A Covid Halloween Poem: ‘Halloween, 2020’ by Cynthia Erlandson The Society October 31, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 21 Comments Is this a werewolf’s trick, or witch’s treat? A devil’s joke? Humanity’s defeat? Who would have thought we’d live to see the day When...
An Office Romance and Other Poetry by Anna J. Arredondo The Society October 30, 2020 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Love Poems, Poetry 26 Comments Nothing Ventured an office romance "What more do you want?" he inquired without guile. ---Can it really be true that my feelings don't...
‘Autumn Ecstasy’ and Other Autumn Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson The Society October 29, 2020 Beauty, Poetry 32 Comments Autumn Ecstasy In ecstasy has autumn come With burning bush, chrysanthemum, And quaking aspens shaking fast While crackling oak leaves...
‘Fire’ by Russel Winick The Society October 28, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 17 Comments A family that I read about Lost everything acquired. Their house, collections, photographs, All vanished in a fire. Thank God no one...
‘Your Memory Starts to Slip’ by Jeff Eardley The Society October 27, 2020 Humor, Poetry 35 Comments Now when you get to sixty-five, your memory starts to slip, But when you get to seventy, you have to get a grip. It’s best if you can...
‘1865 or 2021?’ by Leo Zoutewelle The Society October 26, 2020 Culture, Poetry 44 Comments The constant growl of battles down the ways, The daily angst that never seems to stall, The hate of feelings hurt that always stays, The...
Chant Royal on Urban Disturbances by Margaret Coats after Eustache Deschamps (c.1346–1406) The Society October 25, 2020 Chant Royal, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry, Translation 32 Comments Renowned but wayward Troy, vain Babylon, Harsh Nineveh, and languid Rome were felled; Long ago they exercised dominion, But since from their...
Essay: ‘Portrait of a Millennial Art Student’ by Sally Cook The Society October 24, 2020 Art, Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Essays, Poetry 22 Comments You’ve grown up in the public school system, and it shows. You are sensitive to the world around you, and in touch with your...
20 Riddles by Evan Mantyk The Society October 23, 2020 Children's, Culture, Poetry, Riddles 44 Comments Post your answers in the comments section below. I. A place that never is in its own place And where it is is where it’s made to be; Not that...
‘Why Tens of Millions Support President Trump’ by Mark F. Stone The Society October 22, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 31 Comments On voting day, we hope the nation’s __red---a bright vermilion. Let’s count the reasons to choose Trump. __There are a half a...
Four Poems on Writing, by C.B. Anderson The Society October 22, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Villanelle 22 Comments Vocations Always there are things we should be doing; Others, though, are better left unfinished. Also, there are ends well worth...
‘Consumer Rights’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 22, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 18 Comments All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise. Originally published by the SCP 9/26/18 Consumer Rights by Cal Wes Ubideer Accountability, transparency, and...
‘The Immigrant’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society October 21, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Poetry 18 Comments The Immigrant As his ship now departs to cross over the sea, He looks back as he fondly remembers The dear family he leaves, the quaint...
‘From a Fly on the Bidens’ Wall’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 20, 2020 Humor, Poetry 21 Comments “Hunter, you’ve disgraced the name of 'Biden.' Your laptop’s in the hands of some porn cop! I’ve told you, as a Biden you’ll be...
‘A Hunt Along the Cahaba’ by Gregory Ross The Society October 20, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 11 Comments after Chesterton's "Lepanto" Note: Cahaba Run is a river in Alabama Dogs dash in black and tan through clouds of briar and bush, All...
‘Tewkesbury Mason’s Mark’ by James A. Tweedie The Society October 19, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 29 Comments Ego Feci Hoc A man, I was, of flesh and blood and bone, Nine-hundred years ago, I lived and died; A Norman mason skilled at cutting stone, An...
‘Breathe Free or Die’ by Joe Tessitore The Society October 18, 2020 Covid-19, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 57 Comments There are smiles that we will never see. There are kisses that will never be. There are songs that we will never hear For this thing...
‘The Reindeer’ and Other Poems by Brian Yapko The Society October 17, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 18 Comments The Reindeer The reindeer winter-cries in vain for his lost mate His cry turns brittle frosty-mist, ascends the clouds. His hooves make...
A Poem on Merriam-Webster Dictionary Changing the Definition of Sexual Preference, by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society October 16, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 52 Comments Newspeak During a hearing held on October 13, Senator Hirono informed Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett that the term “sexual...
On the PBS TV Series ‘Bob Ross, the Joy of Painting,’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Eardley The Society October 16, 2020 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments On the PBS TV Series 'Bob Ross, the Joy of Painting' I float, as happy as the clouds, Upon a sea of liquid white. Whilst cherishing this...
‘A New York Post Post’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 15, 2020 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments “Censorship is to art, as lynching is to justice.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Caud Sewer Bile Joe’s never spoken to his son about...
‘Retired K-9’ and Other Poetry by Allen Lee Ireland The Society October 15, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments Retired K-9 When I was young, you kept me in a cage. But as I got a little calmer, older, Sometimes you’d let me ride in the front...
‘Sonnet CXLIII’ by Jake Murel The Society October 14, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 3 Comments What if I do compare you to a rose Or summer’s day or beauty like the night, Or drone of how I’d sit and drink a coke With you instead of...
‘The Tweeter Strikes Back’: A Poem on Donald Trump by Christopher Lindsay The Society October 13, 2020 Culture, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . The Tweeter Strikes Back At midnight, Don was not asleep, and so, he rose to eat and tweet. He ate McD’s; he felt relaxed. He walked around, and...
A Review of Juvenalia by Reid McGrath The Society October 12, 2020 Essays, Poetry, Reviews 12 Comments Juvenalia by Reid McGrath, Kelsay Books, 2019 by James Sale Regular readers of The Society of Classical Poets’ pages will be familiar with the...
On the Chinese Communist Party Censoring Pence, Not Harris, and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise The Society October 11, 2020 Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments No Signal, Please Stand By by Lu “Reed ABCs” Wei Perhaps the most intriguing thing about the past debate between vice-presidential...
An Ode to Anti-French Revolution Hero ‘Charlotte Corday,’ by Jeremy Gadd The Society October 11, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 6 Comments Brave, brave, Charlotte Corday, took upon herself to slay that man of revolutionary violence, Jean-Paul Marat. On July thirteenth in...
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...
