Split Nursery Rhyme Poetry Challenge The Society May 7, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 69 Comments . Split a line from a nursery rhyme and use the halves to open and close a poem. Post yours in the comments section below. This challenge comes from...
‘A Personal Relationship’ by Daniel Kemper The Society May 7, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Part II of the Coffee Trilogy. (Part I can be found here.) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ...
‘Ode to an Osprey’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society May 6, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 37 Comments . Today I spied you, red in beak and claw.You perched atop a roadside pole to dineOn scaly prey with silver skin, pecked raw—A mullet dish of...
‘I Asked the Moon’ by David Irby The Society May 6, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . I asked the moon, "Do you feel all alone?" She said, "I have no time. I've lots to do. To all the stars, I am a chaperone. Tonight I'm in good...
‘There Once Was a Very Big Lie’: A Limerick by Joe Tessitore The Society May 5, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Limerick, Poetry 43 Comments . There once was a very big lie, That our country refused to deny. While we did what they told us, To the Commies they sold us And we kissed all our...
‘Living in a Purple Wood’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society May 5, 2021 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 16 Comments .. Whoever said that change is good Is living in a purple wood Behind a tree behind a bough; A purple horse and purple cow, For progress is a purple...
‘Dactylic Proverbs’ by James A. Tweedie The Society May 4, 2021 Culture, Epigrams and Proverbs, Humor, Poetry, Poetry Forms 19 Comments . Set your priorities—don't be uncouth—know the Secret to happiness lies in this truth: “Though the Sum of all things is a secret worth...
’52 B.C.’ by Cindy Hill The Society May 4, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Six hundred years before Old Sarum fell, the might of Rome faced down the Gallic tribes on earthen ramparts between circles scribed, intent to...
‘Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliaphobia’ by Mike Bryant The Society May 3, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Readings 33 Comments . "To indulge in hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian tergiversation is not to show your erudition: rather, it is to be superficial.” ---Steven...
Epitaphs of Great Poets and Writers The Society May 3, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 46 Comments Compiled by Roy E. Peterson Readers are encouraged to add other great poets' and writers' epitaphs in the comments section below, or write a poem for...
Three Poems after Ecclesiastes 9, by Jeff Kemper The Society May 2, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . One Fate Ecclesiastes 9:1-6 Shall I portend, and shall I explicate What eyes can see themselves, ere they go blind? The moral and sagacious of...
‘Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick The Society May 1, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Prayer Of people who pray, Routinely or not, He wonders what the case is. Are they of belief Prayer has an effect, Or touching all the...
Reflections on China’s God of War Statue on International Workers Day—May 1 The Society May 1, 2021 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Poetry 8 Comments by Michael Curtis When next you float down the Yangtze River through Jingzhou City, likely you will notice Guan Yu, God of War, looking rather...
‘The People, Yes’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society April 30, 2021 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . "I Lived and languished.” —Andrei Platonov by "Weird” Ace Blues Last year we learned th’ Empire struck back with fierce synergy. The...
‘Like Abelard and Heloise’ and Other Poetry by Arthur L. Wood The Society April 30, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings 6 Comments . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FdfL8sVRM Like Abelard and Heloise Like Abelard and Heloise This woman has the gorgeous mind. Her touch of...
On Wearing Masks: ‘For Shame’ by Joe Tessitore The Society April 29, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . written while walking out my front door You weren’t born with that thing on your face, So look in your mirror and see the disgrace Of a coward...
‘Like a Bell’ by Robert Boucheron The Society April 29, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . Like a bell struck in the clear night, A voice that no one hears Tells me to leave my bed and write With ink distilled from tears. The stars...
An Ancient Prophecy on Vaccinations Discovered by Margaret Coats The Society April 28, 2021 Covid-19, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments . Vaticination Sibylla says, Fear archers of immunity! Beware the vanguard shock troops sharpening double tongues, Whetted with grave authority To...
An Ode: ‘Spring Mourning’ by Daniel R. Leach The Society April 28, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 5 Comments . The first soft days of Springtime greet my eyes __Like a young girl’s face smiling fresh and clean, The sunlight falls, like hope, from...
On the Hypocrisy of Gov. Newsom, and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society April 27, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 17 Comments . The Tale of Governor Do-as-I-Say-Not-as-I-Do-som It’s funny how Democracy In many states now colored blue Produces rank hypocrisy, A birthright...
‘A Shout Out to Traditionalist Poets’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society April 27, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Poetry Forms 19 Comments . We’re poets first-and-foremost and agree that meter, rhyme and rhythm oft are spurned; the plethora of poetry we see is free verse and should...
