‘California Wildfires’ to the Tune of ‘California Dreamin,’ by Margaret Coats The Society September 17, 2021 Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry 25 Comments . California Wildfires to the tune of “California Dreamin’” All her landscape bronzed, Her breezes ashen gray, What can Cali dream...
‘Cancel Madame Butterfly’ by Brian Yapko The Society September 17, 2021 Culture, Humor, Performing Arts, Poetry, Villanelle 30 Comments . Cancel Madame Butterfly today! Such racist music cannot soothe the soul. Let’s never show another hate-filled play. The King and I must also...
‘The Lyme Brain’s Refrain’ and Other Poetry by Jack DesBois The Society September 16, 2021 Children's, Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . The Lyme Brain’s Refrain, or At the Cupboard What am I doing? What am I doing? What am I, what am I, what am I doing? I’m doing...
Complete the poem: ‘The Tyranny of Fear and Lies…’ The Society September 15, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Poetry Contests 47 Comments This challenge comes from New York poet Joe Tessitore. He asks you to use the following couplet in a poem. Post your version in the comments section...
‘Oh No… UFOs’ by Mike Bryant The Society September 14, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless...
‘Regrets and Repercussions’ by Peter Hartley The Society September 13, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 27 Comments . Regrets and Repercussions Inconsequential are the things we do Sometimes, or things we don’t, we don’t know why. So will we wonder far too late...
A Poem on Vaccine Mandates: ‘Freedom Blighters’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 12, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 51 Comments . “Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” ---C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock:...
On An Australian Desert Town: ‘The Station View Itch’ by David Watt The Society September 12, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments . Where meagre rains are tinted red From dust the Western winds have borne, The publican to stranger said: “We’re fortunate that here is shorn A...
A Poem for Sept. 11, 2021: ‘Twenty Years’ by James A. Tweedie The Society September 11, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 6 Comments . Twenty years . . . So long ago as that? When fantasy became reality And falling human bodies turned to splat. Death in living color on...
Poetry for the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 11, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Terrorism 24 Comments . Heroes Where are they now---the bold who brave The choke of smoke to ways that pave The path to breath beneath wide skies? Where are the ears that...
Two Literary Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society September 10, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Education, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . A Summary of Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and Notes This play, no doubt to Sophocles’ surprise, When first performed took only Second...
‘Future Shock’ and Other Poetry by S.A. Todd The Society September 9, 2021 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Future Shock Our newfound World is happy, calm and clean The human factor, countered by machine. Where every thought is carefully processed and...
‘The World’s Greatest Love’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society September 8, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . from Eternal Spring Once upon a time in space God contrived the human race, Gave two things to help us cope: One was love, the other hope. Man was...
Musings on Dali’s ‘Christ of St. John of the Cross,’ by Peter Hartley The Society September 7, 2021 Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 18 Comments . I This crucifixion hides the anguish. Racked With pain, belied by bloodless hands and feet; Intolerable torments, they compete As muscles in that...
‘A Black Swan in Tiananmen Square’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 6, 2021 Culture, Poetry 28 Comments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw5AJQgDeQQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt . What can it mean---this swan of black? What cryptic codes must...
‘On Lonely Paths’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society September 6, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . On Lonely Paths On lonely paths I like to walk, beneath pure azure skies, Where white clouds stretch like streaks of chalk, and one lone eagle...
The 21 Best Haiku of 2021 The Society September 5, 2021 Beauty, Best Poems, From the Society, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry, Poetry Contests 43 Comments Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2021 Haiku Competition Judged by Margaret Coats (see her remarks below) See all...
In Memory of Sean Howard: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society September 5, 2021 Beauty, Covid-19, Poetry 9 Comments . Sean who passed away this week in Honolulu, Hawaii Although there are a few who’ll grieve and mourn, Who’ll celebrate his life and then move...
Thomas Jefferson, Poet: An Essay by Michael Curtis The Society September 5, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 4 Comments . Most schoolgirls, street-people, attorneys, and Bachelors of Art are aware that Thomas Jefferson composed what is likely the most widely-known,...
‘Prayer of the Guilty Poet’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society September 4, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Prayer of the Guilty Poet Before I put these words to ink, Be still, my pen, and let me think. Are they the balm to expiate, Or bomb indeed, to...
‘Know How to Mow’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 3, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 19 Comments . Know How to Mow __You want to raise your rates, you say? __Your crying poor is killing me, __for what it’s worth. Just yesterday, __when you...
