‘The Capital’: A Poem on Washington, DC by Bruce Dale Wise The Society August 23, 2025 Poetry, Satire 2 Comments . The Capital The capital looks like the setting of a zombie flick. The city once had swagger; it was bright and rich and slick. At night the neon...
Inspiring Muse Poetry Challenge The Society August 22, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry, Poetry Challenge 37 Comments . This poetry challenge comes from poet Roy E. Peterson: Provide a poem about your inspiring Muse. If you name a Muse, put it in a poet's note at...
‘Gull’: A Poem by Jim Hurford The Society August 21, 2025 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Gull Pacing the parapet hungrily eyeing papers and plastic cups in the dust, her kin overhead, wheeling, crying, watching their chance to steal a...
‘Shackled’ and Other Poetry by Gigi Ryan The Society August 21, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Satire, Villanelle 11 Comments . Shackled I crave a morning hit when I rise up, A trifle touch to take the edge away To spur me on to get my coffee cup. Don’t talk while I eat...
‘Farewell Colbert’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society August 20, 2025 Culture, Poetry 11 Comments . Farewell Colbert Late-night TV, when it started, didn’t have a path yet charted, but had teams of wise advisors who knew they’d need...
‘There Was a Time I Tried to Love the Sun’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier The Society August 19, 2025 Love Poems, Poetry 9 Comments . There Was a Time I Tried to Love the Sun There was a time I tried to love the Sun. I saw his golden splendor in the sky At Lammastide, when harvest...
A Video Poetry Reading of ‘The Settlers’ by Martin Rizley The Society August 19, 2025 Poetry, Readings, Symposium, Video 4 Comments . The poem "The Settlers" by Martin Rizley read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28,...
‘Umbra’ and Other Cloud Poetry by Adam Sedia The Society August 18, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Umbra The blazing height of summer’s day Now darkens to weird quasi-night--- Translucent dusk, half-cloaking gray, Half-veiling darkness pierced...
‘News of a Coup’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 17, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire 30 Comments . News of a Coup The news of a coup hits the headlines. No ears prick to listen or hear. The proof plucked from yesterday’s grapevines Has dried...
‘To the Ancient Mariner’ and Other Poems by Brian Yapko The Society August 17, 2025 Culture, Poetry 24 Comments . To the Ancient Mariner “O Wedding-Guest! This soul hath beenAlone on a wide wide sea;So lonely ‘twas, that God himselfScarce seeméd there to...
‘Pointless Poems’ by James A. Tweedie The Society August 16, 2025 Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Pointless Poems Why do women shave their legs, It seems unnecessary. The question lingers, pleads and begs, What’s wrong with being...
‘Inklings’: A Poem by P.C. Venable The Society August 16, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 7 Comments . Inklings Shut off that damn brainwashing, numbing screen!Tonight I did. I reached, opened that book.From sentences, the mind gleans what it...
‘Advice to a Young Man in Love’: A Poem by Morrison Handley-Schachler The Society August 15, 2025 Humor, Love Poems, Poetry 24 Comments . Advice to a Young Man in Love If her name is Sally, then _Tattoo it on your arm With Lovehearts terminally, and _It won’t do any harm, Because,...
‘Uxorious?’: A Poem by Christopher Fried The Society August 14, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 4 Comments . Uxorious? He tried to guard composure as he pressed the new denarius to his chapped lips and unbecoming tears for noblemen slipped privately to...
‘Modes of Divination’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson The Society August 14, 2025 Culture, Humor, Poetry 12 Comments . Modes of Divination The future’s course, in all of its essentials, Is augured from a steaming heap of entrails. The tea leaves, buoyed by...
‘Attention Deficit Disorder’: A Poem by Reid McGrath The Society August 13, 2025 Culture, Poetry 7 Comments . Attention Deficit Disorder I once had a friend like Midas.All he touched would turn to gold;but after he would touch itthe thing would soon get...
‘Mnemonic Device for Military Pro-Signs A-Z’: A Poem by Joseph S. Salemi The Society August 12, 2025 Children's, Culture, Poetry 25 Comments . Mnemonic Device for Military Pro-Signs A-Z Pro-signs are an alphabetical coding system used by the military for radio transmissions or for the...
‘Mary’: A Sequel to the Poem ‘Martha’ by Scharlie Meeuws The Society August 12, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 10 Comments . Mary ---a sequel to “Martha," prompted by James A. Tweedie The night grew still, the lamps gave off a hush,And Martha’s footsteps faded down...
‘Sidewalk Sincerity’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick The Society August 11, 2025 Culture, Poetry 20 Comments . Sidewalk Sincerity “Hi---how are you?” he said to me, A friendly thing to say, I answered just as cordially, But he had walked...
‘Falun Dafa Parade’ and Other Poetry by Shindy Cai The Society August 10, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . Falun Dafa Parade The heartbeat of a marching band lies in the beating drums, The power of a sleeping beast that shakes the ground with thrums. An...
