‘Vital Signs’ by Jeffrey Essmann The Society August 20, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments . I. My body heat is at a modicum: Say, ninety-eight point two or one or so. Foreboding naught particularly glum Except a disposition to succumb To...
Five Poems for My Mother, by James A. Tweedie The Society August 19, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Five Poems for My Mother by James A. Tweedie Poet’s Note: My mother, Marjorie Schlatter Tweedie, passed away on June 18 at the age of 101. She...
‘There Is No God?’ by Michael Charles Maibach The Society August 19, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 22 Comments . There Is No God? “There is no God,” Some men do say. This doubt, some voice, And claim this day. If God is myth Who gave us eyes? Who gave us...
‘Un-Justice Merrick Garland’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society August 18, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Un-Justice Merrick Garland “Garland is a moderate,” Obama swore, We all can see his moderation now--- The Trump raid tactics never used...
‘Chitchat’ by Norma Pain The Society August 18, 2022 Humor, Poetry 33 Comments . Chitchat If only I could find a man, I’m lonely since Sebastian, That loser, left me for another. Still, I didn’t like his mother Anyway, so no...
Persia, Ferdowsi, and the Shahnameh: An Essay by Adam Sedia The Society August 17, 2022 Culture, Epic, Essays, Poetry, Rubaiyat 3 Comments . POEMS THAT BUILT A NATION PART II. Persia, Ferdowsi, and the Shahnameh by Adam Sedia A previous essay highlighted how the Finnish national epic...
‘Persistence’ by David L. Williams The Society August 17, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments . Persistence It seems when flies get in from the outside, They never find how to get out again; Instead they only buzz around and hide, A game that...
‘A Stranger in Your Land’ by Damian Robin, After Dimash Qudaibergen The Society August 16, 2022 Beauty, Music, Poetry 12 Comments . A Stranger in Your Land after Dimash Qudaibergen’s song “Stranger” A lonely stranger in your land__where you are strange to me,underfoot,...
‘An Anti-Evolution Song’ by Evan Mantyk The Society August 15, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire, Science 31 Comments . An Anti-Evolution Song Evolution Is False. God Is True. inspired by the writings of Zhang Tianliang How probable is it, however you spin it, __That...
‘Images of Darwin, post-1859’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society August 15, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Satire 13 Comments . Images of Darwin, Post-1859 1859: The year the ponderously titled On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of...
A Poem for Salman Rushdie: ‘Mightier Than the Sword?’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 14, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 49 Comments . Mightier Than the Sword? His Eighties searing splash of fiery ink Scorched the skin of those who won’t allow The flare of feisty words. His...
‘As Day Transitions to Night’ by Alexander Lazarus Wolff The Society August 14, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments . As Day Transitions to Night for "JD" and Margaret Coats There is none of the daylight’s verve— __no ripples of the sun in the brook streaming...
‘Lament of the Little White Horse’ by Paul Fort, Translated by Joshua C. Frank The Society August 13, 2022 Beauty, Music, Poetry, Translation 11 Comments . Lament of the Little White Horse by Paul Fort (1872-1960) Translated by Joshua C. Frank The little horse in the weather so dread, What courage he...
A Poem on Taxes: ‘Give and Take’ by Norma Pain The Society August 12, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 19 Comments . Give and Take Mr. Taxman, you’re a peach, Fill your pockets we beseech. Having money is a curse, Please take freely from our purse. We may catch...
‘My No-Show Foes’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 11, 2022 Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . My No-Show Foes I whet my blade, anticipating mayhem. My enemies just whet their appetite On what they hope my manager will pay them For throwing...
‘Lullaby of New Mexico’ by Brian Yapko The Society August 11, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 33 Comments . Lullaby of New Mexico Duerme mijo---sleep my weary child As we drive south upon the interstate. My side-eye checks on you, my tired you. My...
‘Byrd in Flight’ and ‘Summer Sunday Baroque’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society August 10, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 24 Comments . Byrd in Flight The surplice-vested, five-part choir, Like sparrows on a five-tiered wire, Gives flight to canticles of Byrd. The flocks of...
‘Non Existent’ and Other Poetry by Gary Borck The Society August 9, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Shakespeare 12 Comments . . Non Existent One day my body disappeared, __nor could I touch or taste, but I could feel the flood of tears __that filled my missing face. My...
‘Awake’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 8, 2022 Culture, Poetry 36 Comments . Awake At night I quake and lie awake in bed. My racing mind likes pacing to and fro. My thoughts, they peck and caw just...
