‘Let’s Go, Brandon…’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society November 4, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 22 Comments . "Let's Go Brandon" People don’t want to say “F--k” When dealing with President Schmuck. So they say “Let’s go, Brandon” instead To a...
A Poem on Glenn Youngkin Winning the Governor Seat of Virginia, by Margaret Coats The Society November 4, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . New Day for the Old Dominion "This is what unity looks like" —Glenn Youngkin, Virginia governor-elect Virginians venture toward a vivid day Of...
Poetry Contests Accepting Rhyming and Metered Poems The Society November 4, 2021 Poetry, Poetry Contests 10 Comments by Evan Mantyk A strange phenomenon in recent years, probably dating back to the mid 20th century and with roots in Whitman, is an aversion toward...
‘The Mystery of the Amber Room’ by Brian Yapko The Society November 4, 2021 Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 21 Comments . A fabled place adrift in history Which makes the spirit ache for what was lost; A masterpiece destroyed in mystery Then resurrected at a crippling...
‘Vitamin DC: In Praise of Dark Chocolate’ by Jeff Kemper The Society November 3, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 29 Comments . When I crave from my enclave something to eat (Not apples or peas or muffins or meat) I steady my stare at my pantry’s archive And spot a great...
‘Autumn in Vermont’ and Other Poetry by Lucia Haase The Society November 2, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . Autumn in Vermont October’s maples blaze a way __around a tall church steeple and sugar maples have their say __by raining gold on people. Such...
Poems by Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800—1844) The Society November 1, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 7 Comments . translated from Russian by Sasha A. Palmer . Prayer God above, King divine! Heal this spirit of mine! Earthly lies drive away Lest they lead me...
‘A Vagabond Song’ by Bliss Carman, Put to Music by Jack DesBois The Society October 31, 2021 Beauty, Music, Poetry, Readings 7 Comments . . A Vagabond Song by Bliss Carman (1861-1929) There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood -- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And...
‘Tokens of the Liberal Artist’ by Sarban Bhattacharya The Society October 31, 2021 Art, Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments . The cats are creatures of a liberal kind, For on the laps of commie artists, you’ll find Them. Coffee too you’ll find in their domain, Not to...
‘Approaching Halloween’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 30, 2021 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Approaching Halloween “You live in the same kind of grayness as the filthy stuff that formed you.” —Jack Finney, The Invasion of the Body...
‘BOO!’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 30, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 29 Comments . BOO! I feel a fleshless...
‘Glastonbury’ and Other Poetry by Andrew Benson Brown The Society October 30, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments . Glastonbury A deathless tree stood witness while The marshlands round a nearby isle Were drained and bared a hill forlorn; A lonesome tree, long in...
A Poem on Fauci and ‘Dead Puppies,’ by Joe Tessitore The Society October 29, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments . Dead Puppies On a break from the propaganda mill I found puppies I thought I could kill, So I shot them with zombie-rich juice--- I am Fauci, I...
Poems on the Grim Reaper and God, by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 29, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . How Grim Is the Grim Reaper? How grim is the Grim Reaper? Rapacious and rambunctious; Solemn stalker, soul seeker, Slayer uncompunctious. How dim...
‘The Asinine Armoress: Hannah Gutierrez Reed’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 28, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . To all the tough women in Texas who actually know how to handle guns. My daddy got the job for me. He wanted me to work. And daddy’s got a lot of...
‘We’ and Other Poetry by Mike Bryant The Society October 28, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . We Sum total of all life is death, And breath sustains us for a time. We’ll live until we’ve spent God's dime. The meter's running faster...
‘An Incident on the Cornish Cliffs’ by Peter Hartley The Society October 28, 2021 Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . So many things were churning in his mind When scrambling down the track towards the cove, To take especial care or drop behind Them both, decide...
‘It’s Raining Now in New York City’ by Martin Rizley The Society October 27, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . It's raining now in New York City; Yes, I know that's true. For like that dreamer, Walter Mitty, Daydreams take me, too, To fabled places far...
‘Face-to-Face’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society October 26, 2021 Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . Face-to-Face Meeting up, Darjeeling tea, So familiar, you and me. Here’s your cup, you raise it up Do a little "cheers" to me, Joke on...
‘Men Before Work’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath The Society October 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Men Before Work for Dana Gioia It’s dark and cold. The fleet comes filtering in. They take a breath. They get out of their cars. Half-hidden in a...
