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  • ‘Double Rondel for Pentecost’ by Margaret Coats

    The Society
    June 7, 2025
    Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Poetry Forms, Rondel
    1 Comment
  • ‘On Twenty Years of YouTube’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

    The Society
    June 6, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
    4 Comments
  • ‘Family Values’: Four Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

    The Society
    June 5, 2025
    Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Triolet
    20 Comments
  • ‘The Legend of Zhong Kui’: A Poem by M.D. Skeen

    The Society
    June 5, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
    3 Comments
  • ‘Roads of Potter County’: A Poem by Frank Rable

    The Society
    June 4, 2025
    Culture, Humor, Poetry
    14 Comments
  • On the Art Institute of Chicago’s South Garden and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia

    The Society
    June 3, 2025
    Art, Beauty, Poetry
    15 Comments
  • ‘My Fairytale’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

    The Society
    June 3, 2025
    Love Poems, Poetry
    12 Comments
  • ‘In Her Fair Foundry, Nature Forges Art’ by Claude Gaspar Bachet, Translated by Josh Middeldorf

    The Society
    June 2, 2025
    Beauty, Poetry, Translation
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    The Society
    June 2, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
    5 Comments
  • ‘Two Love Poems’ by James A. Tweedie

    The Society
    June 1, 2025
    Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle
    12 Comments
  • ‘To a Virginia Bluebell’ and Other Poetry by Lee Evans

    The Society
    June 1, 2025
    Beauty, Poetry
    6 Comments
  • ‘Still Life of a Bouquet’: A Poem by Joanna Raja Sekar

    The Society
    May 31, 2025
    Culture, Poetry
    12 Comments

‘St. Patrick’s Day, 2025’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 17, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
9 Comments
. St. Patrick’s Day, 2025 While swathed in swirls of green, some raise a glass Of dark elixir topped with sheeny cream. Some twirl through Derry...

‘Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson

The Society
March 17, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
. Simple Simon Responds to Sayings of Captain Obvious English literature tends to be wordy. Many tricks are exceedingly dirty. On a bright sunny day...

From James Sale’s Epic Poem DoorWay: ‘Arriving in Aquarius’

The Society
March 16, 2025
Epic, Poetry
10 Comments
. Opening extract from Canto 9 DoorWay: Arriving in Aquarius The poet, wrenched from love’s bliss with Seraphina in Canto 8, is carried onward by...

‘A Summer Evening’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

The Society
March 15, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. A Summer Evening The sky begins to cloak its face, Removing every streak of red. Above, two weary flyers trace The way back to their bough-held...

‘Beyond All Words’: A Love Poem by James A. Tweedie

The Society
March 15, 2025
Love Poems, Poetry
14 Comments
. Beyond All Words Can words alone, in skill-scribed shape or form— Inspired by muse or writ with feathered plume— Express the stark-dark depth...
poem/freeman/culture

‘Eternally Grounded’: A Poem by Frank Rable

The Society
March 14, 2025
Poetry, Satire
14 Comments
. Eternally Grounded There’s up and down, forward and back, Of opposites we have no lack. We have the dark and we have light, And we have left as...

‘Mussolini’s Minions’: A Poem by Mary Jane Myers

The Society
March 14, 2025
Culture, Humor, Poetry
15 Comments
. Mussolini's Minions ---Segesta, 2012 Entranced, we wander round the temple site.The hot Sicilian sun beats down. I’m frayed,now seek the parking...

‘A Fisherman’s Life’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero

The Society
March 13, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
6 Comments
. A Fisherman’s Life The fronds of the palm trees sway in the breeze. A lone tiny boat is bounced by the seas. The sunset is orange, reflection is...

‘Cherry Tree’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai

The Society
March 12, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
. Cherry Tree One summer day not long ago a man planted a tree, With tender love and patience he invested energy. He poured his hope and faith into...

‘Blind Watchmaker’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
March 11, 2025
Poetry, Science
21 Comments
. Blind Watchmaker A blind watchmaker tinkered for billions of yearswithout blueprints for making his intricate gears.So, he failed many times but...

