‘Civics 101’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society March 3, 2023 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Poetry, Satire 23 Comments . Civics 101 Jejune excuses used too many times Do not undo the doer from the deed: A miscreant accused of many crimes Is not the type of model...
‘Of When I Lived in Prague’: A Poem by Isabel Scheltens The Society March 3, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Of When I Lived in Prague--- I wander through a maze of gold and stone, Mosaic pavement watched by gilded faces; Bridges, towers etched with...
‘Eulogy for a Them’: Poem on a Transgender Burial by Jeffrey Essmann The Society March 2, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 33 Comments . Eulogy for a Them We gather here to celebrate a him Or her (an it? a they?) and in the end A prophet of the present who could bend Reality to suit...
A Group of Poems on Screen Obsession, by Joshua C. Frank The Society March 2, 2023 Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Triolet 32 Comments . Screened. I. The Phony Mom a true story Her phone, in hand above the stroller, Blocked her baby from her view. She held it like a game...
‘Peach Blossom Dreaming’ by Margaret Coats The Society March 1, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Shape Poems 35 Comments . Peach Blossom Dreaming Peach blossoms furnish inwrought dreaming room Intangible to fingertips corrupt; __Substantially beyond each tapered...
‘Spring Shower’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society February 28, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 19 Comments . Spring Shower How beautiful the rain– The cool and cleansing rain! I watch as tiny rivulets Run down my window pane And countless glad and golden...
A Poem on the Covid Lab Leak, by Brian Yapko The Society February 27, 2023 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire 58 Comments . Born in a Wuhan Lab Newsflash: U.S. Energy Department says it was probably a lab leak. Those men in suits and labcoats thought it worth The lives...
Whatfinger Poetry Contest The Society February 27, 2023 Poetry, Poetry Contests 45 Comments . ABOUT THE CONTEST Many poets who have been published by the Society of Classical Poets have had their poems linked to, and therefore promoted, by...
‘The Piano Student’: A Poem by Royal Rhodes The Society February 27, 2023 Beauty, Music, Poetry 6 Comments . The Piano Student Glissandos flow like rivers from the keys, One by one, you slide with practiced skill And let us hear some hidden...
‘Delmon’s Progeny’ and Other Poetry by Wael Almahdi The Society February 26, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Delmon’s Progeny Delmon, also known as Dilmun, is a Semitic culture connected to Mesopotamia that flourished in the 2nd...
A Poem on the Loss of Free Speech: ‘Bite Your Tongue’ by Norma Pain The Society February 26, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 73 Comments . Bite Your Tongue If you should feel the sudden urge __To put forth your opinions, Letting sundry thoughts diverge __To influence the minions. Just...
‘Winter Hyphenation’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society February 25, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Winter Hyphenation Knit cap above, two squinting eyes below Face frozen fresh-fall snowfall, white as snow. Constricted pupils dim the sight and...
A Poem on the Eli Hart Murder: ‘A Woman’s Right’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society February 24, 2023 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . A Woman’s Right Eli Hart's story was highlighted by the Daily Wire here. Come hear of little Eli Hart— His father fought the “family...
‘The Meek, Not the Weak, Shall Inherit the Earth’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society February 24, 2023 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . On Hate God hates the evildoer and I can do no less. He gave us ten commandments for evil to assess. He helped identify them—the evil and the...
‘Moon Garden Party’ by Margaret Coats The Society February 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 34 Comments . Moon Garden Party It’s small and all reserved For plants that love full sun, Edges distinct though curved Refine how moments run Through dainty...
‘Aristotle Abridged’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society February 23, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Aristotle Abridged* And so we ponder virtue and vice. __We seek the mean, not the extreme. Perplexed, I ask for wise advice: __Why does not vice...
A Poem on Roald Dahl Revisions: ‘Willy Wonky’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 22, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 65 Comments . Willy Wonky on the revision of Roald Dahl’s works The whacky wokester clowns employed at Puffin Are wrecking classics...
A Poem on Ronald Reagan: ‘The Reagan’ by Paul Buchheit The Society February 22, 2023 Humor, Poetry, Satire, The Raven 60 Comments . The Reagan with apologies to Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a long and weary voting day with chances dreary for a quaint and curious choice, a nominee...
‘The Emerald Queen’: A Poem by Evan Mantyk The Society February 21, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . The Emerald Queen A Legend from the Future . Part I. Have you heard the old tale of the Emerald Queen? ‘Twas a long time ago when folks would...
‘Through the Eyes of Angels’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society February 21, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Through the Eyes of Angels Look down upon the Earth as angels might! See seas as insignificant as ponds, Each desert a mere sandbox. From this...
