‘Wanton Wandering Winds’ and Other Petrarchan Love Sonnets by Daniel Howard The Society September 19, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 4 Comments . Wanton Wandering Winds Those wanton wandering winds, my darling fair, Whose western currents comb in several ways And lose themselves within the...
‘Paracelsus’ by Adam Sedia The Society September 18, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Paracelsus Creating man demands not much: Combine the four base elements In right amounts; the lodestone’s touch At once should jolt him into...
‘To a Cloud’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 17, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle 41 Comments . To a Cloud You’re a pillow of marshmallow. You balloon and bob and billow As I sprawl beneath the willow __On the grass. You’re...
‘Last Place Winner’ by Guy Warner The Society September 17, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . Last Place Winner after winning the 30-34 age group with a last-place finish in a 5K Inhaling frozen oxygen, he rounds The final turn. No cheers,...
A Poem on Gun Control and Other Poems by Stephen M. Dickey The Society September 16, 2022 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . I. Lefties, in fact, are cool with using guns. Their Mayakovsky howled The floor is yours, Comrade Mauser! as they came for the sons of their...
‘Mid-September Reverie’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society September 15, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 32 Comments . Mid-September Reverie from the book Eternal Spring Moonbeams at midnight and frost on the pole; Wind in the willows to tickle the soul; Roses in...
Athena Emboldens Telemachus: Book 1 of The Odyssey Complete Text, Translated by Mike Solot The Society September 15, 2022 Culture, Epic, Homer, Poetry, Translation 6 Comments . The Odyssey Translator's Note: The Odyssey, Book 1, which exemplifies an essential feature of Homer's art as a storyteller, the way he composes the...
‘The Salt Spring Island Trolls’ by Norma Pain The Society September 14, 2022 Humor, Poetry 30 Comments . The Salt Spring Island Trolls I have a boat In Fulford Bay. She does not float To my dismay. She lies forlorn Upon the shore, Ragged and torn To...
‘Obedience’ by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi (with a Long Note) The Society September 13, 2022 Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry, Translation 16 Comments . Obedience by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863) translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi It’s not true, Christians, what you have been...
A Poem on Drug Abuse: ‘An American Tragedy’ by Phil S. Rogers The Society September 13, 2022 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . An American Tragedy In his mind the purple walrus __mutated to a bat, its unstable form evolving __till it became a cat. "Old cat," said he, "you...
‘The Beginning of Wisdom’ by T.M.A. Day The Society September 12, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . The Beginning of Wisdom Within the passing noon of our own life, I saw through woodlands dark and traces grim, Those words upon the graven arches...
A Poem for Those Affected by the Mill Fire in Siskiyou County, by James A. Tweedie The Society September 11, 2022 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . In Silence I Sing for those affected by the Mill Fire, September 2022 Uplifted to God as with wings of a bird In silence I sing without music or...
‘The Adjudication’ and Other Poetry by Anthony Watts The Society September 11, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . The Adjudication “I weep for you,” the Walrus said: __“I deeply sympathise.” With sobs and tears he sorted out __Those of the largest...
‘The Way of the World’ by Jeffrey Essmann The Society September 10, 2022 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . The Way of the World Some horrid truth seems now made manifest: __Some nothingness tucked in the human core Parades itself as fullness and the...
‘The Morning’s Crest’ by Stephen Ramsek The Society September 10, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . The Morning’s Crest The morning’s crest is in its youth, The dawn has yet to lose a tooth, The virgin firmament is dark, The sun’s no more...
‘Drunk on Compassion’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society September 9, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 48 Comments . Drunk on Compassion How good it feels to open up your heart And groove on how compassionate you are! You advertise your causes on your car And list...
A Poem on the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II: ‘For My Queen’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 8, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 64 Comments . For My Queen Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor April 21, 1926 - September 8, 2022 My symbol of nobility, stability and grace, Who reigned yet...
10 New Riddles for Mid-Autumn Festival 2022 The Society September 8, 2022 Children's, Culture, Poetry, Riddles 10 Comments . The Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, falls on Sept. 10 this year. A common tradition is to read riddles hung from lanterns while under the...
‘Capability Brown’ by Jeff Eardley The Society September 8, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 22 Comments . Capability Brown Lancelot “Capability” Brown was England’s greatest landscape architect. His name was Capability, A man of great...
