‘Sound and Fury’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 22, 2025 Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Sound and Fury . I. Of Farcical Requital He craved the slavish praise his patter wooed. His slick, linguistic syrup charmed the ear Of she who...
‘The Noble Train of Artillery’ from an Epic Poem by Andrew Benson Brown The Society May 21, 2025 Epic, Poetry 15 Comments . The Noble Train of Artillery ---from Legends of Liberty Volume 3 The cold, gray dawn illuminated flakes Of snow dusting an elevated hill Where a...
‘Know Your Place’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society May 21, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . Know Your Place __“Know your place!” In grammar school, that stung like mace.“To the corner!”—my timeout place. __“Know your...
‘Apollo, Mnemosyne, and Poetry’: A Chapter from James Sale’s Gods, Heroes and Us The Society May 20, 2025 Essays, Poetry 25 Comments . Apollo, Mnemosyne, and Poetry Chapter 9 from Gods, Heroes and Us (Bruges Group, May, 2025) by James Sale Our last chapter discussed the imperative...
‘Spring Has Sprung’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society May 20, 2025 Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Spring Has Sprung Spring has sprung. It has begun--- _Birds nesting in the tree. It’s warm again. The cackling hen _Can go outside to...
‘The Poppy’: A Poem by Akiane Kramarik The Society May 19, 2025 Art, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The Poppy I walk a poppy universe, I rattle the hourglass’s isles, Where time slows down and turns to hope And I’m a brush that paints for...
‘Young Catherine’s Vision’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society May 19, 2025 Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry 13 Comments . Young Catherine’s Vision ---on St. Catherine of Siena Invested with the Dominican Habit by Giovanni di Paola A maiden kneels on gray da Torre...
Cat Poems by Gigi Ryan The Society May 18, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments . Sally November rains brought to our basement door From the woods some pleading, needy eyes Staring from a fur mass, soaking wet. Our catless home...
‘Today Like Yesterday’: A Poem by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Translated by Paul Burgess The Society May 18, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Translation 13 Comments . Today Like Yesterday by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-1870) translated by Paul Burgess Today like yesterday, tomorrow like today: ___A sky of only...
‘Bonanza’: A Poem by Jonathan Kinsman The Society May 17, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . Bonanza The March of rains has staked its claim, its boast _To brag upon these thousand hills, and opened the sluice of the motherlode to mantle...
‘Jargon’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society May 17, 2025 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Jargon The devil will manipulate, through jargoneers who fabricate non sequitur profundity tuned with the proper frequency that will, before you...
‘Going Home to Campania’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier The Society May 16, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Going Home to Campania I come back to my cool and quiet road, Testudo-shielded by umbrella pines, Where pavement cracked and garbage overflowed To...
‘Size Lies’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society May 16, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Size Lies Clothing manufacturers are fond of tricks today, Making female customers feel good in one slick way--- Whatever size they’ve always...
‘The Water Closet’ and Other Bathroom Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society May 15, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . The Water Closet An earthen pit, an outhouse stool, a chamber pot— We’ve long dispensed with these, the whole damn stinking lot! The housewife...
‘Eternity’ and Other Love Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva The Society May 15, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 15 Comments . Eternity If I could give her just one gift, What would she want that gift to be? Would she prefer a diamond ring Or roses spread across the...
‘The Spring Has Come’ and Other Poems by Alan Steinle The Society May 14, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau 18 Comments . The Spring Has Come The mating call of the black-capped chickadee (a North American songbird) sounds like "Hey, Sweetie!" "Hey, Sweetie!"—this is...
‘If You Ever Break Down’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society May 14, 2025 Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . If You Ever Break Down If you ever break down somewhere far from your friends _And you stick out your thumb for a ride. Don’t expect that a...
Winners of Friends of Falun Gong 2025 Poetry Competition Announced The Society May 13, 2025 Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests 1 Comment . FIRST PLACE . Captured Souls by Twila Brase Seized by force, a mighty throng The captured souls of the Falun Gong. Intact for now, breathing...
‘Pressed for Time’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society May 12, 2025 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . Pressed for Time Though life is good, it doesn’t last that long, And so we’re always left desiring more. Remember, though, you bought it for a...
‘Ogre Food’: A Poem by Steve Cooper The Society May 12, 2025 Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Ogre Food My parents, dear, although you love me so; and in your love, wish only for my best. Yet, to the first-grade class I will not go, nor...
