‘Crank Out a Few, Please’: Observations on Poetic Composition by Joseph S. Salemi The Society May 3, 2022 Education, Essays, Poetry 22 Comments . Crank Out a Few, Please by Joseph S. Salemi Many years ago, when I was in graduate school, I attended a seminar on Vergil’s Eclogues. These are...
‘Guardians of the Sunset’ by J.B. Mulligan The Society May 3, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Poetry 5 Comments . Guardians of the Sunset III. The years go down like liquor. Drink and pour and drink again, and laugh or sigh, and look behind you at the dark...
‘The Song of Nina Jankowicz’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 2, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 37 Comments . The Song of Nina Jankowicz The lies burst ripe and rife today. __Their juice spurts forth with pride. The thirst of those who’ve gone astray __Is...
‘A Sonnet for My Nephew’ by Caitlin O’Brien The Society May 2, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments . A Sonnet for My Nephew Your mother held you first, and then your dad, And after that, the nurse. But then: your aunt. You curled inside my...
‘May Day’ by Cheryl Corey The Society May 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . May Day Note: Maypoles were a feature of ancient Roman festivals to mark the renewal of Spring. The feast days of Saints Philip and James were...
‘Apollo’s Lament’ by Brian Yapko The Society April 30, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 31 Comments . Apollo’s Lament He pounds his naked chest and looks for bones Suspecting that the bay tree is a sham. At last he falls upon his knees and...
‘Apocrypha’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 29, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . Apocrypha Two orbs in hand—one large, one small— He climbed the tower to the top. He let them go and watched them fall, And those below who saw...
‘Beauty at the Waterslide’ by Clive Boddy The Society April 28, 2022 Poetry 9 Comments . Beauty at the Waterslide She stood at the top of the waterslide, Bikini, new curves, wavy hair; Surrounded by boys in their swimmers, Unsure as to...
‘Seasons of Change’ by Stuti Sinha The Society April 27, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . Seasons of Change Our fervour was apricity’s embrace. As neon streaks awash a Nordic night, it flared unfettered through the carapace of clotted...
‘Revelation’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society April 26, 2022 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 10 Comments . Revelation You never see suspects admitting their guilt, __Or partisans stating they lied. You’ll never hear soccer stars fearing defeat, __Or...
‘Douglas MacArthur, Et al.’ by Cheryl Corey The Society April 25, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments . Douglas MacArthur, Et Al. Douglas MacArthur waded through the surf, Unafraid to lead his men in battle. Today, they’d rather write a book,...
A Tale from the April 25, 1999 Zhongnanhai Falun Gong Appeal, by Damian Robin The Society April 24, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 9 Comments . A Tale of April 25, 1999 I’d practiced Falun Gong for seven years. It stopped my spine disease’s jabbing spears And repositioned bone and...
‘Uluru / Ayers Rock’ and Other Australia Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society April 24, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 6 Comments . Photo of Uluru / Ayers Rock by the Poet Uluru / Ayers Rock The winter outback chill of mid-Julys Cuts to the bone as waning suns conspire To send...
‘St. George Updated’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 23, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . St. George Updated Our age old bold defender __Now an up to date transgender Is consorting with the witless and the woke. He has quit his knight...
A Poem for St. George’s Day: ‘By George!’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society April 23, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . By George! By George, St. George! You really are a slouch. Arise, pick up your lance, eschew the couch. Like Patrick, Andrew, David, fill our...
Four Poems for Shakespeare’s Birthday, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 22, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare, Villanelle 15 Comments . Remembering Ophelia His scathing tongue had thrust her to the edge. It nudged her through the willow’s sunless fringe. She teetered on that...
A Call for Secession: An Essay on Poetry and the Arts by Adam Sedia The Society April 22, 2022 Culture, Essays, Poetry 60 Comments . A Call for Secession by Adam Sedia The fine arts currently lie atrophied in utter decline and degradation. Poetry is no exception. Ever since the...
‘With Boots On’ and Other Poetry by Lionel Willis The Society April 21, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments . With Boots On Soon after break of day an old man comes Trudging along the thawing roads of Cottage Country (the common land of day and...
‘All Out of Hope’ by Michael Charles Maibach The Society April 21, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . All Out of Hope I am right here, Lord All out of hope. What of me now, Lord? End of my rope! What shall I do, Lord, What shall I know? Tie now a...
BBC Poetry Series Explores ‘Why Form Is Fashionable Again’ The Society April 20, 2022 Poetry, Poetry Forms 2 Comments . Is form in poetry making a comeback? It is according to the BBC. In this BBC podcast series, aspiring poet Andrew McMillan talks to a group of...
