‘Renaissance’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey The Society February 23, 2025 Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry 9 Comments . Renaissance for Rob Salminen I am as old as I have ever been, And I've not seen all that I'd hoped to see— But every day my life begins...
‘As Hamas Celebrates Dead Babies’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society February 23, 2025 Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . As Hamas Celebrates Dead Babies The Bibas deaths... how do I tell this news? A mother and her sons---all blameless Jews--- Killed senselessly. My...
‘Enamoured’: A Love Poem by Margaret Coats The Society February 22, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 25 Comments . Enamoured String me a strand of pure white pearls supernal, Warming my throat as quivering fingers do, Roughened but figuring tenderness...
‘My Heart’s Desire’: A Poem by Susan Steele Rives The Society February 22, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . My Heart's Desire There is one thing that I long for, _and another that I need. One essential to my soul, _the other made of dreams. My heart...
‘Howl at the River’ and Other Word-Play Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society February 21, 2025 Humor, Poetry 4 Comments . Howl at the River Howl at the river, cry me a moon; Blow up on a drum, and beat a balloon; Smirk like a sailor, drink like a prig’ Eat like a...
A Poem on Wyeth’s ‘Distant Thunder’, by Carl Kinsky The Society February 21, 2025 Ekphrastic, Poetry 3 Comments . At the Ready ---Distant Thunder, Andrew Wyeth (USA), 1961 The coming storm won’t let young Rattler lie asleep, but he’s not ready yet to...
‘Der Knecht’: A Poem in German by Peter Lillios, with Translation The Society February 20, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry, Readings 4 Comments . . Der Knecht An einem Teich in einem Tal, am Felsenfuß entlang, Da steht ein Mädchen ohne Schal, als Decke nur der Hang. Vorbei bin ich schon...
‘Truths Be Known’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society February 20, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Truths Be Known _A cryptical dawning _This foggy gray morning With images drifting about. _Deceptive impressions, _Opaque are the...
Wanted: A Verse Curriculum and Pedagogy: An Essay by David J. Rothman The Society February 19, 2025 Essays, Poetry 7 Comments . Wanted: A Verse Curriculum and Pedagogy David J. Rothman discusses the curriculum of the Poetry Concentration in the Graduate Program in Creative...
‘Chasing COLAs in a Hard World’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society February 19, 2025 Culture, Limerick, Poetry 6 Comments . Chasing COLAs in a Hard World COLA: cost-of-living adjustment We learned, each time we tried to file a claim, _That dealing with the Demiurge...
‘Mistaken Identity’: A Poem by David Whippman The Society February 18, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 12 Comments . Mistaken Identity I never really found out who you are, I only saw what I preferred to see. I realise now it wasn’t meant to be. I thought you...
‘Sophisticated Stupidity’ and Other Poetry by James Bontrager The Society February 18, 2025 Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . Sophisticated Stupidity Preserve the fish, defend the trees_And save the wilting daisies;Protect the coral in the seas_But kill the unborn...
On an Attempt to Tie Free Speech to the Nazis: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society February 17, 2025 Poetry, Satire 25 Comments . Margaret Brennan’s Plan to Stop Genocide “Well, he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide"...
‘Capacity’ and Other Poetry by Morrison Handley-Schachler The Society February 17, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Capacity “This is too big and inexcusably Extravagant, so next time I insist We buy a smaller glass. This one will be Always half-empty,” said...
‘Aged Elation’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society February 17, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 8 Comments . Aged Elation When reaching that age where you fear getting slow, The advent of faculties starting to go, It’s great inspiration---you can’t ask...
‘Strauss Vater’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society February 16, 2025 Beauty, Music, Poetry 19 Comments . Strauss Vater Scene: Vienna, Austrian Empire: Midnight, October 15, 1844. On this night the famous musician, Johann Strauss, Sr. snubbed the...
The New York Times’ Attack on Shen Yun Is an Attack on Arts and Culture: SCP Editor The Society February 16, 2025 Essays, Poetry 14 Comments . The New York Times' Attack on Shen Yun Is an Attack on Arts and Culture by Evan MantykSCP Editor & President In the last six months or so, the...
Five Quintilla Poems by Cheryl Corey The Society February 15, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . Scarlet Pimpernel Amassing clouds—the air still warm; But you, my scarlet pimpernel, You sense that there's a coming storm, Compress your petals,...
‘Made from Scratch!’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society February 15, 2025 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . Made from Scratch! An ever-growing-number of our adolescent children are suckled by the biased breasts of prejudice and greed--- born to persons...
