‘The Players’: An Excerpt from Legacy: The Saga Begins, by Michael Pietrack The Society November 2, 2022 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 26 Comments The Players Legacy: The Saga Begins is a 14-chapter narrative poem that is set to launch on January 21, 2023. This is an excerpt from Chapter 11...
‘Fool’s Gold’ by David Watt The Society November 2, 2022 Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . Fool’s Gold In a febrile jungle region where the threats to life are legion And deflected rays land each on greenness rich as burnished...
‘Gone Are the Days’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society November 1, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 16 Comments . Gone Are the Days The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young. ---Oscar Wilde Gone are the days—the halcyon, magical...
‘A Half Century Ago’ and Other Poetry by Phil S. Rogers The Society November 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rhupunt 5 Comments . A Half Century Ago Oh there once was a time in our nation so fair, When the pledge to our flag was in schools everywhere, When young children...
‘Halloween—The New Normal’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 29 Comments . Halloween---The New Normal The maskless masses mingle on the street Pooh-poohing overreaching, grouchy rules. The granny-slaying, unvaxxed ogres...
‘It’s Halloween’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 16 Comments . It’s Halloween It’s Halloween, and musty tombs expel Damnation’s brides and grooms; ghoulish creatures rule the night, a ghastly resurrected...
‘Night Visitor’ and Other Ghost Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 31, 2022 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Night Visitor Between the ticking of the clock I thought I heard a haunting knock. I pondered what I thought I heard, "Perhaps the tapping of a...
‘Are You Prepared for All Hallows’ Eve?’ by Kevin Hayes The Society October 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Are You Prepared for All Hallows’ Eve? All Hallow’s Eve will soon be here--- A time when our two worlds come near. They roam our world for just...
‘Shroud-Eater’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 30, 2022 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Shroud-Eater The undead Shroud-Eater, or mâcheur de suaire, is not as well known as the vampire, but is just as horrifying. He prowls...
‘Ghouls Rules’ by Norma Pain The Society October 30, 2022 Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Ghouls Rules Out in the middle of Howling Heath Lives a mean old monster with a million teeth, In a mouth as big as a catamaran, To accommodate the...
A Poem of Frankenstein: ‘The Modern Prometheus’ by Brian Yapko The Society October 30, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 39 Comments . The Modern Prometheus Grrrr! Linden trees with falling leaves infest These ancient mountains. Crimson-faced they scream Like mobs in Transylvanian...
‘A Seasonal Concoction’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 29, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . A Seasonal Concoction He loved to have a cup of coffee in dawn’s dimmest light. It helped clear cobwebs from those heavy eyelids of the...
‘The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election’ by Phil S. Rogers, after Macbeth The Society October 29, 2022 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare 18 Comments . The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election after Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1 Scene: Thunder illuminates a 2020 calendar page in...
‘The Italian Job’ by Jeff Eardley The Society October 29, 2022 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . The Italian Job a true story “I’m from Pisa,” she cried with a giggle, As she leaned, towering over the man, With the beard, the bald head...
‘Everyday Angels’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 28, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 30 Comments . Everyday Angels inspired by Guadalupe Amejorado (1955-2021) They don’t appear in swathes of white __On scintillating wing. Their...
‘The Empirical Strikes Back’ by Paul A. Freeman (For UK Readers Only) The Society October 28, 2022 Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . The Empirical Strikes Back Let’s emulate Liberia with measurements superior; once more we’ll weigh our cereal in ounce and pound imperial. And...
‘The Polls’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society October 27, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire 17 Comments . The Polls The polls are looking up right now, __But my faith’s not complete, Because no poll can measure how __The Democrats might...
‘Cemetery’ and Other Poetry by Paul Buchheit The Society October 27, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . Cemetery The grasses, flowing amber on the breezethat speaks to me in verses intimate,are stilled, as if contented to appeasemy meditative spirit,...
‘Storehouse of Memories’ by Janice Canerdy The Society October 26, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Storehouse of Memories My memory seems worst of foes when conjuring the times she knows will hurt me worse than fist-thrown blows __and bring hot...