‘On Having a Little Girl’: A Poem by Jacob Schultz The Society August 10, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 19 Comments . On Having a Little Girl She looks at me with hazel eyes And freckles on her sun-kissed cheeks. These moments, gentle, still, and blest Are...
‘Snapshots of Oxford—July 20, 2025’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman The Society August 9, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 14 Comments . Snapshots of Oxford---July 20, 2025 The drowsy wasps that kept me on my toes; The groups of foreign students herded by; The constant stop and look,...
‘Autism Sonnet’: A Poem by Theresa Werba The Society August 9, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Science 22 Comments . Autism Sonnet The lights are much too light and sounds too loud; And thoughts are only thought in black and white; Try to tolerate a middling...
‘Spotlights and Shadows’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis Bryant The Society August 8, 2025 Culture, Poetry, Satire 33 Comments . Spotlights and Shadows . I. To a Limelight Leech O swankpot of the swish-and-swagger ilk Basking in your braggadocio glow, __You stoop so long and...
‘Mourning Doves’: A Poem by Paulette Calasibetta The Society August 8, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 16 Comments . Mourning Doves Hear the soft coo—a coo that faithful love imparts; Mourning doves, they share as one, two beating hearts. On summer’s eaves of...
‘True Worth’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton The Society August 7, 2025 Beauty, Poetry 10 Comments . True Worth Her thoughts do not align with "bigger, better"; A humble mode of living suits her fine. The waning years of life bring contemplation Of...
‘Artificial Intelligence Versus Real Intelligence’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise The Society August 7, 2025 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Artificial “Intelligence” Versus Real Intelligence Chat GPT “confuses” metaphors and similes. It also “struggles” to correctly classify...
‘A Horse’s Tale: King Arthur’s Great Steed’: A Poem by Davis Saunders The Society August 6, 2025 Children's, Humor, Poetry 3 Comments . A Horse’s Tale: King Arthur’s Great Steed The horse known for bearing the greatest of kings— Proud Thor was considered the worthiest...
‘Supreme Showdown’: A Poem by Warren Bonham The Society August 6, 2025 Poetry, Satire 13 Comments . Supreme Showdown “Justice Jackson skips over that part because analyzing the governing statute involves boring legalese.” —Associate Justice...
Poetry Readings by Susan Norvill, Cynthia Erlandson, Twila Brase, and Corey Elizabeth Jackson The Society August 5, 2025 Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings, Symposium, Video 1 Comment . Readings of original poems by the poets from the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28,...
‘Life on This Boat’: A Poem by Frank Rable The Society August 5, 2025 Culture, Poetry 16 Comments . Life on This Boat Here in this lifeboat we hopelessly wait, No one rows now, we are all but deadweight, Minding our manners, and now the first...
‘Silent Movies’: A Poem by Cheryl Corey The Society August 4, 2025 Culture, Performing Arts, Triolet 25 Comments . Silent Movies As silent movies play inside your head, Their scattered shadows, faint and far away, You try to understand what's being said, As...
‘Legion’: A Poem by M.D. Skeen The Society August 4, 2025 Culture, Poetry 8 Comments . Legion Hello there friend, our name is Legion We are those same 6000 demons Who long ago in Gerasenes Became a man’s mental disease. We took a...
‘The Power’ and Other Poems by Sally Cook The Society August 3, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry 7 Comments . The Power I’ve noticed more and more of late My power to infuriate Is stronger than it’s ever been. I exercise it even when I try to be both...
‘Absalom, Absalom’: A Poem by Brian Yapko The Society August 3, 2025 Culture, Poetry 36 Comments . Absalom, Absalom "Then David sent out one third of the people… And the king said to the people, 'I also will surely go out with you myself.' But...
‘Dear Blabby’s Advice for the Clueless’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson The Society August 2, 2025 Humor, Poetry 15 Comments . Dear Blabby’s Advice for the Clueless _I want to write a column _Like Abigail Van Buren To give out my elite advice _It’s something that I’m...
‘The Gaza War’ and Related Poems by James A. Tweedie The Society August 2, 2025 Culture, Poetry 6 Comments . The Gaza War The Gaza war goes on and on With death and ruin in its wake. A war hard fought but never won; Like sifting water from a lake. And yet...
‘The Bristlecone Pine’ and Other Poetry by Mary Jane Myers The Society August 1, 2025 Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry 13 Comments . The Bristlecone Pine For centuries, the stalwart pine has stood __in this unwonted spot. Its shallow roots and resinous hard wood __shield it from...
‘The Troubadour Remembers’: A Poem by Morrison Handley-Schachler The Society August 1, 2025 Humor, Music, Poetry 18 Comments . The Troubadour Remembers A troubadour wayfaring town to town, Hamlet to homestead, dale to grassy down, While he his vagabond mandora strummed, Now...
‘Conjugation: Tense with Mood’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson The Society July 31, 2025 Humor, Poetry 14 Comments . Conjugation: Tense with Mood ---a verbal disagreement between the indicative and the subjunctive If I were all that I could be, Perhaps I’d spend...
