‘Santa Claus Has Passed Away’: A Christmas Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society December 24, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Santa Claus Has Passed Away As is their custom every year, the Men’s Club promptly after class had half the hallway commandeered and cheerfully...
‘Love Broke Through Time’: A Poem by Gigi Ryan The Society December 24, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Love Broke Through Time On the first Christmas night Love broke through time With pain to Mary and her child whose bed Was straw with ox and ass in...
‘A Remarkable Day’: A Christmas Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society December 24, 2024 Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 3 Comments . A Remarkable Day "He's God in human form!" whispers the crowd In motley clothes and groups of twos and threes Beneath the bulky, partly-aqua...
‘A Christmas Eve Sestina’ by Mary Gardner The Society December 24, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Sestina 8 Comments . A Christmas Eve Sestina “He who sings prays twice.” ---Saint Augustine The vagabond had too much Christmas cheer. He doesn’t notice that the...
Jupiter Hammon’s Christmas Poem: An Essay by Michael Curtis The Society December 23, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry 6 Comments . Jupiter Hammon’s Christmas Poem by Michael Curtis 1761 was a slow, yet interesting year for poetry. The imposter Macpherson announced the...
‘Home for Christmas’: A Poem by Martin Rizley The Society December 23, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . Home for Christmas Beneath the sinking skies I ride, a traveler on his way, .Through drizzling mist and fading light...
A Christmastime Poem by Gigi Ryan, Sung to the Tune of ‘Sterling’ The Society December 23, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry 16 Comments . The Story the Stars are Retelling ---to the tune of 'Sterling' When burdens are heavy and Christmas is near And faraway star luster barely...
‘The Interview’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko The Society December 22, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Satire 20 Comments . The Interview “Respect my grammar rules or else,” K said, “This interview will be extremely short. Or better yet, I’ll summon you to...
Three Christmas Sonnets by Phillip Whidden The Society December 22, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Dim and Not He carries one white candle in the space Beneath cathedral vaults. He has to hold His hand in front of it so just a trace Of light...
‘Be Still and Know . . .’: A Poem by Peter Venable The Society December 21, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 4 Comments . Be Still and Know . . . Gulls brawl over a chip and squawk. __Waves wash shell shards on sand. On the sea shore, a morning walk. __I wade through...
‘Full Circle’: A Poem by Dennis McSweeney The Society December 21, 2024 Culture, Poetry, Science 7 Comments . Full Circle From age to age how long the fray’s been fought Tween those who seek the Truth on sacred ground And those who wish to harness...
‘Song of the Sophist’ and Other Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 20, 2024 Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau, Satire 37 Comments . Song of the Sophist a pantoum I tiptoe past all that is true--- The facts never matter to me. My aim is to wheedle and woo. I peddle malarkey with...
‘The Most Impactful Hate’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society December 20, 2024 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments . The Most Impactful Hate It’s fun now to listen to every Trump haterWho tries to explain how a racist dictatorWas able to win with a new...
‘Aubade: Composure’: A Poem by Steven Frattali The Society December 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . Aubade: Composure The first light tints the eggshell walls From dimmest grey to violet, And light-spokes through the window’s shade Glance over...
‘The Lonely Sailor’: A Poem by Thor Kangas The Society December 19, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . The Lonely Sailor No sailor is so lonely __As one who rows alone Across the vast and battered seas __Along the cliffs of stone. He has no one to...
A’sailin’: A Poem by Cynthia Bernard The Society December 18, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 20 Comments . A’sailin’ ‘Twould seem quite true I never was __the captain of this ship, though in my youth I did believe __in charting my own trip. But...
‘Come, Spring’: A Poem by Janice Canerdy The Society December 18, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 9 Comments . Come, Spring When by the winter cold we’re most oppressed, mere thoughts of spring’s arrival make us smile. We dream of earth in vivid colors...
‘The Wreath’ and Other Poetry by Cheryl Corey The Society December 17, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 15 Comments . The Wreath Circle of green— What does it mean? Never ending, Ever bending. It’s hope that’s vernal And faith that’s welling For God...
‘Intersubjective Bootstrap’: A Poem by Josh Mitteldorf The Society December 17, 2024 Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Intersubjective Bootstrap If all life is a dream, is it your dream or mine? __And why should our two worlds agree? An answer avails if we’re both...
‘Journalists Live in a Fantasy World’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society December 16, 2024 Poetry, Satire 14 Comments . Journalists Live in a Fantasy World If you like fiction, then turn on the news. You will hear journalists giving their views. Facts are...
‘Let’s Just Say’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga The Society December 15, 2024 Culture, Poetry 18 Comments . Let’s Just Say A friend of ours was asked by some reporter how he viewed the war his only son had gone to fight in and had died. His face went...
