Two New Year’s Eve Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 31, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 30 Comments . Same Old New Year I bid adieu. You shuffle out. A new you shimmies in--- A you without the frown and pout, A happy you of zip and clout, And...
A Poem for Isabel Vaughan-Spruce: ‘Her Silent Prayer’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 30, 2022 Culture, Poetry 29 Comments . Her Silent Prayer for Isabel Vaughan-Spruce Beneath the whisper of suburban trees One sombre, sunless, British afternoon, A hushed and...
Poems Against Birth Control, from Joshua C. Frank The Society December 30, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Found Poem, Poetry, Rondeau 21 Comments . Two Empty Chairs “We did the NFP bit for awhile ... and have felt revulsion over it ever since. During that time we might have had at least two...
‘Where Ever-present Joy Knows Naught of Time’ and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson The Society December 29, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Dante, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé 25 Comments . “Where Ever-present Joy Knows Naught of Time” ---Dante, Paradiso, Canto X, D.L. Sayers translation a rondeau redouble Where ever-present joy...
‘Crimes Against My Sanity’ and Other Poems on Parenting by Anna J. Arredondo The Society December 29, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 22 Comments . Crimes Against My Sanity At any-given-time o’clock While tidying my house, I find--- Oh look---is that another sock? It really isn’t such a...
‘Addiction’ by Paul Buchheit The Society December 28, 2022 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Addiction A ripple imperceptible, like hints of amber in the tiring balsams, swells to waves of apprehension, then imprints a vision on my mind,...
‘Freedom in Forgiveness’: A Villanelle by Dan Tuton The Society December 28, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle 17 Comments . Villanelle for Timothy When chains of cold resentment in the end Entangle souls and circle ‘round to bind, There’s freedom in forgiveness, my...
‘On Attending a Holiday Ensemble with My Wife’ by Jeremiah Johnson The Society December 27, 2022 Beauty, Music, Poetry 8 Comments . On Attending a Holiday Ensemble with My Wife We’re gathered in a colleague’s home, Invited to this performance; Watching musicians’ fingers...
‘The Fall of Babylon’ and Other Poetry by William Harrison The Society December 27, 2022 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . The Fall of Babylon Come hear the footsteps march at warlike pace, Come see the merchants weep and craftsmen flee. The vengeful grin on every...
‘Wisdom’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society December 26, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . Wisdom When young I dreamed of someday being wise, And pictured brilliant input holding sway. But via jolts of life now realize, There’s wisdom...
‘How Troubling to Know Mrs. Pain’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society December 26, 2022 Humor, Poetry 32 Comments . How Troubling to Know Mrs. Pain How troubling to know Mrs. Pain. She has written some ludicrous stuff. Some think that she hasn’t a brain, And...
‘St. Joseph’s Hymn of Praise’ and Other Christmas Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society December 25, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 27 Comments . St. Joseph's Hymn of Praise Matthew 2: 10-15: “And when the Magi were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream,...
‘An Iffy Christmas’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 25, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Readings, The Environment 28 Comments . . An Iffy Christmas with a nod and a wink to Rudyard Kipling If you can’t rise above the treetop fairy (That plastic risk to Rudolph’s...
‘Christmas Rules and Promises’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 25, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Christmas Rules and Promises My first rule for this Christmas is__No carrot sticks for me.They might have been a snowman's nose,__So I will let...
‘Glory in the Night’ by Martin Rizley The Society December 24, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Glory in the Night It was a night like any night, when in the evening chill Cold shepherds sat by bonfire's light on many a naked hill To warm...
‘The Animals on Christmas Eve’ by Sally Cook The Society December 24, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 27 Comments . The Animals on Christmas Eve Some boarded dogs stayed for a while Until their owners took them home; I walked them all, in single file, But left...
‘Nativity Scene’ and Other Christmas Eve Poetry by Margaret Coats The Society December 24, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 43 Comments . Nativity Scene The hour draws near to midnight, and a priest Completes his preparations for the feast, Assisting at last practice with the...
Classical Guitar for Christmas Performed by Poet Jeff Eardley The Society December 23, 2022 Culture, Music, Poetry 25 Comments . A Christmas medley by poet Jeff Eardley: . . Jeff Eardley lives in the heart of England near to the Peak District National Park and is a local...
‘The Present—Tense’ by Damian Robin The Society December 23, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Present---Tense The partial thaw of yesterday now slips Beneath a crust of light that is white snow. This snow is hiding stumbling blocks that...
A Translation of Martin Luther’s Christmas Hymn Vom Himmel Hoch by James A. Tweedie The Society December 23, 2022 Culture, Music, Poetry, Translation 20 Comments . Vom Himmel Hoch by Martin Luther (1483-1546) translation by James A. Tweedie 1. From highest heaven I here befall To bring a good news tale to...
