‘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...
‘Leisure’: A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX, by Jonathan Shoulta The Society October 13, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 3 Comments . Σχολή (Leisure) A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX You see the glist’ning peak of Mount Soracte, which towers, high with snow, its...
A Poem on the End of Transgender Surgery on Minors at Vanderbilt, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 12, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Readings 44 Comments . . Vanderbilt’s Nemesis Written for Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire who has called out the evils of lucrative transgender surgery on minors at...
‘I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece’ and Other Children’s Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 12, 2022 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece I sailed away to ancient Greece In search of Jason’s golden fleece. I climbed aboard the Argonaut, But could not...
A Poem on California’s Proposition One and Other Poetry by Margaret Coats The Society October 11, 2022 Culture, Poetry 48 Comments . Proposition One Proposition One, written by the state legislature, amends the California constitution “to expressly include an individual’s...
‘Making Apple Butter’ by Cheryl Corey The Society October 11, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Making Apple Butter Once he got the fire good and hot, Old Silas filled the kettle with some cider; and when it boiled down to golden amber, he...
‘Critical Failure’ by Bennett Chatigny The Society October 10, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 2 Comments . Critical Failure Failure to launch in every direction; Ran out of fuel before firing the rocket. Time for some long internal reflection; Retool the...
Metrical Clerihew Poetry Challenge The Society October 9, 2022 Clerihew, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests, Satire 79 Comments . The clerihew is a relatively new poetry form introduced by Edmund Clerihew Bentley in 1905. It is usually a single quatrain of light verse rhyming...
‘Tower of the Winds’ by Tad Tuleja The Society October 9, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . Tower of the Winds Eight winds blowing, bluster overflowing,Buffet all the crevices of earth.Eight winds searching, lustily and lurching,Spawning...
A Poem on the Busing of Illegal Immigrants, by Russel Winick The Society October 8, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 42 Comments . Sincerity of the Left The sanctuary cities said: “Undocumenteds may come here, It’s merciless to keep them out, We welcome them with open...
‘Brain to Heart’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society October 8, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments . Brain to Heart God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart. —Ecclesiastes 3.11 To dig deep holes...
‘Never Argue with a Progressive’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society October 7, 2022 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 15 Comments . Never Argue with a Progressive They never tell the truth, except by accident, And when they do, they’ll tell you that they really meant The...
‘The Good Samaritan’ by Brian Yapko The Society October 7, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 37 Comments . The Good Samaritan Scene: The road between Jerusalem and Jericho. It is now three days since a good Samaritan has left an injured robbery victim...
Verse on Verse: Four Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society October 6, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Education, High School Submissions, Poetry 16 Comments . Serious Poetry Serious poetry, somber and grim; Dashing, descriptive, with narrative flair. Formal and versified; Rhythmic and dignified; Romance...
‘Equal Schmequal’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 5, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 34 Comments . Equal Schmequal The traits of men were glibly mocked __By those who thought men strange--- Those who thought the world half-cocked __ And...
‘The Tech Addict’s Lament’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society October 5, 2022 Culture, Poetry 30 Comments . The Tech Addict’s Lament As I take one more hit of electronic cocaine, I snort a fresh shot of noise into my brain And feel the cacophony’s...
‘1960s Soap Operas’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society October 4, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 34 Comments . 1960s Soap Operas “Soap operas,” they called them. Housewives watched Them while they sewed or cooked or ironed clothes. At two o’clock each...
‘Green Energy’ After Dr. Seuss’s ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ by Dan Ward The Society October 4, 2022 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire 35 Comments . Green Energy with apologies to Dr. Seuss I do not like green energy Don’t subsidize it, AOC. I do not like it in the dark, My solar panels will...
‘Sonnet 89’ by Richard Craven The Society October 3, 2022 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Sonnet 89 I passed her on the footbridge (underneath, the cars rushing pell-mell to Hades’ mouth). Backwards flowed time then as I scoped her...
‘Elysium’ by Adam Sedia The Society October 2, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Elysium O golden hour, soft denouement of day, O mystic time of quietude and peace, When boughs and rushes whisper as they sway, Twirled by the...
