‘The Rock’ by Nathaniel Todd McKee The Society January 10, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments In Frenchman bay, near Otter Point, the sea Against an ancient rock comes crashing down. This grey-clad cliff protrudes its stony...
Two Humorous Poems by Daniel Galef The Society January 9, 2020 Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Von Sacher-Masoch’s Rebuttal to the Golden Rule If a brutal bash can bring one pleasure, one man’s lash is another man’s...
‘The New Year’ and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society January 8, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments The New Year The fields stretch out, bare, icy: __Wide, blank, yet-unetched slates, Tabulae rasae, waiting __The chisel of the Fates, But...
‘Shaman of the Waves’ by Theresa Rodriguez The Society January 8, 2020 Beauty, Poetry 58 Comments I am the raging tempest tossed upon the fretful sea; you are the calm and quiet gale that steadies me. And yet I am the raging...
‘At Twilight’ by Erin Jeon The Society January 7, 2020 Beauty, High School Submissions, Poetry 7 Comments The sun sinks deep into the hill Behind the town that perches still. An amber fog prowls through the street Of cobbled stone and...
‘Moth, Angel of the Night’ and Other Poetry by Michael Zhao The Society January 7, 2020 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 8 Comments Moth, Angel of the Night Emerging from a rich cocoon, you shed off your old husk– with legs outstretched and wings unfurled, you head...
‘Surveillance, Twenty Twenty’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society January 6, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 8 Comments Surveillance, Twenty Twenty I never thought I'd live to see my TV looking back at me! One Nation, Divisible How long have I...
‘Smith on Pollock’ by Julian D. Woodruff The Society January 5, 2020 Art, Beauty, Culture, Poetry 34 Comments It seems the art world all but missed the dart Hurled ‘cross the continent when Hassel Smith Called Jackson Pollock’s paintings...
‘The Ballad of Darryl O’Day’ by Martin Hill Ortiz The Society January 5, 2020 Humor, Poetry 13 Comments There's a legend that's told in the neighborhood pubs, In the smoke-filled gin joints and the posh country clubs, In the places beer...
‘Gilbert and Sullivan on New York Affluence’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society January 4, 2020 Culture, Humor, Poetry 9 Comments Hark now to the yuppies’ anthem, And the lifestyle that it preaches— How we all reside on the chic West Side With our Chardonnay and...
Five Sonnets from the Forthcoming Work Commentary, by Michael Curtis The Society January 3, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments Cumæan Below, beyond the tiles now cave’d down, Up from the rubbled earth arose a sound Shrieking in a pitch strung to sting the ear, Some...
‘Bees Are Spectacular’ and Other Poetry by Leo Zoutewelle The Society January 2, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 26 Comments Bees Are Spectacular When people talk of “bees” it well could mean Two things: the sum of separate insects or A colony—some workers and a...
A New Year’s Day Poem: ‘Into 2020’ by Damian Robin The Society January 1, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 13 Comments On the occasion of New Year's Day 2020, two poems by Damian Robin, a writer and editor living in the United Kingdom.
‘Fireworks Burst’ by Cyrus Jalinous The Society December 31, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments ‘Tis late now in the balmy eve, without the slightest stir, When lighter than a hot balloon cuts through the humid air Such light...
‘The Burning of a Flag’ by Bruce Dale Wise The Society December 30, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 17 Comments by Eric Awesud Ble Adolfo Martinez, a man who hails from Ames, Iowa, was sentenced sixteen jailed-years for the burning of a flag. The...
‘Three Hundred Spartans’ by Sancia Milton The Society December 30, 2019 Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Poetry 12 Comments Three Hundred Spartans In twilight’s ash three hundred stars await As blue-black thunder roars with battle drums, Three hundred voices...
‘One Last Candle’ and Other Poetry by Angel L. Villanueva The Society December 29, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry 13 Comments One Last Candle The angry storm approaches in the night, Its curdling howl is heard for miles around. The trees all flinch in fear of nature's...
The Falun Gong Practitioner: A One-Act Play The Society December 28, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Performing Arts, Poetry 13 Comments . A play in one act based on the true story of Li Zhenjun. Play by Evan Mantyk. Characters Narrator / Voice of Tradition Zhenjun “George”...
‘Palimpsest’ and Other Poetry by T.M. Moore The Society December 27, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 8 Comments Palimpsest ...written in their hearts... Romans 2.15 We try, but cannot fully scrape away those ancient words engraved upon the soul. We would...
‘How a Bill Can Succeed on The Hill’ by Mark F. Stone The Society December 26, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 20 Comments It is rare that a bill can succeed on The Hill based on only the skill of a hobbyist. If you suffer the lack of a plan of attack, what...