‘Who Shaves the Barber?’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 7, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Who Shaves the Barber? shaves all those, and those only, who do not shave themselves. —Bertrand Russell The barber had a gift for cutting...
‘Cracked Liberty Bell’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society September 6, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments . Cracked Liberty Bell July the 4th—Independence. Many bands play. Parades pass by— Fireworks fly. __Rocket’s red glare . . . 1900. A song was...
StairWell Canto 10 Extract by James Sale The Society September 5, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Dante, Epic, Poetry 55 Comments . StairWell Canto 10 extract Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell. Now in the 10th Canto of StairWell, we meet...
‘In Plain Sight’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 4, 2022 Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 45 Comments . In Plain Sight Our enemies aren’t rattling at the gate. Our foes aren’t firing shots from foreign ground. They toy with minds---pain brains,...
‘Ozymandias Begins’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society September 4, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Ozymandias Begins I met the monarch of our ancient land, who said, ‘Your skill at sculpting is renowned. The hammer and the chisel in your...
A Rebuttal to Michael Burch and An Encouragement to Poets, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 3, 2022 Culture, Essays, Poetry 68 Comments . by Susan Jarvis Bryant This is a word of encouragement to all those poets out there who use their art to get a grave point on current issues...
‘Summer Nocturne’ by Cheryl Corey The Society September 3, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . Summer Nocturne In steady, humming monotone, With synchronism the crickets drone, And hushedly through the night intone __Their evening...
‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society September 2, 2022 Culture, Music, Poetry 20 Comments . Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition Although this mad world’s headed for perdition, Don’t cower or wring hands with misery. Spines...
‘Seminary’ by Paul Buchheit The Society September 2, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Seminary Recalling days of vigor and simplicity, of boyish spirits spun from neural gossamer and hardened into granite by a panoply of actors:...
‘Food for Thought’ and Other Food-Related Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society September 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 24 Comments . Food for Thought A Culinary Tale There once was a man wan and pallid, he Suffered from a mysterious malady: __He ate carrots and greens, __Ripe...
The 2022 Society of Classical Poets International Poetry Competition The Society September 1, 2022 Poetry, Poetry Contests 8 Comments . "Yet, do thy worst old Time; despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young." ---William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX First...
The 2022 SCP International High School Poetry Competition The Society September 1, 2022 Education, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests . “Yet, do thy worst old Time; despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.” —William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX First...
‘The One Standing Tall’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society August 31, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 25 Comments . The One Standing Tall for the Poet's father The home is where he lives, his heart is full Of love, no wealth can buy his rich esteem; No rock can...
‘The Death of the Leviathan’ by Adam Sedia The Society August 31, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 8 Comments . The Death of the Leviathan The monster finally meets its doom: Sound out the death-knell, light the pyre! The depths are ready for its tomb--- Now...
‘The Shade Tree’ and Other Poetry by Adam Wasem The Society August 31, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . The Shade Tree While out for a walk with my toddler, late, In the city I have come to hate, But where I am compelled to stay By my and his...
The 22 Best Haiku of 2022 The Society August 30, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests 30 Comments . The 22 Best Haiku of 2022 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2022 Haiku Competition Judged by Margaret Coats (see her...
‘Requiem for Eurydice’ by Mary Virginia Vietor The Society August 29, 2022 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 10 Comments . Requiem for Eurydice The sunlight dims before my eyes, __My fingertips lose yours, And as my whispered farewell flies, __The last crescendo...
‘The Grieving of Autumn’ by Peggy Everett The Society August 28, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . The Grieving of Autumn Be tender toward your own yearnings, When the grieving of autumn returns. When the brown leaves are piled for their...
‘A Villanelle for Robert Hoogland’ and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank The Society August 27, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle 32 Comments . A Villanelle for Robert Hoogland Hoogland was imprisoned for calling his daughter female Their mouths are gagged, their hands are bound; Their...
‘Ode to Poets of the Past’ by Joe Kidd The Society August 26, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Ode to Poets of the Past I do agree with the sights__that I have seen:the warm and comfortable steps__where love has been and with the sounds of...
A Conceit or Just a Similitude? Two Brief Illustrations from Sir John Suckling, by Joseph S. Salemi The Society August 25, 2022 Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . A Conceit or Just a Similitude? Two Brief Illustrations from Sir John Suckling by Joseph S. Salemi One of the earliest things one learns in poetry...
