‘Good Conscience’ by Ed Ahern The Society January 7, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Good Conscience Under our cauls a sleepless giber lurks, A callous judge of all our selfish smirks Who slices through our veils of self delight To...
Poetry by José de Espronceda, Translated by Adam Sedia The Society January 6, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 5 Comments . Sonnet by José de Espronceda (1808-1842) | translated from Spanish by Adam Sedia Fresh, lush, pure, and perfumed luxuriantly, The blooming...
An Excerpt of Jack DesBois’s Western Star for Epiphany: January 6, 2022 The Society January 6, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics 4 Comments . https://youtu.be/dYyxThEY71o . An Excerpt from The Western Star for Epiphany, January 6, 2022 The road stretched out forever in the...
A Poem on the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol Hill Protest, by Bruce Dale Wise The Society January 5, 2022 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Annuary Stichs Jamesian intricacies swarmed about the voter-counts; a massive fraud had taken place beyond the lovely mounts. Nobody had expected...
Poetic Pitfalls: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi The Society January 5, 2022 Education, Essays, Poetry 18 Comments . There are a number of ways to go wrong in poetry. Unfortunately, the Poetry Establishment is only willing to admit the existence of a select few...
‘The Language of Hope’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society January 5, 2022 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . The Language of Hope The heart forbids the mind to let it go; __Extinguished love has deeper scars, __The foremost friend, the dreaded foe, It...
Review of A Thing With Feathers, by J. John Nordstrom The Society January 4, 2022 Essays, Love Poems, Poetry, Reviews 2 Comments . Reviewed Book: A Thing With Feathers, by J. John Nordstrom, independently published, 2021 by Andrew Benson Brown A Thing With Feathers is the...
‘Forever Faun’ by Emory D. Jones The Society January 4, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . Forever Faun In mottled shade of forest stood a faunSo still he seemed to be no living thing;The sun beamed down, already he was gone—His...
‘Unprofitable Servant’ by Margaret Coats The Society January 3, 2022 Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Unprofitable Servant Bergoglio clarifies his views on the Latin Mass A treasure was mine, but it’s too long ago For me to recover what now I...
‘Meditations on Ecclesiastes’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society January 3, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Meditations on Ecclesiastes . Inquiry “What profit has a man for all his labor…?” ---Ecclesiastes 1: 3 None knows what all his work...
‘The Dark Knight’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 2, 2022 Culture, Humor, Poetry 35 Comments . The Dark Knight I’ve always held the Queen in high esteem, Her ever-classy, never brassy aura Shines noble splendour on the regal scene And...
‘So It Is Written’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society January 2, 2022 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . So It Is Written The books that I have owned for many years, Still sitting on my shelves or stored in boxes, Have yellowed pages—damaged...
‘Forever and Evermore’ by Margaret Hunt Brisbane, Put to Music by Gunny Markefka The Society January 2, 2022 Beauty, Found Poem, Music, Poetry 14 Comments . Introduction In a second-hand bookshop, located in the French Quarter (New Orleans), I discovered a poetry book by Margaret Hunt Brisbane...
Two Poems for Christmastide by Sally Cook The Society January 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . Last Christmas I’d rushed there through the afternoon In someone else’s borrowed car Where you, distressed I’d come too soon, Were giving...
“Lud’s Church” or “The Green Chapel” by Jeff Eardley The Society January 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . “Lud's Church" or “The Green Chapel” after Sir Gawain and the Green Knight I travel to this place each New Year’s Day, To where the fluting...
‘For Auld Lang Syne’ and Other New Year Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society January 1, 2022 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments . For Auld Lang Syne Each New Year’s Day is like a colander Through which we strain and drain away the days Of auld lang syne, throw out the...
A Holiday Poem Reflecting on Slave Labor in Communist China The Society December 31, 2021 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Video 17 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4HH4MeT9Mo . Read the complete poem here: https://classicalpoets.org/2013/12/12/two-psalms/#/ CREDITS Poetry: Evan...
’20/20 Vision’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 31, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . 20/20 Vision You’re lurking in the shadows with a wink. I see your flute of crystal, hear you pop Your cork as spirits soar and keen...
‘On the Birth of the Grand Millenium: 1 January 2000’ by Jeff Kemper The Society December 31, 2021 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . On the Birth of the Grand Millenium 1 January 2000 A panoply of adolescent eyes Looks out into the frosty air they breathe Into the puffs of mist...
‘Auld Lang Syne’ by Robert Burns: Poem Reading for New Year’s Day by S.A. Todd The Society December 30, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 8 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okGcYTF8pHk . CREDITS Poetry: Robert Burns (1759-1796) Audio/Visual Work: Society of Classical Poets Voice-Over:...