‘Pumpkin Spice’: A Poem by Michael Pendragon

The Society
March 11, 2025
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
13 Comments
. Pumpkin Spice The scent of Autumn lingers in the air With hints of ginger, cinnamon, and clove; At 42nd Street and Herald Square, On 8th Street,...

Three Poems on War, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 10, 2025
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Core of War a pantoum The trickster charms and arms both sides--- He funds the ally and the foe. His hype unites and it divides. He’s oh so...

‘Of Elizabeth Bishop’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff

The Society
March 9, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
. Of Elizabeth Bishop Ms. Bishop is one able–eyed observer;her vision is acute, that’s plain to see.Staring at her, I doubt I could unnerve...

‘An Ode to a Hymn’: A Poem by C. Walker

The Society
March 9, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
. An Ode to a Hymn “Like aught that for its grace may be Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery” ---Percy Shelley in “Hymn to Intellectual...
poem/bryant/satire

A Poem for International Women’s Day: ‘Kitchen-Sink Musings’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
March 8, 2025
Poetry, Satire
26 Comments
. Kitchen-Sink Musings It’s International Women’s Day today But as a flunkee in biology I’m told I’m far from qualified to pay Fair tribute...

‘Nishijin Weaving’: A Poem by Margaret Coats

The Society
March 8, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
. Nishijin Weaving In the tranquil heartThere is no scattering ofBlossoms once gathered. ―Satomura Jōha, master of linked verse The shining...

‘Gossiping Hinges’ and Other Poems by LaVern Spencer McCarthy

The Society
March 7, 2025
Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle
7 Comments
. Gossiping Hinges Some think we hinges only squeak __because we seek __an oily drop __to make us stop, but hinges gossip day and night, __our...

‘Craft’: A Poem by T.M. Moore

The Society
March 7, 2025
Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. Craft ---a conversation between Beauty and Productivity "You don't have time for this, you know." "Says who?" "That daily checklist down there in...

‘A Token of Espousal’: A Poem on Saint Catherine de’ Ricci, by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
March 6, 2025
Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry
23 Comments
. A Token of Espousal Sister Elisabetta Dardinelli Speaks Concerning the Token of Espousalof Saint Catherine de’ Ricci (1522-1590) Dixit mihi...

‘Ode to the Sun’: A Poem by Daniel Howard

The Society
March 5, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. Ode to the Sun . I Oh first and longest-lasting of my friends, Helen Aurelia, how can I express Through this guitar o’er which my finger...

A Poem for Ash Wednesday, by Jeffrey Essmann

The Society
March 5, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. Ashes Before the Lenten ashes fade and thin, I might remind myself of those regrets More earnest than a taste for sweets Or bad TV and that my...

‘Seeing the Forest’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson

The Society
March 4, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
11 Comments
. Seeing the Forest Listen to the rustle of the foliage in the forest, _And note the motes of pollen floating there; Muscle headlong through the...

‘Give Praise for These Days of Old Age’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley

The Society
March 4, 2025
Humor, Poetry
24 Comments
. Give Praise for These Days of Old Age You’re up in the morning, you moan and you groan, You’re feeling the grinding of bone against bone. When...

‘The Greatest Time of Fatherhood’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick

The Society
March 3, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. The Greatest Time of Fatherhood I know that I’m supposed to say The finest time is now—today. And with all their accomplishments, That would...

Three Poems Dealing with Death, by Brian Yapko

The Society
March 2, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Terza Rima
22 Comments
. A Brief Return Hey, little girl. I’ve come to check on you;To hear your voice, to see your face anew.Can it be true? Has it been seven...

‘We Already May Be in Purgatory’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

The Society
March 2, 2025
Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. We Already May Be in Purgatory The Peterson Postulate "What if this life is just a test so we can become better people?" ---The White Lotus HBO TV...

‘Zelensky Gets a Hard Lesson’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi

The Society
March 1, 2025
Culture, Poetry
67 Comments
. Zelensky Gets a Hard Lesson Zelensky comes strutting, in hope of a payout— Trump and young J.D. are trusting that he’ll Accept their...

