‘The Departing Year’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society January 7, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . The Departing Year This night shall stand and stare with wintry rage Through half-closed windows stained in loss and gain; To measure all...
‘I Will Mock When Your Calamity Cometh’ by Alec Ream The Society January 7, 2023 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . "I Will Mock When Your Calamity Cometh" "...but ye have set at nought my counsel, and would hear none of my reproof: I also will laugh at...
‘Xi’ and Other Poetry by Morrison Handley-Schachler The Society January 7, 2023 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 8 Comments . Xi When Xerxes saw his bridge of boats which spanned The Hellespont destroyed, forthwith he laid Fetters of iron on the waves and flayed With whips...
‘Cambridge Dictionary Women, 2040’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society January 6, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . Cambridge Dictionary Women, 2040 In 2040 leftist sports fans Realized their greatest joys, With legendary women’s records Smashed by athletes...
A Poem Commemorating January 6th and Ashli Babbitt, by Monika Cooper The Society January 6, 2023 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . La Bandera “ never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders” —Benjamin Franklin It was the feast of the Epiphany. The mall...
‘The Babylonian Exile’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society January 5, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . The Babylonian Exile At first it cut much quicker to the bone: The loss of all, our world brought to the brink. But by and by you slowly start to...
A Poem for Defrocked Priest Frank Pavone: ‘Unholy Orders’ by Joshua C. Frank The Society January 4, 2023 Culture, Poetry 70 Comments . Unholy Orders for defrocked priest Frank Pavone I heard disturbing news: Pope Francis fired a priest For preaching pro-life views To save some of...
‘The Sky with Birds Just Lately Born’ by Peg Glynn The Society January 4, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . The Sky with Birds Just Lately Born Sometimes there’s a sadness in my heart. A stone, a thought, a fearful start. Yet I rise and see the...
‘Shams’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 3, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Shams Shams-i Tabrizi was Rumi’s intimate friend and spiritual mentor. I stayed awake those short midsummer nights When naked druids danced...
‘A Broadside’ by Peter Lillios The Society January 3, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings 17 Comments . . A Broadside Drawn up before us, proud and sure, Costumed in their haute couture, And sporting all the best coiffures, With colours purple and...
‘A Holy Picnic’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society January 2, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 32 Comments . A Holy Picnic A small child had a vision in the light Of day, while sitting square upon the rug. It seemed as if she rose to a great height, And...
Two Winter Poems by Phil S. Rogers The Society January 2, 2023 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . The Winter Cold I so despise the winter cold; I admit it makes me utter all kinds of truly nasty words, disposition in the gutter. The snow, the...
‘Dark Sky’ by Joseph Stuart The Society January 1, 2023 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . Dark Sky Back home, the dark is overborne By a billion busy diodes Emitting artificial light, Thence seeping out into the night. But, up here,...
‘Calendar Poems’: An Essay by Margaret Coats The Society January 1, 2023 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Found Poem, Poetry 39 Comments . Calendar Poems by Margaret Coats January loves what goblets hold, And February complains of cold. March plows the fields with furrows new, And...
Two Different Views on New Year’s Resolutions: Poems by David Whippman and Evan Mantyk The Society December 31, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 16 Comments . New Year’s Resolution a villanelle by David Whippman And what have you resolved for the new year? I guarantee your vows will be in vain. Oh, I...
Two New Year’s Eve Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 31, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 30 Comments . Same Old New Year I bid adieu. You shuffle out. A new you shimmies in--- A you without the frown and pout, A happy you of zip and clout, And...
A Poem for Isabel Vaughan-Spruce: ‘Her Silent Prayer’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 30, 2022 Culture, Poetry 29 Comments . Her Silent Prayer for Isabel Vaughan-Spruce Beneath the whisper of suburban trees One sombre, sunless, British afternoon, A hushed and...
Poems Against Birth Control, from Joshua C. Frank The Society December 30, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Found Poem, Poetry, Rondeau 21 Comments . Two Empty Chairs “We did the NFP bit for awhile ... and have felt revulsion over it ever since. During that time we might have had at least two...
‘Where Ever-present Joy Knows Naught of Time’ and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson The Society December 29, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Dante, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé 25 Comments . “Where Ever-present Joy Knows Naught of Time” ---Dante, Paradiso, Canto X, D.L. Sayers translation a rondeau redouble Where ever-present joy...
‘Crimes Against My Sanity’ and Other Poems on Parenting by Anna J. Arredondo The Society December 29, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 22 Comments . Crimes Against My Sanity At any-given-time o’clock While tidying my house, I find--- Oh look---is that another sock? It really isn’t such a...
