Two Poems of Judgment by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 4, 2025 Poetry, Satire 12 Comments . The Judge Addresses the Defendant "Living in America is like serving in the army; ninety percent of conduct is prescribed by law and the remaining...
‘Our National Precipice’: A Poem by Kenneth Horne The Society February 4, 2025 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Our National Precipice The time has come for all good men To recognize our nation’s end. We have been silent much too long, Just caught up in a...
‘Sonnet 1’ by Saki The Society February 3, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . . Sonnet 1 I felt like trying something new today, And so I put my pen upon a page To mimic Shakespeare's famous olden way— A style which, I...
‘The FBI—Then and Now’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society February 3, 2025 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . The FBI---Then and Now So respected when I was a kid, For the things we all read that they did, It’s substantially altered today--- Now we hardly...
‘Dead Sea Scrolls Trilogy’: Poems by Brian Yapko The Society February 2, 2025 Culture, Poetry 32 Comments . Dead Sea Scrolls Trilogy “Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for...
‘The Grindstone’: A Poem by Michael Pietrack The Society February 2, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . The Grindstone The grindstone spun as fiery sparks were sprayed,for even iron broke against his force,and by his edge the blunt became the bladea...
The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition The Society February 1, 2025 Best Poems, Poetry, Poetry Contests 28 Comments . The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of the 13th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges C.B. Anderson, Susan Jarvis Bryant, Margaret...
Winners of 2024 SCP International High School Poetry Competition Announced The Society February 1, 2025 High School Submissions, Poetry, Poetry Contests 2 Comments . First Place ($200 Prize) "The Shepherd God" Jane Schulert, 11th grade student at Redeemer Classical School in Indiana . Second Place "To Speak...
‘Forecast One to Two Inches’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann The Society January 31, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments . Forecast One to Two Inches Within the snow’s approach I sense a hope Connected more to memory than truth. It fails to fall within the narrow...
‘The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam’ and Other Poetry by Susan Steele Rives The Society January 31, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire 6 Comments . The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam I received the somber news __as sun set low today. My beloved Uncle Sam __by death was swept away. It...
‘Accidents Happen’: A Poem by Shaun C. Duncan The Society January 30, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Accidents Happen We’re told time tends toward catastrophe, And that a butterfly’s ephemeral wings Might quake the sky somewhere across the...
‘The Discharge of the Woke Brigade’: A Poem by Peter Lillios The Society January 30, 2025 Poetry, Satire 6 Comments . The Discharge of the Woke Brigade ---after Tennyson Half a mil, half a mil, __Half a mil onward, __All from the Treasury ____Filched the...
‘The Settlers’: A Poem by Martin Rizley The Society January 29, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments . The Settlers —to my forefathers, and all the intrepid men and womenwho settled the Oklahoma panhandle. Across these barren hills, the cold winds...
‘Rather Drown Than Hang’: A Poem by A.R. Pereira The Society January 29, 2025 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments . Rather Drown Than Hang “He who is destined for the gallows will not be drowned.” ---Russian proverb A lethal thing, the writ of man _that soaks...
Three Rhyming Riddles by Matthew J. Morris The Society January 28, 2025 Poetry, Riddles 10 Comments . 1. A rainbow diced to tease unhurried brains __With rotating rows of parallel planes. What is it? . 2. With no known cure, this blight Bends down...
‘Wisdom and Sway’: A Poem by Mark F. Stone The Society January 28, 2025 Poetry, Satire 18 Comments . Wisdom and Sway Life was tranquil and calm, not a care, not a qualm, in a town not too near you, but not far away. It was led by a mayor, a...
Society of Classical Poets High School Artwork Gallery—Winter 2025 The Society January 27, 2025 Art, High School Submissions 2 Comments . In line with its mission to preserve humankind's artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best of artwork submitted...
‘Snow Sonnet’: A Poem by Susan Norvill The Society January 27, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 18 Comments . Snow Sonnet Where silent flakes of whiteness fill the air And cutting winds of winter come to rule The bitter storm of new year strips all...
‘The Great Rub-off’: A Poem by Martin Elster and Joan Axelrod-Contrada The Society January 26, 2025 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 8 Comments . The Great Rub-off Norm and Zip, in mismatched chairs, __were sipping tea and talking, when Desi, their loyal hound, said, “Listen, __you’re...
‘Mexican Sestina’ and Other Poetry by Geoffrey Smagacz The Society January 26, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Sestina 8 Comments . Mexican Sestina Perhaps I left because I got too bored, and no one could put sense in my thick head, or talk me out of trekking to the beach by...
‘Tick. Tock. Tick.’: A Poem by Twila Brase The Society January 25, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Tick. Tock. Tick. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Silently beats an invisible clock. Night turns to day, day turns to night. Following a metronome nowhere...
