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...
‘Putin’: A Poem on the Russian Leader, by Michael Vanyukov The Society July 6, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 33 Comments . Putin That’s, I’m sure, a vampire: Gnaws on bones, bloody-lipped. —A. S. Pushkin. “Vurdalak,” Songs of Western Slavs (Это,...
‘Graves’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society July 5, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Graves “Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and have you rise from them.” ---Ezekiel 37:13 There was a time indeed...
A Poem on Snowfall by Louis Groarke The Society July 5, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Snowfall: Via Negativa “Less is more.” ---Literary Dictum Out on the highway, snow settles in place Covering the tracks the traffic has...
‘Independence Day?’: A Fourth of July Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 4, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 43 Comments . Independence Day? a rondeau Some dared. Some died. With pluck and pride And guts and grit the brave defied Despotic rule. They stripped the foe Of...
A July 4th Satire: ‘To All Great Eagles Up on High’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society July 4, 2023 Poetry, Satire 119 Comments . To All Great Eagles Up on High To all great eagles up on high I hope you hear my battle cry! I have some plans I know you’ll love While you are...
A Fourth of July Limerick by Paul A. Freeman The Society July 4, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Limerick, Poetry 8 Comments . Fourth of July Limerick Top left, there’s an oblong that’s blue; add in fifty stars, white in hue. To offset the stars are parallel bars, six...
‘America Is Not the Same’: A Poem by Richard Lackman The Society July 3, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . America Is Not the Same America is not the same. __I do not recognize it. We all know who should bear the blame, __But still we analyze it. The...
‘Evra’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society July 3, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 10 Comments . Evra Our grandma Evra was a trifle difficult. If ever sound advice was needed she’d be there, But quiet, not a word until a person asked, And...
‘Adams Mountain’: A Poem by Leland James The Society July 2, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Adams Mountain I gather in from this high place, my shadow sprawled on shivered stone: Dusk drifts down: autumnal shroud upon the rusk-brown earth...
‘First Steps in a New World’: A Poem for a Grandfather, by Rafael Moras, Sr. The Society July 2, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . First Steps in a New World for Toribio Moras, age 14, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1908 The young Castilian boy set sail, alone, and sought to build a life...
‘This Silence’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society July 1, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 24 Comments . . This Silence. Foremost among my woes: _This silence as it grows, __My mind fatigued from listening for your voice; Amid the constant buzz, The...
Virgil Recalls Meeting Beatrice: Canto II of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society July 1, 2023 Dante, Poetry, Translation 9 Comments . Virgil Recalls Meeting Beatrice: Canto II of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . The light was failing and...
CPL: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet, and an Interview with Adam Sedia The Society June 30, 2023 Classical Poets Live, Interviews, Poetry, Readings, Video 18 Comments . Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 5 Parts I & II: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet / Building a Renaissance If you...
‘La Campana’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society June 30, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . La Campana Ring, grandfather! And ring for liberty. The bell spoke once and, speaking, croaked and cracked. Our gazes bathed its iron in gold...
A Poem on Saint Margaret’s Gospels: ‘Miracle of the Book’ by Margaret Coats The Society June 29, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 31 Comments . Miracle of the Book Distance was short, but porters would be needed, And sacks were packed with small necessities. I wrapped the Gospel book and...
‘Incensed’ and Other Poetry by Mary Harwell Sayler The Society June 29, 2023 Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 12 Comments . Incensed For days, drawn draperies of fire, pinned close by dry pines, needled us with smells of smoke so thick it stung our eyes and burned our...
‘The Number 44: The Cookery Class’: A Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society June 28, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . The Number 44: The Cookery Class Now, this is a tale of a cookery class; It happened in Battersea early one March. The teacher was Jane who though...
‘Le Bal Des Ardents’: A Poem on the Ball of the Burning Men by Shaun C. Duncan The Society June 28, 2023 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Le Bal Des Ardents for Joe Salemi On 28th January 1393 in Paris, Queen Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of the mad King Charles VI of France, held a ball...
Two Versions of Psalm 23 in Poetry, by Warren Bonham The Society June 27, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 13 Comments . Psalm 23: King David’s Version When I was just a hungry sheep __and I was lonely, lost and scared, You somehow found me, fed me, led me, __showed...
‘Pillar of Salt’: A Poem on Lot’s Wife by Brian Yapko The Society June 27, 2023 Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Pillar of Salt “By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah......
‘As Orwell Warned’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society June 26, 2023 Poetry, Satire 29 Comments . As Orwell Warned The Right now gets censored to silence, While schools and the media teach, That speech from the Right equals violence, And Left...
‘South Vietnam Warfare’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society June 26, 2023 Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . South Vietnam Warfare . Northern Jungle The rat-tat-tat of machine gun Split through the mist of morning sun. The sympathetic Montagnard Were blown...
‘The Adventures of Verb’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society June 25, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry, Satire 28 Comments . The Adventures of Verb At six, I had a dictionary Where I would meet a man named Verb, Superb and quite extraordinary, In every definition’s...
‘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...
