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  • ‘My Fairytale’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson

    The Society
    June 3, 2025
    Love Poems, Poetry
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  • ‘In Her Fair Foundry, Nature Forges Art’ by Claude Gaspar Bachet, Translated by Josh Middeldorf

    The Society
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    Beauty, Poetry, Translation
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    Culture, Poetry
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    Love Poems, Poetry, Villanelle
    7 Comments
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    Beauty, Poetry
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    Culture, Poetry
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    Culture, Poetry
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    Beauty, Poetry
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  • ‘Song of the Heron’ by Ueda Bin, Translated by Yoshikaze Kawakami

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    Beauty, Poetry, Translation
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‘Ode to a Christmas Pudding’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant

The Society
December 25, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. Ode to a Christmas Pudding O fragrant orb of dark and luscious depths Made with magic conjured every year By souls who know the spell---those...

‘Stars Voluble’: A Christmas Poem by Margaret Coats

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December 25, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
32 Comments
. Stars Voluble Profound and lightless silent night _Lay still with curtains closed. Into unspeaking dark the Word Descended from his regal...

‘Christmas in Florida’: A Poem by Brian Yapko

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December 25, 2024
Culture, Humor, Poetry
22 Comments
. Christmas in Florida I watched him pass! St. Nick himself---Kris Kringle,Who hails from Buffalo, not the North Pole.He waved; I heard bells on his...

‘A Present Unclaimed’: A Christmas Poem by James A. Tweedie

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December 25, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. A Present Unclaimed Under the tree is a present unclaimed Paper and ribbon and bows, good to go. Who is it for? “Who it’s from” isn’t...

A Yuletide Medley Performed for Christmas Day by Poet Jeff Eardley

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December 24, 2024
Music, Poetry
10 Comments
. Professional musician and SCP poet Jeff Eardley performs a medley of Christmas songs on his guitar. Merry Christmas from the Society of Classical...

‘Make Room, He’ll Come In’: A Poem by Warren Bonham

The Society
December 24, 2024
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
4 Comments
. Make Room, He’ll Come In Have you spent much time wandering, feeling distressed,and upon your arrival, found no place to rest?You can’t...

‘Santa Claus Has Passed Away’: A Christmas Poem by Jeffrey Essmann

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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...
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‘Be Still and Know . . .’: A Poem by Peter Venable

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...
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‘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...
poem/sedia/beauty

‘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...
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  1. Brian Yapko on ‘My Fairytale’: A Poem by Roy E. PetersonJune 3, 2025

    A very charming poem, Roy, which shows how love can make everything young and new and which proves that fairytales…

  2. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘My Fairytale’: A Poem by Roy E. PetersonJune 3, 2025

    I have to agree with your assessment, at least the ones I used to see on the original Walt Disney…

  3. Mark Stellinga on ‘My Fairytale’: A Poem by Roy E. PetersonJune 3, 2025

    You've selected a very celebrious cast of fairy-tell-inducing young ladies, Roy, for this very sweet piece. Nice job -

  4. Paul A. Freeman on ‘Two Love Poems’ by James A. TweedieJune 3, 2025

    A contrast, indeed. Since You’ve Been at My Side, written as a villanelle, the repetitive lines perhaps alluding to the…

  5. Paul A. Freeman on ‘To a Virginia Bluebell’ and Other Poetry by Lee EvansJune 3, 2025

    Great stuff, Lee. My fave line (and a bit) from A Virginia Bluebell was 'A sphere within which Nature’s face…

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