‘How Dare You, Santa! How Dare You!’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society December 25, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 61 Comments Christmas has been canceled—it’s naughty Santa’s fault. His haughty carbon footprint has been a grave assault on melting polar ice...
Poems for Christmas Day 2019 The Society December 25, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Readings 7 Comments Come to Bethlehem / Silent Night Song and Poem by James A. Tweedie Come to Bethlehem, come and see God stripped bare of...
‘Sonnet XXXVIII: The Adoration of the Shepherds’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie The Society December 24, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings 9 Comments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_UsvwgdQ8 Our nakedness was swaddled by the night, With Eden’s worn-out dust our feet were...
‘The Feast of the Nativity’ and Other Poetry by Steve Insalaco The Society December 23, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 4 Comments The Feast of the Nativity ‘Twas the night before a brilliant star They roam the desert near and far, When they happen upon the city of...
‘Carol’ by Stanisław Grochowiak, Translated by Leo Yankevich The Society December 22, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation 2 Comments Carol They come slowly—loiter, you might say, Some with olive oil splashed on their bums, Others with enormous crooked thumbs, All full of...
Review: The Secrets of Archery, by Alessio Zanelli, Greenwich Exchange, 2019 The Society December 21, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings 22 Comments by James Sale Alessio Zanelli is a fascinating poet, and probably a fascinating man as well. This is his sixth collection of poems and part of his...
‘Make Christmas a Verb’ by Mark F. Stone The Society December 20, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 14 Comments For many, the gifts are the be-all and end-all: the big screen, the tablet, the Barbie and Ken doll. For me, gifts I get are like ice in...
‘Looking Forward to Christmas’ by Jack Horne The Society December 19, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 4 Comments Recalling Christmas in the past: the time I mixed my drink— a cocktail, “Everything we have”… I puked at lunch. I think you ate...
‘Sara’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore The Society December 18, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments Sara's Prayer* Take me beyond all thought and word, where only beauty can be heard. Then silently, before Your throne, I'll dance, Dear Lord, for...
‘Roots’ by Ramón Rodriguez The Society December 17, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 9 Comments Cradled in my country’s corn-rich plains, North of the river, good and fertile land, There is a certain wood, that, when it...
‘Childhood Conjugation’ and Other Poetry by David O’Neil The Society December 16, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 5 Comments Childhood Conjugation Our mother tongue’s a mile-long smorgasbord where children eat for free. With giggling ease they wolf down words that...
‘The Lonely Ghost Speaks’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley The Society December 15, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 12 Comments The Lonely Ghost Speaks Each night, upon the creaking stairs My footfalls make no sound As, sad and slow, I climb with no Connection to the...
Phobia Limerick Riddles, by Jan Darling The Society December 14, 2019 Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry, Riddles 45 Comments Each poem below describes a phobia. Guess what the person is scared of in each. For extra credit try to name the phobia’s official name....
‘The Winter of Our Contentment’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society December 13, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 23 Comments The Winter of Our Contentment Without the winter there would be no spring, No snowdrops, crocus, scilla, daffodils, Or any other bulbs...
Hiding Behind a Mask: Five Poems by Anna J. Arredondo The Society December 12, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Villanelle 17 Comments Intruders Beware If you but knew what weakness lies concealed Within this adamantine outer shell— What woes, what worries I'm too proud to...
‘Manichaeus, Heresiarch’ by Carl Hildebrand The Society December 11, 2019 Culture, Poetry 12 Comments Manichaeus, the 3rd century B.C. founder of the heretical religion Manichaeism, addresses the Zoroastrian god Ahura-Mazda Tremble,...
‘An Aussie Christmas’ and Other Poetry by David Watt The Society December 10, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 17 Comments An Aussie Christmas That joyous time has come to pass When summer’s heat warms man and beast, And wheaten fields burnt burnished brass Cannot...
Ecclesiastes 2, Recast in Classical Poetry, by T.M. Moore The Society December 9, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Terza Rima 10 Comments Hating Life after Ecclesiastes 2 Within my heart I said, “Come now, and I will test your soul with mirth.” For surely, so I thought, the...
Extract from Canto 9 of James Sale’s English Cantos The Society December 8, 2019 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 24 Comments In Canto 8 the poet and Dante, accompanying him, encounter the next-door neighbour, Peter, who brutally murdered his wife for money. Escaping...
Five Sonnets on Grimm’s Fairytales, by James A. Tweedie The Society December 7, 2019 Culture, Humor, Poetry 14 Comments Grimm Reckonings Summary Thoughts on Five Fairy Tales: A Sonnet Cycle Rapunzel I wish Rapunzel could have saved the day __By climbing...
