A Poem on Kangaroos: ‘With Spring in Their Step’ by David Watt The Society October 10, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 19 Comments When springtime has come to the high mountain ranges The melting of snow bares the landscape to changes; And creatures awaken from...
‘While Sitting by Her’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley The Society October 9, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 27 Comments While Sitting by Her While sitting by her sometimes I would eye Her dextrous fingers plying to and fro While unbeknown to her, as she...
Ekphrastic Contest: Write a Poem on This Photograph The Society October 8, 2020 Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry Contests, The Environment 148 Comments See the winners here. Above is a recent photograph of Chateau Boswell, a winery, vineyard, and tasting room located in California. It has...
‘Eternal Apocalypse’: A Poem on Climate Change and Others by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 8, 2020 Covid-19, Humor, Poetry, The Environment 24 Comments Eternal Apocalypse I’ve managed to escape a coming ice age; A mammoth hasn’t tossed me to my death. I’ve dodged the planet’s...
‘News of the Revolution’ by Daniel Kemper The Society October 7, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 4 Comments News of the Revolution Revolt or riot? Both? Or civil war? No matter what, who hasn't realized the revolution's being televised. The...
‘The Harvest of an Ancient Past’ by Daniel Kemper The Society October 7, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments The harvest of an ancient past can waft to mind as we enjoy a measured taste of last year's blend. The darlings who were chased down...
‘The City-Bird’ by Michael Curtis The Society October 6, 2020 Humor, Poetry 4 Comments a parody of Tennyson's "The Eagle" Upon the bronze haired statue head Enringed in evening’s smoggy spread She beak-pecks on a littered...
‘Sonnet Sonnet’ by Theresa Rodriguez The Society October 5, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments To write of love, or speak of other things Like life or death, or such philosophy As might stir up an eager mind, which brings It to a...
‘Spindle, Shuttle, Loom’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society October 4, 2020 Beauty, Blank Verse, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments …anulbaṇáṃ vayata jóguvām ápaḥ. Weave ye the singers’ work without a knot. —Rigveda 10.53.6 Those pale cream swaths of handmade...
A Poem on Riots Across America: ‘Ethics Lesson 101,’ and Others by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 3, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments Ethics Lesson 101 by Caud Sewer Bile Kenosha, Portland, Oakland. Minneapolis, New York: Don’t blame their Democratic mayors; they...
Verses from the Irish Peace Park The Society October 2, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Found Poem, Poetry 8 Comments In the first World War, taking and holding the high ground was everything. The battle of Messines Ridge, in Belgium, took place June 7-17 1917. It...
On the Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Stealth Warfare’ by Damian Robin The Society October 1, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 15 Comments Stealth Warfare in the voice of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Admire. Our virus circulates. __Our muddy money’s hand washed. Our...
Poems for the Mid-Autumn Festival 2020, by Daniel Magdalen The Society September 30, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival and corresponding to the Harvest Moon in the West, falls this year on October...
‘Postponement’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society September 29, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments Postponement I disappoint some folks of whom I’m fond, But I, in turn, am irritated by The nebulous assurance that beyond This life, in...
A Poem on Toxic Masculinity: ‘Our Worthy Sons’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 28, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 61 Comments Our Worthy Sons dedicated to Samuel Our worthy sons should never be ashamed Of who they are and who they’re meant to be. For far too long...
‘Odyssey of Theodicy’ and Other Poetry by Peter Venable The Society September 28, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments Odyssey of Theodicy It is a strange fact, clearly biblical— In this case God’s will is most puzzling: At times, He moves mountains...
‘Reflections of an Aging Moon’ and Other Poetry by Sally Cook The Society September 27, 2020 Beauty, Humor, Poetry 25 Comments Reflections of an Aging Moon Great brassy stalks of varicolored horns Blow notes to keep the bees awake at noon. Immersed in gaudy zinnia’s...
‘The Winds of Time’ by David Paul Behrens The Society September 26, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments The winds of time will cease to blow, The shining moon will cease to glow, As history comes to an end; Eternity waits 'round the...
‘Dreams on the Horizon’ and Other Poetry by Dave Irby The Society September 25, 2020 Beauty, Poetry 12 Comments Dream on the Horizon I sail the ocean toward the setting sun to find my dreams that hide within the sky. And I will travel till my days...
On Troublemakers: Two Translations from Phaedrus, by Terry L. Norton The Society September 24, 2020 Children's, Culture, Essays, Poetry, Translation 9 Comments On Troublemakers: Two Translations* from the Latin Poet Phaedrus, Freedman of Augustus (first century A.D.) Translator’s Prologue These little...