On the Couple Who Accidentally Painted Over Modern Art, and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff The Society April 26, 2021 Art, Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Brush with Shame In reference to “Couple accidentally paints over $500,000 artwork,” Ben Cost, New York Post, 4/3/21 The whole world over...
‘Spring Fling’ by Cheryl Corey The Society April 26, 2021 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 8 Comments . O Spring, you’re such a tease, Fickle as a good-time lover; Temptingly, you hover Warm against my cheek, Windless, save a zephyr; And oh so...
Sonnets on Themistocles, Sen. McCarthy, and Wenyi Wang, by Evan Mantyk The Society April 25, 2021 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 28 Comments . Themistocles Athens, Greece, 483 B.C. “Barbarians loom upon the coast—dark clouds. Athenians see them, but don’t think they’d pour Their...
‘A Day When Silence Spoke’ by Daniel Magdalen The Society April 25, 2021 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 23 Comments . This poem is commemorating the peaceful appeal of 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners for freedom of belief, in Beijing, on April 25, 1999. The appeal...
‘A Tribute to Prince Philip’ by Paul A. Freeman The Society April 24, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 6 Comments . The gaffe-prone Duke of Edinburgh has died, who asked if native Aussies still chucked spears and told some Brits they’d end up slitty-eyed for...
‘The Seven Dwarves of Old Age’ by Roy E. Peterson The Society April 24, 2021 Humor, Poetry 10 Comments . The Seven Dwarves of Old Age The seven dwarves of old age __Have come to live with me, But what could be the use of them __Is more than I can...
‘Anastasia’ by Brian Yapko The Society April 23, 2021 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 34 Comments . Martyred daughter of a libeled Czar, You for whom St. Basil’s bells have rung, Condemned to die dishonored and unsung, Yet gentlest of the...
A Poem for the 457th Birthday of Shakespeare, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 22, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry, Shakespeare 43 Comments . Bardolatry He boasted an iambic ear, That playwright with insight, Shakespeare; Yes, Measure for Measure He’s...
‘The Madcap, Rambler-Driving Poet of Ogden’ by Tonia Kalouria The Society April 22, 2021 Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . __Like Don Quixote’s windmills, rhymes keep spinning in my head! My dark-passion is to write Light Verse; my curse, to go unread. __I keep...
On the George Floyd Verdict and Other Poetry by Richard Lackman The Society April 21, 2021 Culture, Poetry 54 Comments . A Eulogy for Justice It looks like we got justice for George Floyd Because of the techniques that were employed. But what about the life of Ashli...
Two Poems on Transgenderism by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society April 21, 2021 Culture, Poetry 78 Comments . A Chemistry Lesson There was a time she pined to be a boy, Around the age of six or maybe eight, When centipedes and beetles were her joy And...
Four Poems on the Theme of Lost Love, by James A. Tweedie The Society April 20, 2021 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 11 Comments . Poet's Note: These poems are non-autobiographical. . When Love is Lost To see the summer sun and wish for rain; To smell the springtime flowers and...
In Memoriam: Poet Leo Zoutewelle (1935-2021) The Society April 19, 2021 From the Society, Poetry 25 Comments Dear SCP Members and Readers, Poet Leo Zoutewelle died on March 11, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina under the care of Presbyterian Hospital...
‘Pilates’ by Jeff Eardley The Society April 19, 2021 Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . She started her Pilates class, Upon the Internet. The city was in lockdown, So, she knew, some work she’d get. She started on her...
‘Crocuses’ by Adam Sedia The Society April 18, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . You meekly poke your purple heads Through stubborn clumps of snow That yet persist in fallow beds Though balmy breezes blow; First to hail the...
‘Lumbar-Fusion Post-Op Blues’ by Jeff Kemper The Society April 18, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments . The Odyssey of a recovering patient of the Orthopedic and Spine Specialists (OSS) hospital in York, PA; January 2019. (My hospital experience...
Four Petrarchan Sonnets by Peter Austin The Society April 17, 2021 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments . . On a Starred Night derived from a George Meredith poem On a starred night, Prince Lucifer uprose; From smoke and stink and howl of the...
‘Right on Cue’ by David Whippman The Society April 17, 2021 Beauty, Poetry 27 Comments . Who took the years? Who stole the time away? Where did it go? I just don’t understand. There were so many things that I had planned, Such clever...
National Poetry Month Challenge: What Is Poetry? The Society April 16, 2021 Culture, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Contests 78 Comments April is National Poetry Month. On this occasion, take words about poetry from a famous poet, or anyone else you deem fitting, and turn them into a...