‘How Did You Woo Me? ’ and Other Valentine’s Day Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 14, 2025 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 23 Comments . How Did You Woo Me? Let Me Count the Way You didn’t sweep in on a snowy steedClad in armor buffed until it glittered---A shining knight of bright...
‘My Pensive Valentine’: A Poem by Jonathan Kinsman The Society February 14, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . My Pensive Valentine Devout Love is not in the offered sweet, nor does Love proclaim in the proffered rose, nor the cliché tucked tight in a...
‘Lines for Your Valentines’: A Valentine’s Day Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society February 14, 2025 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 16 Comments . Lines for Your Valentines Without you here, my life is like A broken pencil, simply pointless. And if you tell me to take a hike, My legs won’t...
‘Fifties Country Living’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society February 13, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 29 Comments . Fifties Country Living Sit down with me my children, come! __I'll spin a tale or two About when I was just a kid __in nineteen fifty-two. No cell...
‘The Potentate and the Pontiff’: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 13, 2025 Essays, Poetry 18 Comments . The Potentate and the Pontiff by Joseph S. Salemi I have often argued that the formalist techniques of traditional poetry are ideologically...
‘Moments Matter’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society February 12, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . Moments Matter When my daughter was just three __I took her to the zoo. She laughed and smiled and had a blast __And I myself did, too. My friends...
A Poem for the Birthday of Charles Darwin: ‘Dog Eat Dog’ by Warren Bonham The Society February 12, 2025 Poetry, Satire, Science 39 Comments . Dog Eat Dog As cells get divided, if outcomes are guided _completely by rolling the dice, the fit must survive so their genes stay alive, _while...
‘A Grain of Sand’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai The Society February 11, 2025 Beauty, Children's, Poetry 12 Comments . A Grain of Sand A grain of sand got lodged into __A little seagull's eye. He spluttered with indignant rage, __"Now I can't even fly!" And so his...
‘Evensong’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society February 11, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments . Evensong The embers dimmed on the Pacific; _The sky a scarlet hue. One might conclude the fire seraphic--- _A seascape brushed by the muse. Some...
‘A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society February 10, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Satire 39 Comments . A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer My prayer is not pitched heavenward _To fall upon deaf ears. It’s lashed to Earth for greater good. _It cashes in on...
‘Leoncavallo Fumes at the Premiere of Puccini’s La Bohème, 1896’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society February 10, 2025 Music, Poetry 14 Comments . Leoncavallo Fumes at the Premiere of Puccini’s La Bohème, 1896 Damn Giacomo Puccini and his little La Bohème. How dare he bring this...
‘Another Winter’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society February 9, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . Another Winter Another winter's growing old. __Another spring is coming. Another hive, gripped by a branch, __Will make its endless...
‘The Clown’: A Poem by Pamela Ruggiero The Society February 9, 2025 Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . The Clown I went inside my mind today. I hoped my thoughts would want to play. But all they did was get me down. I saw a large imposing clown. She...
‘On the Porch’: A Poem by Margaret Coats The Society February 8, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 30 Comments . On the Porch The roof and eaves, low walls or none, slim railings, Contrive a sense of shelter customary. Worn floor between front steps and door...
‘Splendid Majesty’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society February 8, 2025 Poetry 9 Comments . Splendid Majesty "I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works."---Psalm 145:5 I tried to meditate uponthe...
‘Reflections on Still Waters’: A Collection of Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society February 7, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Reflections on Still Waters . Isaiah 55:12 You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace, And a song will break forth from the lands. While...
‘Piazza della Signoria, Florence: February 7, 1497’: A Villanelle by Tom Wehtje The Society February 7, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 20 Comments . Piazza della Signoria, Florence: February 7, 1497 Savonarola gets up off his knees (much contact with the ground has formed a welt) and lights the...
‘Lament to the Passing of Paper’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society February 6, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 29 Comments . Lament to the Passing of Paper I learned to write my A-B-Cs and form my shapely 1-2-3s on paper, when I was a lad; but now, since I’ve become a...
‘A Summer Hour’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook The Society February 6, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . A Summer Hour A burgeoning bush, some butterflies, Low wooden steps, warped, faded, rise Amid the calm of idle talk— The blur of shadows on the...
A Poem on USAID, by Warren Bonham The Society February 5, 2025 Poetry, Satire 24 Comments USAID USAID Mission Statement: On behalf of the American people, we promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad, and advance a free, peaceful,...
‘Concerning Snow’: A Conversation in Verse by T.M. Moore The Society February 5, 2025 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . Concerning Snow ---a conversation between Beauty and Necessity “Well, there you go again.” “What's that?” “Come now, don't act so...