National Limerick Day: Post Your Limerick Here The Society May 12, 2025 Limerick, Poetry 79 Comments . May 12 is National Limerick Day in the United States, corresponding to Limerick-writer Edward Lear's birthday. Poet James A. Tweedie invites you to...
‘Written in a Cubicle’ and Other Poems by Shamik Banerjee The Society May 11, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . Written in a Cubicle What spurs me, in this breathing grave of coffee mouths and cheeks unshaved, to stand upon my chair and shout, __"I'm out! I'm...
‘Back in the U.S.S.R.’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society May 11, 2025 Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . Back in the U.S.S.R. ---St. Petersburg, Russia. The present. Your borscht, Dmitri. Come and eat, smart boy. You asked me how life was? Well take a...
An Ekphrastic Poem on Pearce’s ‘Saint Genevieve’ by Jeffrey Essmann The Society May 10, 2025 Ekphrastic, Poetry 9 Comments . Genevieve Perhaps those languid eyes are looking up At angels hymning in the dove-grey sky, So soft and saccharine (and fluent in Provincial...
‘Supernova’: A Poem on Ben Shimoni and Other Poetry by Margaret Coats The Society May 10, 2025 Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Supernova With no notice, the rockets destroyed festive peace,And a volley of bullets brought death and dismay.Ben ran straight to his car, telling...
‘Ghost Town’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society May 9, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Ghost Town With phantoms, I have lived for far too long. Both day and night, I’ve sighed, without a song. In vacant shells, I’ve tried to make...
‘An Unfortunate Encounter’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society May 9, 2025 Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . An Unfortunate Encounter ---27 March 2025 A ragamuffin mob surrounded mewhilst on an errand, walking in the street.They pressed in close, they...
‘The Sky’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society May 8, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . The Sky _I'm watching the storm_From the sea coming in,Windy and rowdy and gray._The raindrops begin_And the gale makes a spin.Pelicans swoop o'er...
‘On Epic Madness’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise The Society May 8, 2025 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . On Epic Madness Sing, goddess, of the hate, and killings, on the Earth unleashed, destructive wrath which brings such woe to south, west, north and...
‘A Faithful Friend’s Advice’ and Other Poetry by Christian Muller The Society May 7, 2025 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 6 Comments . A Faithful Friend's Advice The girl you have is just the one for you— my head could not conceive a better match. She is your sun, your earth, the...
‘Riverside Breeze’: A Poem by Daniel Howard The Society May 7, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 15 Comments . Riverside Breeze ___How beautiful you look __Browsing the flowers one by one _While lying down along the babbling brook; ___And there, beneath the...
SCP Survey of Poets The Society May 6, 2025 From the Society, Poetry . This survey is open to Society Member and non-Members alike. Designed by Roy E. Peterson and Evan Mantyk of the Society of Classical Poets to...
‘Big Pharma Ads Are Everywhere’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society May 6, 2025 Poetry, Satire 22 Comments . Big Pharma Ads Are Everywhere Big Pharma ads are everywhere __Suffusing my TV. They fail to give me confidence __that they are right for me. They...
‘Alive, Alive-o’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley The Society May 5, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments Alive, Alive-o In Dublin’s fair city,Where the girls are so pretty,There lived an old woman,Who was well known to me;Where she sighed with...
‘Territorializing’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society May 4, 2025 Children's, Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . Territorializing Slithering slowly, so very precise, A methodic invader (and catcher of mice), She stealthily slips toward the enemy there, So...
‘Bear Spray’ and Other Poetry by Paul Burgess The Society May 4, 2025 Children's, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Bear Spray My little brother took a dare To pepper spray a mama bear. It seems the spray was much too mild, So I've become an only child. Except...
‘The New Headmasters’: A Poem on British Boarding Schools, by Lucius Falkland The Society May 3, 2025 Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . The New Headmasters As I sat, that afternoon, upon his kneeWhile he read a “witty” book and I faux-laughedI’m afraid, aged eight, I didn’t...
‘Pollinator’: A Poem by T.M. Moore The Society May 3, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 19 Comments . Pollinator When swift spring breezes suddenly excitethe conifers out back, they really comealive in dips and bows and surges rightbefore my eyes. I...
‘The Ego Lingers Longer Than the Mind’ and Other Poetry by Rob Fried The Society May 2, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Triolet 5 Comments . The Ego Lingers Longer Than The Mind The ego lingers longer than the mind, It dares to whisper yearnings of its own: To manifest a will more keen...
‘Headspace’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society May 2, 2025 Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . Headspace It’s easy to detect folks’ disrespect, And hope your feats will make them feel quite small. But better still would be if the...
