‘Offerings of the Heart’: A Poem by Yoshikaze Kawakami The Society December 6, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Offerings of the Heart A Symbolic Poem . The songs of Yamato From seeds of healing sprout As offerings of our hearts, And if ever hurt we...
‘Fake Sales’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society December 6, 2024 Culture, Humor, Poetry 24 Comments . Fake Sales “Fifty Percent Off”The store signs all say,But I have to scoff---There is simply no wayThat the clothes I picked outFrom the...
Meditation on Herbert’s ‘Church Monuments’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society December 5, 2024 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Meditation on Herbert’s “Church Monuments” "…Mark, here below, How tame these ashes are, how free from lust, That thou mayst fit thyself...
‘After the Snow’: A Poem by Steven Frattali The Society December 5, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . After the Snow The snow fell through the night, night-long, The deepest snowfall of the year. By dawn it covered everything, Pearl gray unfolding...
‘On the Death of a Child’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society December 4, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . On the Death of a Child To lose a child is tragic, yet those winks to tenderness, to bonding, still exist as memories, creating lasting links twixt...
Three Meditations in Verse by T.M. Moore The Society December 4, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . Meditation 1 “Grace has drawn nigh to mouths, once blasphemous, and has made them harps; sounding praise.” ---Homily on Our Lord, (1) "Let your...
‘Roofless Church’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society December 3, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Roofless Church The stone-hewn walls, No window sash. No pews, no halls. Burnt logs, damp ash. The roof, vanished. No organ flues. Shaped block,...
‘American Espionage and the Soviet Target’: A Poem on His Experiences, by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 2, 2024 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . American Espionage and the Soviet Target I was assigned to Russia as an Army attaché— A legal spy who operated every single day. The era of the...
“It Just So Happens”: A Poem by Oliver Grossman The Society December 1, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . "It Just So Happens" Dark creatures prowl the islands of the mind On silent paw, as panthers in the night; Two em'rald eyes, and shadow...
When Poems Are Lyrics and Vice Versa: Reflections by James A. Tweedie The Society December 1, 2024 Essays, Poetry, Song Lyrics 19 Comments . When Poems Are Lyrics and Vice Versa by James A. Tweedie Lyrics are poems written to join with music to form a unity in the hope that the two...
‘When Fervid Female Stoops to Folly’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society November 30, 2024 Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . When Fervid Female Stoops to Folly after Goldsmith’s “When lovely woman stoops to folly” When fervid female stoops to folly and starts...
‘Speak Loud God’s Praise’: A Song by Rusty Rabon The Society November 30, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Song Lyrics 10 Comments . Speak Loud God's Praise ---to the tune of Ellacombe ("I Sing the Mighty Power of God") Speak loud the praise of God most high!__Give thanks for He...
‘Lamb and Lion’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society November 29, 2024 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . Lamb and Lion God spoke and caused a great commotion, putting time and space in motion. Nothing is now, or was ever not a part of His...
‘Black Friday Before Christmas’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society November 29, 2024 Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . Black Friday Before Christmas Many of the stories are real ones from the Internet. ‘Twas the month before Christmas right after Thanksgiving.I...
‘Fair Game on Thanksgiving Day’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society November 28, 2024 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . Fair Game on Thanksgiving Day Please tell me if you think I’ve crossed a line by unremittingly abusing you with strings of salty words not...
‘The Greatest Gift of All’: A Poem of Thanksgiving by Brian Yapko The Society November 28, 2024 Poetry 31 Comments . The Greatest Gift of All To wake and find I still can see and feel And know deep down what is and isn’t real. To weep when all I’ve planned is...
‘Celestial Potatoes’: A Thanksgiving Poem by Mary Jane Myers The Society November 28, 2024 Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Celestial Potatoes Thanksgiving morning, poised I stand: near cutting board, honed knife in hand. My self-taught method must suffice: ten pounds of...
Book Review: Uttering the Unutterable by Louis Groarke The Society November 27, 2024 Essays, Poetry, Reviews 30 Comments . Book Reviewed: Uttering the Unutterable: Aristotle, Religion, and Literature by Louis Groarke, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023 by Margaret...
How to Write Iambic Pentameter in 13 Minutes: A Video by Andrew Benson Brown The Society November 27, 2024 Classical Poets Live, Education, Poetry 27 Comments . https://youtu.be/ayfBdVJxeKk . . Andrew Benson Brown's epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...
‘Election Correction’: A Poem by Richard Lackman The Society November 26, 2024 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Election Correction Newsome, Whitmer, Pritzker, Hockel, Murphy Have a strange idea of how things should be. Then, of course, there’s...