A Poem in Honor of the 13 U.S. Servicemen Who Died in Afghanistan, by Bruce Dale Wise The Society September 2, 2021 Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . With Coffins at the Dover Air Force Base: 29 August 2021 On Sunday, Biden traveled to the Dover Air Force Base to pay respect for thirteen service...
‘Allgibberish’ and Other Poetry by Phil S. Rogers The Society September 2, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . Allgibberish (I Saw a Man Who Wasn't There) after “Antigonish” (“I Met a Man Who Wasn't There”) by William Hughes Mearns Yesterday in great...
The Society of Classical Poets 2022 Poetry Competition The Society September 1, 2021 From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests 17 Comments . WINNERS ANNOUNCED HERE. "Select, all ye who write, a subject fit, A subject not too mighty for your wit! Before you lay your shoulders to the...
2022 High School Poetry Competition The Society September 1, 2021 From the Society, High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests 2 Comments “Select, all ye who write, a subject fit, A subject not too mighty for your wit! Before you lay your shoulders to the wheel, Weigh well their...
2022 Poetry Translation Competition The Society September 1, 2021 From the Society, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Translation “Select, all ye who write, a subject fit, A subject not too mighty for your wit! Before you lay your shoulders to the wheel, Weigh well their...
‘The Afghan Plight’ by Satyananda Sarangi The Society August 31, 2021 Alexandroid, Culture, Poetry, Terrorism 20 Comments . The starlit sky is filled with smoke ______and men succumb To dread, while folded hands invoke ______to overcome This awful plight; yet prayers...
A Translation of the Peach Garden Oath from Romance of the Three Kingdoms The Society August 31, 2021 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Translation 14 Comments . The Peach Garden Oath This oath of fellowship is an iconic moment in the first chapter of the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by...
A Vaccine Mandate Protest Song by Jack DesBois The Society August 30, 2021 Covid-19, Music, Poetry, Song Lyrics, Video 91 Comments . Waking Up (Freedom Doesn't Come in a Can) A Protest Song Written and Performed by Jack DesBois I was lying in my bed, Waiting for the day to...
Neglected Gems: The Poetry of Walter de la Mare The Society August 30, 2021 Essays, Poetry 11 Comments by Adam Sedia The life of Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) spans earthshattering changes in history and art. The England into which he was born was a...
‘Observations of a Former Victim’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society August 29, 2021 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Observations of a Former Victim You may think me insensitive or witless, But more and more it seems the case these days, That victimhood is run up...
‘One or the Other’ by Norma Pain The Society August 28, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 22 Comments . “Make a decision,” is what me ma said, As she wearily plucked at each feather, ‘Er old gnarled fingers rough and red And clumsily workin’...
A Major Problem: An Essay by Joseph S. Salemi The Society August 27, 2021 Culture, Essays, Poetry 89 Comments . "American pragmatism insists that words are for use, not enjoyment; American puritanism insists that expression is a duty, not a pleasure."...
‘The Gospel According to Galahad’ by Julian Woodruff The Society August 27, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments . The arrogant are all about these days. How disrespectful are their callous ways! They go about as freely as you please— No mask, no vaccine,...
Bedtime Prayer Poetry Challenge The Society August 26, 2021 Humor, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 108 Comments . This challenge comes form poet James A. Tweedie: Perhaps the most familiar of all formal, English-language poems is the classic 18th century...
‘Funny How a Day Can Go So Slow’ by David D. Irby The Society August 25, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondel 18 Comments . a rondel It's funny how a day can go so slow, and yet a year just simply seems to fly. We blink, and then another one goes by. Those winds of...
‘At the Temple of Yue Fei’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook The Society August 24, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments . At the Temple of Yue Fei Behind, a lake unstirring sleeps; Ahead, grey fog and budding leaves. A jade-green pool commands the heart, Beneath the...
‘Lost and Found’ and Other Poetry by Lucia Haase The Society August 23, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . Lost and Found I’ve lost myself but in the course, I’ve found a sanctuary glowing, aspen golden. To me, I am the stream to woodland bound upon...
‘The Secret Garden’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society August 22, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Rondeau 29 Comments . The Secret Garden Beyond these ivied walls grows naught but heather Gorse and broom, the moors engulfed by blows Of bitter, wuthering wind and...
‘The Night Hank Williams Died’ by Jeff Eardley The Society August 21, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 36 Comments . There never was a night so long When time went crawling by. The Arctic wind came howling in Across the Nashville sky. The planes had all been...