‘Castles in Our Heads’ and Other Poetry by Talbot Hook The Society September 23, 2020 Beauty, Poetry 15 Comments Castles in Our Heads The old Italians once long held The mind as ordered hall; And in their arm-chair coffers swelled A wealth beyond...
A Poem on Trump’s Reaction to Ginsburg’s Death, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 22, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 43 Comments A Lesson Learned from Trump “We are all equal in the presence of death.” ---Publilius Syrus (100 BC) Today I learned a lesson from the...
A Poem on the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020), by Joe Tessitore The Society September 22, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments Supreme Farewell As every king and peasant must, A justice stands before the Just. We bid farewell to Sister Ruth, Who trembles now before the...
‘In the Midst of Life We Are in Death,’ a Poem by Cynthia Erlandson The Society September 22, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments “In the Midst of Life We are in Death.” --Book of Common Prayer, The Burial of the Dead In sure and certain hope, we toss The soil in,...
‘At the Supper Table of a Progressive’ and Other Poetry by Alexander King Ream The Society September 21, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 2 Comments At the Supper Table of a Progressive They understood riots and death and what's more, "Adore them all really," and down to the core, So...
Ekphrastic Economy: A Review of Memoirs of a Witness Tree, by Randal A. Burd, Jr. The Society September 20, 2020 Essays, Poetry, Reviews 6 Comments Memoirs of a Witness Tree, by Randal A. Burd, Jr. Kelsay Books, 2020 by Andrew Benson Brown Reading Aristotle’s Poetics is in some ways a...
‘Feeding Time’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie The Society September 19, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments Feeding Time Chickens feed on chicken feed. Birds on birdseed, yes-indeed! Cattle feed on cattle feed, Twitters feed on Twitter...
A Poem On Nancy’s Visit to a Salon, Violating Covid Restrictions, by Sarban Bhattacharya The Society September 18, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments There’s no age bar on titivating hair, Apart from putting rouge on wrinkled cheek. A Speaker has the right to looking fair, And prune...
‘The Church is Locked on Easter Day’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Thomas Cepican The Society September 18, 2020 Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry, Rondeau 7 Comments The Church is Locked on Easter Day a rondeau The Church is locked on Easter Day Despite the stone being rolled away. The Christ awakes to...
A Poem on the Laundering of Drug Money, and Other Poetry by Rod Walford The Society September 17, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments Lucrative On the Laundering of Drug Money As commodities go, you are harmless enough Whether tendered in coin or in crinkly stuff. But...
‘To Those Who Condemn Coleridge for Using Opium’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society September 16, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 26 Comments Weave a circle round him thrice, __And close your eyes with holy dread, __For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of...
‘Logos, Rising’ by Michael Witcoff The Society September 15, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 4 Comments When Logos lived within the heart of man, Then beauty bloomed and flowered forth at will--- And every house was built upon a...
Three Summer Senryu by Matt O’Hays The Society September 14, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments July 4, 2020 A monument falls Rioters have no remorse What happened this fourth? Summer 2020 Sunny days are...
‘London’s Docklands, Pre-Gentrification’ and Other Poetry by Peter Austin The Society September 13, 2020 Culture, Humor, Poetry 15 Comments London’s Docklands, Pre-Gentrification from a sonnet by Wordsworth Earth has not anything to show more foul Unless it be the same neath...
‘Losing It’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Eardley The Society September 12, 2020 Beauty, Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments Losing It He staggered round his living room in stunning disbelief As for the very umpteenth time, he’d gone and lost his teeth. He...
‘Remember 9/11’: A Rondeau by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society September 11, 2020 Culture, Poetry, Rondeau, Terrorism 29 Comments They tried and failed. They’re trying still To steal our freedom; break our will--- The terrorists who torment days With ire and fire...
A Poem on the Real Definition of Fascism: ‘Misdirection’ by Russel Winick The Society September 11, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 28 Comments Misdirection Some dictionaries and encyclopedias still define “fascism” as a far-right system of rule. They need to look again. The...
A Poem for Nantes Cathedral, by Margaret Coats The Society September 10, 2020 Beauty, Chant Royal, Culture, Poetry 23 Comments For Nantes Cathedral Ravaged by Arson in July 2020, a Tribute This holy place, where the enthusiasm of builders was succeeded by doubt...
A Poem on the Earliest Known English Poet, Caedmon, by Philip Rosenbaum The Society September 9, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Poet's Note: The Venerable Bede tells us that in the 7th century Caedmon, “having lived in a secular habit till he was well advanced in years,...
Poetry on the Passing of the Poet’s Wife, Part II, by Peter Hartley The Society September 8, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments No Longer There I wonder if a change has come about. No longer do I feel that she is there As physical a being in her chair To me as I to...