‘The Chained Oak’ by Jeff Eardley The Society April 20, 2022 Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Chained Oak This tale concerns the fifteenth Earl of Shrewsbury, A member of the English aristocracy. With mighty Halls and Castle where he’d...
A Poem on the Shanghai Lockdown: ‘Shhh…’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 19, 2022 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Science 15 Comments . . Shhh… Shanghai trembles at the edge of hell As horror wafts and weaves its way through streets. The moon melts in the flare of terror’s...
‘One Afternoon’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society April 19, 2022 Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 8 Comments . One Afternoon One hot Arabian afternoon a boom reverberated through my flat and woke my napping wife and children; in each room the windows shook,...
Winners of the 100 Days of Dante Poetry Contest The Society April 18, 2022 Acrostic, Dante, Epic, From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Terza Rima 7 Comments Judges Angela Alaimo O’Donnell James Sale . OVERALL WINNER . Papa’s Commedia by Nicholas Walz That was hellish—the hulking chopper...
‘Easter Monday’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society April 18, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Easter Monday Luke 24: 13 – 35 With hearts eclipsed by Friday’s three-day night And eyes still blinded to their master’s face, They hear his...
‘The Prince of Peace’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 17, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . The Prince of Peace He braved each gouging lash and bruising blow Till scourged and bludgeoned flesh was raw and torn--- Paraded in a crown...
‘Easter 2022’ by James A. Tweedie The Society April 17, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Easter 2022 In silence, night retires with a yawn— Its starlit labor blessed by God’s, “Well done.” And as the weary world awakes to...
‘Sunrise at the Hollywood Bowl’ by Brian Yapko The Society April 17, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Sunrise at the Hollywood Bowl A sleepy son, a father who mourned still. Their first time greeting Easter since she died. When illness came, Anne...
‘Hymn to Aurora’ by Andrew Benson Brown The Society April 16, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 27 Comments . Hymn to Aurora 1 Aurora, rise and cast your curls Of daybreak through the vapor swirls To drape my face in scarlet beams— Since you left...
A Poem for Good Friday: ‘Support the Current Thing’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 15, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 39 Comments . Support the Current Thing Don’t ponder on the horrors of our age. Don’t thumb through all those dusty history tomes. Don’t dally in the...
A Poem for Those Who Have Suffered Abuse: ‘Via Dolorosa’ by James A. Tweedie The Society April 15, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Via Dolorosa for those who have suffered abuse. Where does one go to forget? Where does one go to erase Memories filled with regret? Nightmares of...
‘Sepulcher’ by Brian Yapko The Society April 15, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Sepulcher Jerusalem is built of prayer and quarried stone, From yearning, heartache, sacred scrolls and ancient bone--- The shuls, the mosques, the...
‘Annunciation’ by Jeffrey Essmann The Society April 14, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Annunciation It’s not really an angel but a voice, Less heard than sensed, an urgent undertone That murmurs in the place where I’m alone And...
The Merchant of Venice Student Edition—PDF and Complete Text The Society April 13, 2022 Education, Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 12 Comments . The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Classical Poets Student Edition Adapted by Evan Mantyk to retain the meaning of each line within the...
‘Rendering Ruins’ by Leland James The Society April 12, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Rendering Ruins A barn abandoned, left to drift alone, wind torn and breached upon the reef of time; fields, now dust, where summer wheat was...
‘Tomorrow’s Poets’ by Enrique González Martínez, Translated by Cheryl Corey The Society April 11, 2022 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 5 Comments . Tomorrow’s Poets by Enrique González Martínez (1871-1952) translated by Cheryl Corey Tomorrow’s poets will sing beyond all praise In verse...
A Reading of ‘The New Colossus’ by Emma Lazarus The Society April 10, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 7 Comments . https://youtu.be/PguXX2PRzvI . CREDITS Poetry: Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) Voice-Over: Katy Mantyk Photos/Footage: “Unveiling the Statue of...
The Flowers’ Easter Debate: A Translation by Margaret Coats The Society April 10, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Translation 28 Comments . The Flowers' Easter Debate Palm Sunday is the Flowers’ Easter, the day when they honored Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem. As they did not need...
‘Lost Song’ by Jack DesBois The Society April 9, 2022 Beauty, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics 10 Comments . https://youtu.be/LllN9NflfR8 . Lost Song A compass that won’t point the way, And a map of the faraway skies… I once was a child of...
‘A Clamshell in Concrete’ (and a Short Note) by Joseph S. Salemi The Society April 8, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Essays, Poetry 24 Comments . A Clamshell in Concrete I was a child in kindergarten class. My mother held my hand as we trod on The sidewalk leading to the boulevard. This was...