‘Pope Sylvester II and Meridiana’ by Joseph S. Salemi (and an Essay on Dramatic Monologues) The Society October 24, 2021 Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry 11 Comments . Pope Sylvester II and Meridiana Pope Sylvester II, born Gerbert de Aurillac (946-1003), is said to have had a demonic succubus named Meridiana who...
‘Fright Night’ and Other Poetry by Lionel Willis The Society October 24, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Fright Night This is the night the dead walk in the streets Looking like neighbors’ children, masked In tricks they have been taught to...
On Seasonal Affective Disorder: ‘October Leaves’ by Richard Lackman The Society October 23, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . As I look out upon October leaves And brown grass weathered by the autumn sun, I see the shafts of light a bare branch cleaves And so much of...
‘By Waterloo Station’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society October 23, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . By Waterloo Station I sat down and thought (on a bench not too far from the turbulent stream) of Edwardian London’s once dominant port, and of...
‘Lady Macbeth’s Regret’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 22, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Shakespeare 44 Comments . Lady Macbeth’s Regret Soft hands that led her smitten lord to bedInflamed the flare and thrust of his desire.Cool hands that won his trust and...
‘The Twilight’s Last Gleaming?’ and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson The Society October 21, 2021 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . The Twilight’s Last Gleaming? The waning moon is framed by crippled branches; One long white stripe of cloud-chalk intersects Another: an...
‘Perfect Apples’ and Other Autumn Poems, by C.B. Anderson The Society October 20, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Perfect Apples The Law of Perfect Apples says it all:A malic acid tang pervades the crispAnd shocking mouth appeal that tells you fallIs under...
‘I Took a Notion’ (A Man’s View and Then a Woman’s), by Norma Pain The Society October 20, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . I Took a Notion (A Man’s View) I took a notion once in life, To find myself a willing wife. A wife who’d cook and clean and mend And to my...
‘Ballade for His Lady Deceased’ by Charles d’Orléans, translated by Margaret Coats The Society October 19, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation 26 Comments . Ballade for His Lady Deceased by Charles d’Orléans (1394–1465) Alas, Death, who made you so bold? My noble princess you possess; My...
‘Gods Having Too Much Fun’ by Cheryl Corey The Society October 19, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . When the goddesses came by the light of the dawn, They were greeted with music, and what did they see, But a flute that was pressed to the lips of...
‘The Battle of Glorieta Pass’ by Brian Yapko The Society October 18, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . I’m old, my young ones. Soon I’ll have to leave. But ere we part I have just one tale more To share---a tale of valor. Never grieve A grandpa...
‘Autumn’ by Joe Tessitore The Society October 18, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . Autumn You’ll notice, ‘round this time of year, That to the flowers they hold dear, The bees will cling the whole night through--- And if you...
‘History’s Tide’ by Clara Huang The Society October 18, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, High School Submissions, Poetry 5 Comments . after the Epoch Times series' How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling the World History’s tide brought us forth to this day, A dark, sullen mist...
A Reading of ‘Endless Bloom’ by Angel L. Villanueva The Society October 17, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Readings, Video 15 Comments . https://youtu.be/eRp7_tqfxTs On Rumble here:...
‘Prince Albert in a Can’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society October 17, 2021 Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments . Prince Albert in a Can What can I say? I wore a mask and did The social distance thing, got Pfizer-vaxxed And tested negative five times (I kid You...
‘Nature Is Bountiful’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society October 16, 2021 Beauty, Poetry, The Environment 17 Comments . Nature is bountiful giving to man All that we require, however She can; Food for the table and meds for the sick; Gas for the car that can make...
Three Poems on Having COVID-19, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 15, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Villanelle 48 Comments . A Pox Upon My House a pantoum I heard the hiss of sickness as my mind cracked. I scoured and bleached and reached new hygiene heights. I locked...
‘Pareidolia’ by Beverly Stock The Society October 15, 2021 Humor, Poetry 26 Comments . Pareidolia: The science of seeing faces in everyday objects. Apophenia: The human tendency to seek patterns in random information. Long-nosed...
‘It’s No Surprise’ by Russel Winick The Society October 14, 2021 Culture, Poetry 9 Comments . When you see Inflation rise It’s no surprise... When you see All the goods In short supplies, Work disincentivized, It’s no surprise... When...
‘From Darkest Antiquity’ by Martin Rizley The Society October 13, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . FROM DARKEST ANTIQUITY . I. Ancient Ritual A thousand brown feet burn on sand In Pharaoh’s funeral caravan. By many a mirage they pass Of phantom...