While Reading Burns’ ‘Stanzas: On the Same Occasion’ by Lucia Haase The Society October 26, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . While Reading Burns' 'Stanzas: On the Same Occasion' "Fain would I say" Burns wrote, has me inspired. Perhaps this inspiration’s meant to be a...
‘Playing with Matches’ by Aidan Casey The Society October 25, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments Playing with Matches "We don’t seek conflict with Russia but we are ready." ---Antony Blinken, March 4, 2022 We don’t seek conflict with...
‘Meditation’ and Other Poetry by Rachel A. Lott The Society October 25, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Meditation Say to yourself at break of day: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, proud, treacherous, envious, malicious. All...
A Poem on the Movie Eternal Spring, by Evan Mantyk The Society October 24, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle 15 Comments . His Pen a villanelle written upon watching the movie Eternal Spring His pen flies back and forth, a righteous flurry That recreates the scenes of...
‘A Southern Italian’s Reply to Shakespeare’ by Bradley Samore The Society October 24, 2022 Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 10 Comments . A Southern Italian’s Reply to Shakespeare If you compare me to a summer’s day then, Bill, your mind has melted in the heat. Let’s go inside,...
‘A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer’ by Okura, Translated by Seiji Hakui The Society October 23, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Translation 8 Comments . A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer, followed by an Envoi From the book five of the Man'yōshū, this poem is believed to be based on...
‘What Life Throws at Us’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 22, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . What Life Throws at Us A sentiment can sometimes get the best Of me and bring hard logic to an end. I need someone to share my destiny; Perhaps I...
‘The Trees: A Moment’ by Elliot Christophers The Society October 22, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . The Trees: A Moment Amongst the trees in such a wood That veils the sky with vaults of green, In sudden joyous peace I stood As nature did in full...
‘Ambience’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society October 21, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Ambience Oh, what a difference lighting throws __On these autumnal scenes, As back and forth it hides or shows __Drab browns or emerald...
‘When Orpheus Looked Back’ by Brian Yapko The Society October 21, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 38 Comments . When Orpheus Looked Back I find no peace. I lean upon this stone As wine-dark waves crash on the Grecian shore, My voice and lyre silent as the...
‘Last Words’ by James A. Tweedie The Society October 20, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Last Words They say I traced my finger in the air Before I died and let the wind erase My final, silent words. Those who were there Had fixed their...
An Essay on John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 20, 2022 Culture, Essays, Poetry 24 Comments . John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: A Restorative from the Restoration by Joseph S. Salemi John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester, stands out because of...
‘Alone Together’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society October 19, 2022 Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Alone Together Narcissus, in the days of old, Fell in love with his reflection. He knew none greater to behold And starved while staring at...
‘The Red Sea’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society October 19, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . The Red Sea From quite far off we smelled its salt And now stand stunned upon its shore. We stare into the writhing vault Where Moses sees a...
A Poem for Atheist Evolutionists: ‘Asinine’ by Damian Robin The Society October 18, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . Asinine to atheist evolutionists When your science cannot put to rights The special wrongs of our divinity, Your exasperation reaches heights That...
‘Ian’s Ire’ by Peter Venable The Society October 17, 2022 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Ian’s Ire Forecasts: Storm blasts. Cars leave. Clouds heave Endless rain. Flood’s domain. Massive surge. Nature’s scourge. Toy boats heaped...
‘Eluding Beauty’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 17, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 28 Comments . Eluding Beauty “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” ---William Shakespeare I yearn to write about the moon, __The moon and that is all--- The...
‘Just Not Alone…’ by Michael Charles Maibach The Society October 17, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 9 Comments . Just Not Alone… I never asked For easy tasks, For burdens light For just delights. Expected not The breaks I’ve got, And when they came I...
‘The Modern Cardinal’s Song’ by Adam Sedia The Society October 16, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . The Modern Cardinal’s Song after “The Major General’s Song” from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance from a faithful...
‘Moonburst’ and Other Poetry by Sourav Sengupta The Society October 15, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Moonburst I saw a comet streak across the night, And rend the sky with fire-tipped harpoon; While stars went out in fits of astral fright, The...
‘Dr. Quack’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society October 14, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . Dr. Quack My name is Dr. Henry Quack and in my little room out back, Are lots of pills and potions. There's drugs for this and drugs for that; if...