‘Addiction’ by Paul Buchheit The Society December 28, 2022 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Addiction A ripple imperceptible, like hints of amber in the tiring balsams, swells to waves of apprehension, then imprints a vision on my mind,...
‘Freedom in Forgiveness’: A Villanelle by Dan Tuton The Society December 28, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Villanelle 17 Comments . Villanelle for Timothy When chains of cold resentment in the end Entangle souls and circle ‘round to bind, There’s freedom in forgiveness, my...
‘On Attending a Holiday Ensemble with My Wife’ by Jeremiah Johnson The Society December 27, 2022 Beauty, Music, Poetry 8 Comments . On Attending a Holiday Ensemble with My Wife We’re gathered in a colleague’s home, Invited to this performance; Watching musicians’ fingers...
‘The Fall of Babylon’ and Other Poetry by William Harrison The Society December 27, 2022 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . The Fall of Babylon Come hear the footsteps march at warlike pace, Come see the merchants weep and craftsmen flee. The vengeful grin on every...
‘Wisdom’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society December 26, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . Wisdom When young I dreamed of someday being wise, And pictured brilliant input holding sway. But via jolts of life now realize, There’s wisdom...
‘How Troubling to Know Mrs. Pain’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society December 26, 2022 Humor, Poetry 32 Comments . How Troubling to Know Mrs. Pain How troubling to know Mrs. Pain. She has written some ludicrous stuff. Some think that she hasn’t a brain, And...
‘St. Joseph’s Hymn of Praise’ and Other Christmas Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society December 25, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 27 Comments . St. Joseph's Hymn of Praise Matthew 2: 10-15: “And when the Magi were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream,...
‘An Iffy Christmas’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 25, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Readings, The Environment 28 Comments . . An Iffy Christmas with a nod and a wink to Rudyard Kipling If you can’t rise above the treetop fairy (That plastic risk to Rudolph’s...
‘Christmas Rules and Promises’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 25, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Christmas Rules and Promises My first rule for this Christmas is__No carrot sticks for me.They might have been a snowman's nose,__So I will let...
‘Glory in the Night’ by Martin Rizley The Society December 24, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Glory in the Night It was a night like any night, when in the evening chill Cold shepherds sat by bonfire's light on many a naked hill To warm...
‘The Animals on Christmas Eve’ by Sally Cook The Society December 24, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 27 Comments . The Animals on Christmas Eve Some boarded dogs stayed for a while Until their owners took them home; I walked them all, in single file, But left...
‘Nativity Scene’ and Other Christmas Eve Poetry by Margaret Coats The Society December 24, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 43 Comments . Nativity Scene The hour draws near to midnight, and a priest Completes his preparations for the feast, Assisting at last practice with the...
Classical Guitar for Christmas Performed by Poet Jeff Eardley The Society December 23, 2022 Culture, Music, Poetry 25 Comments . A Christmas medley by poet Jeff Eardley: . . Jeff Eardley lives in the heart of England near to the Peak District National Park and is a local...
‘The Present—Tense’ by Damian Robin The Society December 23, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Present---Tense The partial thaw of yesterday now slips Beneath a crust of light that is white snow. This snow is hiding stumbling blocks that...
A Translation of Martin Luther’s Christmas Hymn Vom Himmel Hoch by James A. Tweedie The Society December 23, 2022 Culture, Music, Poetry, Translation 20 Comments . Vom Himmel Hoch by Martin Luther (1483-1546) translation by James A. Tweedie 1. From highest heaven I here befall To bring a good news tale to...
‘Sunday Morning While the World Burns’ by Shaun C. Duncan The Society December 22, 2022 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Sunday Morning While the World Burns Another something, somewhere, every day Perturbs the practised calm of her routine. Those sad reflections on...
A Poem on Stanford University’s ‘Harmful Language’ List, by James A. Tweedie The Society December 21, 2022 Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . “Use the Word ‘Cancel’ or ‘End’ Instead of 'Abort'" —Stanford University's 'Harmful Language' List What might have been What could have...
On Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ Triptych: Poems by Jeffrey Essmann The Society December 21, 2022 Art, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 10 Comments . See the painting more closely here. Eden The newborn world is all aswirl with beasts Obedient who, as God specified, Have duly fruitful been, have...
‘Continuation’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 20, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Satire 26 Comments . Continuation You and I are of two discrepant minds: We disagree on all that matters—plus, Our separate brains are not quite sure what kinds Of...
‘Mother’s TV’ and Other Poetry by James Kirkpatrick The Society December 20, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Triolet 15 Comments . Mother’s TV It numbs regretBut, better yet,Helps her forget,Lest devils spawn. It quells each thoughtOf folly’s rotLost, sold, or bought,From...
