‘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...
‘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...