‘Autumn Twilight’: A Poem by Cynthia Erlandson The Society January 25, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 21 Comments . Autumn Twilight Full moon. Crickets singing. Scarlet sky.Long past summer solstice; now the sunDescends before the short day’s work is done.Last...
‘The Introvert’: A Poem by James Bontrager The Society January 24, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 13 Comments . The Introvert Sequestered in an abstract mood,Replete in blissful solitude;Behind the veil of scenes overtYou’ll find the pensive introvert. You...
‘Rattler’: A Poem on Wyeth’s ‘Master Bedroom’, by Carl Kinsky The Society January 24, 2025 Ekphrastic, Poetry 14 Comments . Rattler ---inspired by Master Bedroom, Andrew Wyeth, 1965 The walls and windows unadorned, the bedkept neatly made, the blanket smooth as cream,two...
‘Libra’ and Other Poetry by Patricia Rogers Crozier The Society January 23, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 14 Comments . Libra There in my hand I held a crystal vial Of distillation potent, red, and sweet, By which my broken heart was put on trial, And golden apples...
‘On Bill Mahrt’s Retirement as Choirmaster of the St. Ann Choir’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff The Society January 23, 2025 Acrostic, Beauty, Music, Poetry 18 Comments . On Bill Mahrt’s Retirement as Choirmaster of the St. Ann Choir (June, 2024) W e all should thank our God for William Mahrt, I nto whose hands He...
‘I Will Awaken the Dawn’: A Poem by Rachel Meyer The Society January 22, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments . I Will Awaken the Dawn The birds have yet to echo Their songs across the trees, The sun has yet to whistle Its foggy rays in streams, The dark...
‘True Love’: A Poem by Roger Crane The Society January 22, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 12 Comments . True Love On a hill far away, a true love waits, In a place of weathered, broken gates. And though the gates are falling down, One place on the...
‘Another Crossroads’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society January 21, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Another Crossroads I have a rendezvous with destiny.It’s at the crossroads of Straight Street and Main.With cardboard sign, that man rules his...
‘To Her Ghost: a Sequence from Orpheus Looks Back’: Poetry by David J. Rothman The Society January 21, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 4 Comments . To Her Ghost: a Sequence from Orpheus Looks Back ---in memoriam Emily Desire Gaynor Rothman, 1964-2020 . 1. Breaking Open A sonnet tells the...
‘The Magic Trick’ and Other Poetry by Shamik Banerjee The Society January 20, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . The Magic Trick Another dove spawns from the wizard's hat. A youngster, goggle-eyed, forgets to clap, enchanted by the spell. With every flap this...
‘Cloth of Destiny’: An MLK Day Poem by Kevin Farnham The Society January 20, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Cloth of Destiny From his jail cell, he preached civility— despite the agony centuries had brought. Proud Rosa occupied a seat; though...
An Inaugural Poem: ‘Anticipating President Trump’s Golden Age’ by Mark F. Stone The Society January 19, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 21 Comments . Anticipating President Trump’s Golden Age Unburdened from that which has recently been. An era of progress about to begin. Mending the messes...
A Poem for the 2025 U.S. Presidential Inauguration: ‘Free People’ by Daniel Rancio The Society January 19, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments Free People In some sense, free people have no needOf poets to give their speech a better voice.But freedom wanes without great art and heedOf powers...
‘Stones for My Parents’ and Other Poetry on Grieving by Brian Yapko The Society January 19, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 25 Comments . Stones for My Parents I didn’t want to come. How sad it sounded To kneel beneath a hazy sun surrounded By strangers’ graves---grim watchmen for...
‘Whoever Am I?’: Poetry by Prudentius, Translated from Latin by Margaret Coats The Society January 19, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Translation 26 Comments . Whoever Am I? Preface to His Poetry .by Prudentius (c. 4th century AD)translated by Margaret Coats If I see clear, through fifty yearsI’ve lived....
‘The Hectic Life’ and Other Poetry by Thor Kangas The Society January 18, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . The Hectic Life _Sometimes we get discouraged _With life and all its fuss, Its raucous moments speeding by _Like children on a bus. _It’s all...
‘Death Is But a Passing’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society January 18, 2025 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 13 Comments . Death Is But a Passing A death is but a passing from one world into another, A change of state, a change of place, a starting to discover, A test...
‘Pearls or Swine?’: A Rondeau Redoublé and a Villanelle by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society January 17, 2025 Beauty, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé, Satire, Villanelle 22 Comments . Pearls or Swine? Pray show me how to tell a pearl from swine. I have a thirst for sanity to slake. I seek a clue---a firm not fluid sign To steer...
‘Best of the Windy City’: A Poem on Chicago and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society January 17, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Best of the Windy City Nation’s hub and culture center, O’Hare Airport, millions enter. Stunning architecture sites, The awesomeness of Frank...