‘Imitating Shakespeare’s Sonnet 107’ by James Sale The Society December 15, 2024 Love Poems, Poetry, Shakespeare 18 Comments . Imitating Shakespeare’s Sonnet 107 . Sonnet 107 __by William Shakespeare Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming...
‘A House in Winter’ and Other Poems by Adam Sedia The Society December 15, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 17 Comments . A House in Winter Preternaturally silent, still.The omnipresent biting chill, And deepest, darkest night surround.The snow’s soft crunch, the...
‘A Simple Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Marc Gilbert The Society December 14, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 8 Comments . A Simple Prayer Crown my head in gray, dear Lord, __And bless my tangled tongue. Return to me the mystery __I knew when I was young. Before the...
‘Sharpton’: A Poem by James A. Tweedie The Society December 14, 2024 Poetry, Satire 10 Comments . Sharpton He talks his walk and walks his talk and then He walks his talk and talks his walk again. The walk he talks goes nowhere I can see. The...
‘I Saw An Angel Weeping’: A Poem by Michael Walker The Society December 13, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 6 Comments . I Saw An Angel Weeping I saw an angel weeping In the graveyard by the brook, Her silent vigil keeping, Yet when I turned to look, She spread her...
‘Homemade Halos—An Election Reflection’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society December 13, 2024 Poetry, Satire 21 Comments . Homemade Halos---An Election Reflection “Celebrity endorsements say a lot: they say you’re a liberal, an elitist, and a cultural...
‘The Drift of Dark Days’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 12, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments . The Drift of Dark Days November is a time for us to grieve About the dying of the warmth and light, About the passing of our joie de vivre, As we...
Six Great Dramatic Monologues by Robert Browning The Society December 12, 2024 Essays, Poetry 16 Comments . Six Great Dramatic Monologues by Robert Browning by Brian Yapko The dramatic monologue is a unique type of poem: the poet enters the mind of a...
‘In Advent Stillness’: A Poem by Jeffrey Essmann The Society December 11, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 11 Comments In Advent Stillness In Advent stillness and its purpled nightsWe turn within and with a solemn gazeConsider well our soul’s more reconditeAnd...
A Poem for American Women with Five or More Children, by Margaret Coats The Society December 11, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Motherly Motives ---of the 5% of American women with 5 or more children The greater good is motherhood. Let wealth be vast and health ideal, These...
‘Telepathy’ and Other Poems by Anna J. Arredondo The Society December 10, 2024 Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Terza Rima 24 Comments . Telepathy Your reticence to speak is no deterrent To my delight to be in your vicinity--- Presence and chatter need not be concurrent; Lack of the...
‘In a Twenty-minute Tuk-tuk Ride’: A Poem by Shamik Banerjee The Society December 10, 2024 Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments . In a Twenty-minute Tuk-tuk Ride That day, the river of our luck had dried. No taxis. Air-conditioned buses crammed with half the town. Just when I...
‘The Bar’: A Poem by Jeff Shakespeare The Society December 9, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 3 Comments . The Bar ---after Lord Alfred Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" The sail is set, the breeze is strong. I pray the crossing won’t take long. My Pilot...
‘Dragons Lost at Sea’: A Poem by Isabella Simmonds The Society December 9, 2024 Children's, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments . Dragons Lost at Sea In salty seas green dragons fly the waves, With plastic scales—a man-made guard from rot. Submerged to sleep in rocky water...
‘I No Longer See It on Mulberry Street’ and Other Poetry by Dusty Grein The Society December 8, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . I No Longer See It on Mulberry Street I used to walk home from school each day, then report back to Pop, what I saw on my way. I'd imagine all...
‘Galileo Under Confinement’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society December 8, 2024 Beauty, Poetry, Science 22 Comments . Galileo Under Confinement Scene: Florence, 1636 AD. In the third year of his life imprisonment (as sentenced by the Holy Inquisition) Galileo...
A Poem for Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral’s Reopening, by Margaret Coats The Society December 7, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 28 Comments . Notre Dame Re-Opens To touch this holiness we have no right, Nor did we earn the privilege to restore Its grandeur. Bringing anguished hearts to...
‘Variation on a Poem by Blok’ by Stephen M. Dickey The Society December 7, 2024 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Variation on a Poem by Blok How hard it is to walk among the living And make like you are not already dead, And speak up apropos of life’s...
‘Offerings of the Heart’: A Poem by Yoshikaze Kawakami The Society December 6, 2024 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Offerings of the Heart A Symbolic Poem . The songs of Yamato From seeds of healing sprout As offerings of our hearts, And if ever hurt we...