‘Ode to the Dogs’ by Shari Jo Lekane The Society November 26, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . Ode to the Dogs Puppy to playmate they bring us much joy whether sleeping or hunting for favorite toys. Mischief abounds while they teethe and make...
‘Samhain’: A Poem by Isabella Simmonds The Society November 25, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Samhain Behind the turning leaves a red-breast peeks,In light dim-lit by mists on Samhain dawn;The earth is churned by drumming, grubbing...
‘The Ballad of Mark and P’Nut’ by Geoffrey Smagacz The Society November 25, 2024 Poetry, Satire 13 Comments . The Ballad of Mark and P’Nut The lamp is lit, computer’s on, __My coffee has been brewed. I scroll to find the harrowing tale, __The story...
‘Madrigal à la Tasso’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society November 24, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . Madrigal à la Tasso The surface of the lake reflects the flight _Of one and then another swan; _How it would add to my delight __To know where...
‘The Lop-Sided House’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society November 24, 2024 Culture, Poetry 27 Comments . The Lop-Sided House A lop-sided house on the edge of a cliff; A family trying so hard to be nice As their eavesdropping neighbors spy, wondering...
‘Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, Loved by the Viewer and the Baronet’: A Poem by Phillip Whidden The Society November 23, 2024 Ekphrastic, Poetry 11 Comments . Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, Loved by the Viewer and the Baronet The lady wanted prettiness and style. (The artist wanted pounds.) The chintz Gave both...
‘Underfoot’ and Other Japanese-style Poems by Benjamin Daniel Lukey The Society November 22, 2024 Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry 3 Comments . Underfoot Fescue and clover: A luxuriant carpet Fit for a king’s feet. . . Murder They take noisy flight, Leaving the harvest’s stubble To...
High School Reunion Poems by Russel Winick The Society November 22, 2024 Humor, Limerick, Poetry 19 Comments . Montana High School Reunion The big fella who grew up in Butte, Claimed his high school sweetheart was so cute, __Going back would be grand __A...
‘Contemplative Days’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society November 21, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Contemplative Days A sky of dim and pale display __Brings forth late autumn calm. "A restful peace," it seems to say; __My soul receives the...
‘Smile’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society November 21, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Smile “Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.” ---Connie Stevens I didn’t weigh your sway and worth__Until you left my...
The Trochaic Poems of Dorothy Parker: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi The Society November 20, 2024 Essays, Poetry 20 Comments . The Trochaic Poems of Dorothy Parker by Joseph S. Salemi A few poets become famous, while most go down into oblivion. But a small scattering of...
‘Talk Around the Urn’: A Poem by Frank Rable The Society November 20, 2024 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Talk Around the Urn In our Sunday best, on folding chairs, We solemnly talk around the urn; A tear, a sniffle, show who cares For the loved one who...
‘A Colossal Event of Avoidance’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society November 19, 2024 Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . A Colossal Event of Avoidance “This is a colossal event of avoidance not just in the state of Florida, but you will find avoidance in the...
‘Melancholy Hues (of Autumn)’: an Ode by Paul A. Freeman The Society November 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Melancholy Hues (of Autumn) ---an ode The third of four trimesters of the yearsees summer flag. The mercury recedesand chilly grey replaces skies...
‘A Vacillating Villanelle On Perception’ by Peter Venable The Society November 19, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 4 Comments . A Vacillating Villanelle On Perception "Understanding the world for a man is reducing it to the human, stamping it with his seal. The...
‘Truth Streaked Across the Sky’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society November 18, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Truth Streaked Across the Sky Truth streaked across the skyAlighting on a foreign strand,Where politicians buried itBeneath the lying sand. The...
‘Saint Andrew’: A Poem by Robert Nachtegall The Society November 18, 2024 Poetry, Satire 5 Comments . Saint Andrew My Uncle Andrew lived his lifeInflicting others pain and strife.‘Twas always said by mother dear“No good shall come of it, you...
‘Just Doin’ Our Job’: A Sonnet in Terza Rima by T.M. Moore The Society November 17, 2024 Children's, Poetry, Science, Terza Rima 3 Comments . Just Doin' Our Job As if they didn’t have enough to do already---harvesting the light to make food for the tree and seeing to it you and I have...
‘Sailing to Illusium’ and Other Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society November 17, 2024 Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . Sailing to Illusium Unheralded, the ancient oracle Appears and disappears, pronounce announcing Creaturely mortality while singing Dirges under...
‘Diners’: A Sonnet by Adam Wasem The Society November 16, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . Diners For single men alone, what impulse spurs us To find them everywhere? –the burned-out lights, the squat brick block, so many times...