‘Reckoning’: A Poem on Looming Global Conflict by Mike Bryant The Society February 20, 2023 Culture, Poetry 34 Comments . Reckoning Will darkness drop again so we may know The thrill and chill of winter blowing, storming, And will we feel death's icy undertow As husks...
A Poem on Uyghurs Forced to Create Propaganda in China, by Paul A. Freeman The Society February 20, 2023 Human Rights in China, Poetry 20 Comments . In a School of Transformation I fix a mildly-optimistic smile upon my face, which until lately bore a tortured hue whilst in a pool of bile and...
Three Poems of Mortality, with Candles, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 19, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 32 Comments . Officium Defunctorum Spiritus meus attenuabitur, dies mei breviabuntur, et solum mihi superest sepulcrum. —Job 17:1 There is no need for first...
‘La Sirena’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper The Society February 19, 2023 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . La Sirena At some point they ceased to be beautiful. Even their voices. Bare breasts, bare arms, screams Savage as acid swamped the...
‘Troll’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 18, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé, Satire 52 Comments . Troll "Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow." ---Matshona Dhliwayo A witch! A witch! Let’s hush...
‘The Times’ and Other Poetry by Tiree MacGregor The Society February 18, 2023 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . The Times Madness clamours all around me, Brute unreason fouls the air, Rampant passion would confound me— Invitations to despair. Phantoms...
‘And Every Dog His Day’ by C.B. Anderson The Society February 17, 2023 Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . And Every Dog His Day There’s no such thing as dog-years. You were fooled By sentimental nincompoops who don’t Know how to count correctly,...
‘So Much Depends upon a Dog’ by André Le Mont Wilson The Society February 17, 2023 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . So Much Depends upon a Dog So much depends upon a dog The earth revolves around the sun. Each day revolves around our jog— unclip your harness,...
‘Snowflakes’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey The Society February 16, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Snowflakes Now soft and white the snowflake clusters fall. The wind picks up and blusters. Millions drift Like powdered sugar shaken by a baker’s...
‘Poetic Influence’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society February 16, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 19 Comments . Poetic Influence true stories I His baby girl with Mom at home, The work bus carted him away. His mother emailed him a poem (Which he would read...
A Poem on the Chinese Spy Balloon and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society February 15, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . The Chinese Spy Balloon From that balloon botch I’m most wondering, Why Biden stalled to shoot it from the sky. Was it more fecklessness and...
Modernism and the Murder of the People’s Poetry and Art: An Essay by Phillip Whidden The Society February 15, 2023 Art, Essays, Music, Poetry 60 Comments . Modernism and the Murder of the People’s Poetry and Art In Response to “Poetry Died 100 Years Ago this Month” by Matthew Walther in the New...
Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns The Society February 15, 2023 Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation 13 Comments . Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And so from that first circle I...
A Valentine’s Day ‘Appeal’ by C.B. Anderson The Society February 14, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 23 Comments . An Appeal I want to be a fiber on your loom, A constant fixture in your living room, A luscious morsel that you save for last. It's time for us to...
‘Ageless’: A Valentine’s Day Poem by Brian Yapko The Society February 14, 2023 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 28 Comments . Ageless Not in the golden mists of memory Nor in the colder mists of future years Shall I find love as true as yours for me--- A love so fair it...
‘The Ballad of Mrs. Pam Able’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Eardley The Society February 14, 2023 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . The Ballad of Mrs. Pam Able Mrs. Pam Able was very unstable, And loved to be tied to her dining-room table. Her friends were appalled, many names...
Two Valentine’s Day Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 13, 2023 Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry 34 Comments . Could it be Love? a pantoum My wits are kissed. Could it be love? My brain is drained of all but you. I’m cuckoo as a cooing dove. I have an...
‘Odysseus Begs?’ and Other Poetry by Bob Schildgen The Society February 13, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Homer, Poetry, Satire 7 Comments . Odysseus Begs? He’s leaning on a Pluto niche machine: an ATM, balanced on his good leg— a fresh appearance in an ancient scene— a bandaged...
A Picnic Poem by Paul Martin Freeman The Society February 12, 2023 Children's, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . The Number 128: The Picnic “Let’s go on a picnic,” the older one said; “We’ll take tins of salmon and slices of bread.” “We’ll set...
‘The Signs’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society February 12, 2023 Poetry 18 Comments . The Signs I saw the signs, They read, This Way. I followed them For half a day, Until my feet grew tired, Whereat… I sat. I sat to rest, The...
