation’s Heart The Nation’s heart has passed away, A loving grandmother to all. And now it’s for her son we pray Whom Charles the Third...
‘Heavy Excess’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society July 12, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Heavy Excess a plea from the human realm I must flee this land where feelings choke, Unrope attachments that were tied in love. Through halting...
SCP Poet Cynthia Erlandson Wins the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Competition The Society July 11, 2023 Poetry, Poetry Contests, Readings 24 Comments . SCP Poet Cynthia Erlandson of Michigan has won the 2023 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Competition. Her sonnet, "Fire and Ice," is a Top Four prize...
‘Better with Love’: A Poem by Russel Winick The Society July 11, 2023 Love Poems, Poetry 20 Comments . Better with Love I thought I was a pleasant sort __When we first met. Not perfect but near sweet and kind __As one could get. ____I knew I had...
‘Peace For Our Time’: A Poem in the Voice of Neville Chamberlain and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society July 11, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 39 Comments . Peace For Our Time "I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep." ---Neville Chamberlain “An appeaser is one who...
Four Poems About Road Travel, by Joshua C. Frank The Society July 10, 2023 Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire 16 Comments . The Billboard a pantoum It’s propped along the route I roll— A squatting square against the sky, Atop a sturdy metal pole, To tell me what new...
‘Don’t Mess with Texas Gals’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society July 10, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 20 Comments . Don't Mess with Texas Gals On My Late Life Wife . Don't mess with my hot Texan. She's Texas born and bred. She does not fool with strangers. She'd...
‘The Misologist’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 9, 2023 Culture, Poetry 65 Comments . The Misologist “There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.” ---Socrates He reads the notion on the page. __It...
‘A Poet’s Plight’: A Poem by Phil S. Rogers The Society July 9, 2023 Poetry, Satire 23 Comments . A Poet's Plight I’ll think of a theme for my next little verse, intriguing and witty, though still must be terse. Not road kill, dead flowers,...
‘My Resignation’: A Poem by Michael Taormina The Society July 8, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . My Resignation Be still, my Heart, be stiller than the grave. When consciousness dissolves into the sea, This desperate taste will fade with...
Two Summer Sonnets by James A. Tweedie The Society July 7, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . Forever Nine My bare feet merge with weathered, knotty pineAs dripping swimsuit water cools the pier.The day belongs to me, for I am nine,With...
An Essay on Geoffrey Chaucer: ‘The Great Legitimizer’ by Euphrates Moss The Society July 6, 2023 Chaucer, Essays, Poetry 4 Comments . The Great Legitimizer by Euphrates Moss Up from the barbaric yawp of Beowulf and routing through Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), an Italian poet of...