‘While Unheard Anthems Raise’ and Other Poetry by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 30, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . While Unheard Anthems Raise Nature has a panoply __Of instruments it plays. The forests form the canopy __Uplifting arms in praise. Woodwinds play...
‘The Dodo of Mauritius’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley The Society December 29, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 39 Comments . The Dodo of Mauritius This island nation scarcely can be proud Of avifauna lacking common sense, Surviving only in the perfect tense, Their right...
‘Fields of Grass’ and Other Poetry by Norma Pain The Society December 28, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Fields of Grass In youth I ran through fields of grass, Convinced that I could fly, And endless were the days to pass Seen through my guileless...
‘Poppy’ and Other Poetry by A.S. Chuba The Society December 27, 2021 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Pantoum, Poetry 7 Comments . Poppy A vase of poppies on the table there, Twelve years have past, all white is now her hair. A shadow running up the path she sees, Her son has...
‘Sonnet 1 (In Theory, Real)’ by Hannah Yee The Society December 27, 2021 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 10 Comments . Sonnet 1 (In Theory, Real) Are dreams confined to stars or stars to dreams? Both full of mysteries and seldom clear, Restrained, yet free to dance...
‘To Saint John the Evangelist’ by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats The Society December 27, 2021 Beauty, Chant Royal, Culture, Poetry, Translation 14 Comments . To Saint John the Evangelist by Eustache Deschamps (c. 1346–1406) | translated from French by Margaret Coats Young, perfect, just, in all you...
‘Anyone But You’ and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society December 26, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Love Poems, Poetry 7 Comments . Anyone But You The phone may ring; The call will bring __Anyone but you. The mail will come; It will be from __Anyone but you. A text may...
‘My Sonnet as Texted’ and Other Poetry by Carl Kinsky The Society December 26, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 11 Comments . My Sonnet as Texted Her face, uplit as she scrolls through her phone, no feelings shown, she wears light like a mask. Have we two lives we share?...
‘A Sentimental Villanelle’ and Other Christmas Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima, Villanelle 28 Comments . A Sentimental Villanelle This year I’m wrapped in Christmases of old--- The tinseled tree and glee of hearts on high. My mood is laced with myrrh...
Three for Christmas Day: Poetry and Music by James A. Tweedie The Society December 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics 12 Comments . Introduction Each year I compose or arrange music in celebration of Christmas. This year I have created three arrangements of familiar Christmas...
‘A Wretch Like Me’: a Christmas poem by Joe Tessitore, set to music by Jack DesBois The Society December 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Video 10 Comments . https://youtu.be/fx3NidSVFKk . A Wretch Like Me by Joe Tessitore To miss the mark, to lose my way,To choose the dark, on Christmas Day.No star I...
‘A Christmas Carol,’ after Charles Dickens, by Talbot Hook The Society December 24, 2021 Beauty, Children's, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . . Dramatis Personae: Ebenezer Scrooge: An infamous miser Bob Cratchit: Scrooge’s assistant Mrs. Cratchit: Bob’s wife Tiny Tim: Disabled child...
‘The Night He Came’ by Martin Rizley The Society December 24, 2021 Poetry 12 Comments . The Night He Came The stench of damp straw mixed with mold, The low moan of the night wind cold, The murky shadows draping all Within a drafty...
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ by Brian Yapko The Society December 24, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . It's a Wonderful Life The forecast promised luscious, gleaming snow; Instead the sky pours bitter, freezing rain. The lights are strung but half of...
‘The North Pole’s on Lockdown’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 23, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 31 Comments . The North Pole's on Lockdown ‘Tis the night before Christmas; it pains me to say--- The North Pole’s on lockdown before the big day. The...
‘The Tunnel to Australia’ by Jeff Eardley The Society December 23, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Song Lyrics 21 Comments . The Tunnel to Australia It’s raining every day in Merrie England. It’s falling from the sky most every day. But I’ve just heard about a place...
‘The People That Walked in Darkness’ by Paul Erlandson The Society December 22, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . The People That Walked in Darkness The Christmas lights are out tonight, __Early and fierce and brave. The lawns of all suburbia, __A parti-colored...
‘Hedge Theory’ by David Watt The Society December 22, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments . Hedge Theory The hedge plants are trimmed by a gardener with shears As they have been, like clockwork, for twenty-five years. Yet they push out new...
‘This Present Madness’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society December 21, 2021 Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . This Present Madness “To sleep! Perchance to dream; aye, there’s the rub…..” ---Shakespeare, Hamlet I The daily nightmare hovers; and each...
‘Twelve Chaucerian Limericks’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society December 20, 2021 Chaucer, Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry 19 Comments . Twelve Chaucerian Limericks for Paul Freeman Some pilgrims went riding to Kent, And here’s how the journey was spent: As they traipsed through...