‘Snapshot’: A Poem by Steven Frattali

The Society
March 1, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Snapshot It's morning and you rise. You shake your hairAnd stretch yourself a bit, your elbows high,Your blue night gown illuminated byA slant of...

‘Winter at the Pond’: A Poem by Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano

The Society
March 1, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
4 Comments
. Winter at the Pond I scan the pond. Young birches standing there Have given up their leaves. I set my gaze On trees in water and on trees in...

Poems Inspired by DOGE Cuts, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
February 28, 2025
Poetry, Satire
16 Comments
. Bloat A warrior is battling the bloat Of bulging skivers bleeding strivers dry--- The gloating glut of grubbers kept afloat By worn out workers as...

The Dark Wood: Canto I of Dante’s Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns

The Society
February 28, 2025
Dante, Poetry, Translation
7 Comments
. The Dark Wood: Canto I of Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Midway along the journey of our days __I...

‘A Show Tonight’: A Poem for Shen Yun by Brian Marple

The Society
February 27, 2025
Performing Arts, Poetry
6 Comments
. A Show Tonight The young dawn pierces languid night And dips the theater in newborn light. The Shen Yun trucks are at its doors, For there will be...

‘The Vice’ and Other Poems by Gigi Ryan

The Society
February 27, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle
12 Comments
. The Vice Worse than the addiction of a smoker, And harder to get over than cocaine, More drawing than to gamblers their poker Is a vice that never...

‘Distance Kills’: A Poem by Michael Charles Maibach

The Society
February 26, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. Distance Kills Distance kills. It’s always true. In time and space, In all we do. Those on our team, Who leave the sport. Those at our work Who...

‘Old Man at the River’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero

The Society
February 26, 2025
Art, Beauty, Poetry
9 Comments
  Old Man at the River Old man's at the river painting the scene.He's working on boats and feeling serene.Unnoticed, a person's drowning out...
poem/rosenbaum/culture

‘If I Could but Touch His Hem’: A Poem by Rohini Sunderam

The Society
February 25, 2025
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
. If I Could but Touch His Hem ---Mark 5:25-34 Forgive me, Lord, you know it’s true That I have prayed twelve years to you, To stop the bleeding...

‘Trumped by Reason’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
February 25, 2025
Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. Trumped by Reason Our elitists loved extolling all their virtues while controlling each dimension of all nations through new laws and...

‘Mr. Bluebird’ and Other Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
February 24, 2025
Beauty, Poetry, Satire, Triolet, Villanelle
28 Comments
. Mr. Bluebird Your spirit rose before I spied your form. It dulled the winter sting and stilled the storm. Your warming warble quelled the bitter...

‘Winter Midnights’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee

The Society
February 23, 2025
Beauty, Poetry
7 Comments
. Winter Midnights Old numbers on the radio; Through foggy panes, a street lamp's glow; Some aircraft's feebly buzzing sound; Barks of...

‘Renaissance’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey

The Society
February 23, 2025
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
9 Comments
. Renaissance for Rob Salminen I am as old as I have ever been, And I've not seen all that I'd hoped to see— But every day my life begins...
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  1. Dave Whippman on ‘Folk Heroes’: A Poem by Warren BonhamJune 7, 2025

    I agree 100%, Brian. There's a profound sickness in a society that worships the likes of Thunberg and the other…

  2. Dave Whippman on ‘Family Values’: Four Poems by Susan Jarvis BryantJune 7, 2025

    Excellent as ever, Susan, and you've inspired me. Poems about family members are now added to my poetry "to do"…

  3. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘Double Rondel for Pentecost’ by Margaret CoatsJune 7, 2025

    How intensely burns your rondel that singes the soul and sears the heart. I have no idea what musical score…

  4. Frank Rable on ‘Roads of Potter County’: A Poem by Frank RableJune 7, 2025

    C.B., I've lived in Bucks County since 1962. I remember Langhorne Speedway (the big left turn) I bought cars at…

  5. Margaret Coats on ‘On Twenty Years of YouTube’: A Poem by Paul A. FreemanJune 6, 2025

    Thanks for the amusement, Paul! I learned of YouTube practically as soon as it came into being, because choir directors…

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