‘Tapestry’ by Mary Gardner The Society August 8, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 22 Comments . Tapestry My grandfather Evangelos did trading with the Turks Of pipes and hookahs, hash, and cloths, and skillful carpet-works. A tapestry he gave...
Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891), Translated by Margaret Coats The Society August 7, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondel, Translation, Triolet 21 Comments . Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891) translated by Margaret Coats The Velocipede Half brain, and half a pair of wheels, Transcending...
‘Some Mornings’ by Jeffrey Essmann The Society August 6, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 11 Comments . Some Mornings Some mornings it’s just tough to find that place, That slippery perspective where I view The world as not entirely unbraced From...
‘Byron Swims the Hellespont’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society August 6, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 43 Comments . Byron Swims the Hellespont On May 9, 1810, Lord Byron swam across the Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos to duplicate the legendary back-and-forth...
Five Love Sonnets by Daniel Joseph Howard The Society August 5, 2022 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 7 Comments . Forsake Me Now Forsake me now, and say your last farewell While my misfortune’s in its full career, By circumstances forced to part from...
‘Fishing on the Fly’: Three Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society August 4, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . Deschutes River Reverie The river, swift and shallow, roils its way Beneath the outstretched arms of old-growth pines, Past bank-side willows...
‘Don’t Laugh at a Christian’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society August 3, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Don't Laugh at a Christian God looked down on Noah And said "Construct an ark Bigger than a boat, More like a zoo or park." Friends said he was...
‘Transgender Madness: For All the Children Beyond Repair’ by Karen Darantière The Society August 2, 2022 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Transgender Madness: For All the Children Being Harmed Beyond Repair inspired by When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T. Anderson . I. At age 5: the...
‘Camena Interrupta’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society August 1, 2022 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 4 Comments . Camena Interrupta The measured words of poetryRise round the mystic sphere,Sift through the dirt or sing divineIn strains that soothe or...
‘A Happy 80th Birthday Wish’ by Evan Mantyk The Society August 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings 20 Comments . . A Happy 80th Birthday Wish for the Poet's Father I wish for you the golden years Odysseus had Retired from life’s long strife, a sort of...
‘To Winter’ and Other Poetry by James Sale The Society July 31, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 27 Comments . . To Winter for John Keats Where are the songs of spring? Now moving west All of us are into winter finally: Threadbare, lackluster, shorn-sheer,...
‘Dog Tired, Cat on Top’ by Damian Robin The Society July 30, 2022 Children's, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Dog Tired, Cat on Top The cat sat on the mat, Been there, seen that. The cat sat on the chair, Seen that, been there. The cat sat on the...
‘The Photograph’ and Other Poetry by Chantal LaFortune The Society July 29, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 5 Comments . The Photograph The snowflakes tumble down like frozen tears, Which fall from every eye this winter day; They heard the call and answered without...
‘Cordelia’s Choice’ by Brian Yapko The Society July 28, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Shakespeare 18 Comments . Cordelia's Choice Ye gods, what should I do with such ill news? My father, once the king, is now insane And stripped of dignity. What must I...
‘Online Research’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society July 27, 2022 Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Online Research For how long grilling planks should soak __I checked the time online. A website that I noticed first __Called 15 minutes fine. But...
‘Elegy for the Child Never Conceived’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society July 26, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . Elegy for the Child Never Conceived His would-be parents had but days; The procreative ship sat docked, And with the passengers’ delays, That...
‘Forked: A Palindrome Poem’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society July 25, 2022 Humor, Poetry, Readings 39 Comments . . Forked a palindrome poem I’m a toxic-tongued witch with some bitching to weave. No trite tittle-tattle will make me believe My lips drip...
‘Ballade of Pride’ by E.M. Schorb The Society July 25, 2022 Culture, Poetry 52 Comments . Ballade of Pride They’re a proud people. —The Frugal Gourmet Of every group whose food he shows, this Doctor of Diet, this Frugal Gourmet, this...
‘Aftertaste’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society July 24, 2022 Acrostic, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 37 Comments . Aftertaste Love at first sip was so cloyingly sweet, When I’d have gladly laid all at his feet, Sworn by the heavens his eminent worth, Followed...
‘After Observing the Working Methods of a Very Important Artist’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society July 23, 2022 Art, Culture, Poetry 34 Comments . After Observing the Working Methods of a Very Important Artist The aging fool stands deep in dirty water, Cradling the carcass of a native fowl To...
‘Creativity, Originality, and Eccentricity’: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi The Society July 22, 2022 Essays, Poetry, Shakespeare 38 Comments . Creativity, Originality, and Eccentricity by Joseph S. Salemi I don’t know why it should be so, but I have a propensity to attract the attention...