‘Sunday Morning While the World Burns’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society December 22, 2022 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Sunday Morning While the World Burns Another something, somewhere, every day Perturbs the practised calm of her routine. Those sad reflections on...
A Poem on Stanford University’s ‘Harmful Language’ List, by James A. Tweedie The Society December 21, 2022 Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . “Use the Word ‘Cancel’ or ‘End’ Instead of 'Abort'" —Stanford University's 'Harmful Language' List What might have been What could have...
On Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ Triptych: Poems by Jeffrey Essmann The Society December 21, 2022 Art, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 10 Comments . See the painting more closely here. Eden The newborn world is all aswirl with beasts Obedient who, as God specified, Have duly fruitful been, have...
‘Continuation’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 20, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 26 Comments . Continuation You and I are of two discrepant minds: We disagree on all that matters—plus, Our separate brains are not quite sure what kinds Of...
‘Mother’s TV’ and Other Poetry by James Kirkpatrick The Society December 20, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Triolet 15 Comments . Mother’s TV It numbs regretBut, better yet,Helps her forget,Lest devils spawn. It quells each thoughtOf folly’s rotLost, sold, or bought,From...
On Cambridge Dictionary Expanding Woman Definition: ‘There She Goes’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 19, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 79 Comments . There She Goes When Everyone’s a Woman, No One’s a Woman upon reading the news story here. There she goes, erased from Cambridge pages--- An...
‘To My Beloved Husband’: A Sonnet by Isabel Scheltens The Society December 19, 2022 Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . ---To My Beloved Husband Our married love is no ethereal sound Which dies away when wedding bells cease tolling: No idle lust for courting or...
‘The Tartini Tones’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society December 18, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 26 Comments . The Tartini Tones Combination tones generated by violins of good quality can be easily heard, affecting the perception of the intervals. The...
‘Winter’s Perfection’ and Other Poetry by Carl Kinsky The Society December 18, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Winter’s Perfection A Zen aesthetic guides winter’s perfection--- uncluttered, austere, natural, still, subtle, embracing flaws and daring...
‘The Portrait’ and Other Poetry by Lionel Willis The Society December 17, 2022 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . The Portrait I dreamed I was an artist, and had made A likeness of the one I loved for all To wonder at, and, that the homage paid Might grow, I...
‘Arrival of Spring’ and Other Humorous Love Poems by Andrew Benson Brown The Society December 17, 2022 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 26 Comments . Arrival of Spring Each wing delivers news of a young earth: The nightingale, the end of moonless woes, The dove, the peace of melting mountain...
‘Autumnal Wind’ and Other Poetry by Daniel Howard The Society December 16, 2022 Love Poems, Poetry 12 Comments . Autumnal Wind Autumnal Wind, who are in speed as swift As was the Spring with which my life began, If you would sigh upon this lonely man, And...
‘Toward Yehuling, 1211’ by Talbot Hook The Society December 15, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Toward Yehuling, 1211 Unfolding steppes emerge as flattened plains Of long grasses of gold and April-green, While crystal streams, like bold and...
‘Lessons in Love’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 15, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 52 Comments . Lessons in Love inspired by William George Falconer (1922 – 2006) I. The First The photo flew from Grandad’s falling wallet. It fluttered to...
‘Supplication to Erato and Melpomene’ and Other Poetry by K.S. Anthony The Society December 15, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 6 Comments . Supplication to Erato and Melpomene Erato, decked in crimson roses; green branches of myrtle, Help me forge the words to win her heart: My crippled...
A Poem on the Season of Depression: ‘Yet’ by James A. Tweedie The Society December 14, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . Yet The withered dune grass slumps beneath a sere Gray frozen sky, as winter tag-teams fall And nighttime frost compels the Black-Tailed deer To...
‘In a Soviet Gulag’ and Other Humorous Poems by Evan Mantyk The Society December 13, 2022 Humor, Poetry, Satire 16 Comments . In a Soviet Gulag from an oft repeated joke There was a break in the relentless cold And then the guard stepped out for quite a while. Such changes...
Upon the Death of the Poet’s Brother: ‘Gathering in the Names’ by Martin Hill Ortiz The Society December 12, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Gathering in the Names for Michael Vincent Laureate Ortiz Hill (1957-2022) I'll add names to my life until I'm subtracted, And my name is as long...
‘Tuesday Afternoon’ by Jonathan Shoulta The Society December 12, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Tuesday Afternoon I sit beside a lake and fish, And read The Captive Mind. An hour gone, I stand and switch My bait for a new kind. But cheddar...
‘Sister Thérèse Scatters Flowers’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society December 11, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Sister Thérèse Scatters Flowers Soeur Madèleine has brought me this bouquet--- Vermillion, scarlet, each rose bright and pretty. She’s kind...