‘A Woodstock for China’ by Talbot Hook The Society October 1, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . A Woodstock for China You sit within a public Chinese bus, And out the window: buildings, concrete, dust, Which all are perfect—life is simply...
‘Uncontrolled’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society October 1, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Environment 19 Comments . Uncontrolled When my behavior needs to change, __But I can’t make that be, Such lack of self-control seems strange, __And I’m ashamed of...
‘Bergerette’ by Marguerite de Navarre, translated by Margaret Coats The Society September 30, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation 21 Comments . Bergerette by Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), translated by Margaret Coats O shepherdess, my friend,On love alone I live.True love is life’s...
‘Lay of the Oak’ by William Heard The Society September 30, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Lay of the Oak I now recall a lay for you, A Briton’s tale of love made new. A humble knight rode through light morn, Until dark clouds made blue...
‘Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison)’ by Mary Gardner The Society September 29, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison) Vicente el Bisonte used to live in Mexico He said, “I do not like it here, it’s time for me to go. For...
‘Fire on Ice’ by Anna J. Arredondo The Society September 28, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 26 Comments . Fire on Ice How shall I serve my anger up to you? Shall I become like one most distant star Burning intensely, far from where you...
A Toothbrush Poem: ‘Ill-used’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society September 28, 2022 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Ill-used I’ve been ill-used, no other word will do; pristinely packaged, sanitised and new a month ago I stood upon display till someone paid to...
‘Congratulations and Homage to Giorgia Meloni’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society September 27, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 61 Comments . Congratulations and Homage to Giorgia Meloni Italy rises up and overthrows The stench of leftist tyranny at last. Rage among the EU’s pooh-bahs...
‘The Last Detail’ and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society September 27, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments . The Last Detail Two cocksure, loud–mouthed lads one day set out, Intent on catching perch. “No,” Jim said, “trout.” The hole they headed...
‘Sex in the English Garden’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society September 26, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Sex in the English Garden Light, feathery Astilbe Sways gently in the breeze Afraid she always will be Faint fluff beneath the trees Concealing...
‘Sentimental Song’ and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva The Society September 26, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 3 Comments . Sentimental Song A pad and pen lie by his side __This moonless night of fall. And though he tries to hush his pride, To only see the tears she...
‘Cruise Control?’ and Other Poetry by Tonia Kalouria The Society September 25, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . Cruise Control? based on a real incident in San Francisco on April 1, 2022 (though not an April Fool's joke) A well-mannered Cruise...
‘The Recollected Dream’ by David Watt The Society September 24, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . The Recollected Dream When midsummer rain is spearing From storm clouds darkest grey That provide no hint of clearing To reveal the blue of...
Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge: Fireplaces The Society September 23, 2022 Ekphrastic, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 23 Comments . This photo comes to us from Joshua C. Frank of Texas. Write an ekphrastic poem based on it and post it in the comments section...
‘What I Learned from Tolkien’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society September 23, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 32 Comments . What I Learned from Tolkien The darkness comes and all seems bleak and wrong, My calm is rent, right burdens can’t be borne And Evil holds an...
‘Milking the System’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 22, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Milking the System We waited, we have waited, and we wait. Delays continue to increase the cost Of doing business. Every magistrate Can...
‘Illusion’ by James A. Tweedie The Society September 22, 2022 Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . Illusion At times we can’t tell what we’re looking at. It could be this or else it could be that. A beautiful young woman? Or old hag? Do...
‘Carcassonne’ and Other Poetry by Gustave Nadaud, Translated by Joshua C. Frank The Society September 21, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry, Translation 18 Comments . Carcassonne by Gustave Nadaud (1820-1893) Translated by Joshua C. Frank “At sixty years, I’m getting old, And I’ve been working all my...
‘The Night’ by Gary Borck The Society September 20, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Readings 18 Comments . . The Night When most have fled the day and sought their beds Pre-empting stealthy onset of the night; When every corner holds its store of...
StairWell Canto 10 Extract 2 by James Sale The Society September 19, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry 44 Comments . StairWell Canto 10 extract 2 Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell. Now in the 10th Canto of StairWell, we meet...
