Mark F. Stone reads his poetry at the Society of Classical Poets’ in-person Poetry Symposium held in Naperville, Illinois on September 5-6, 2025:
Video created by Andrew Benson Brown.
Encounter with My Dead Father I am holding my father’s hand so white, and in silence we walk up...
. Congratulations to Society of Classical Poets Member Paul A. Freeman who won the Queen's English Society Poetry Competition. His...
I really enjoyed reading your short and sweet, well penned poems here. Your solid rhyme and meter make for a…
These are charming. You might try your hand at limerick.
I believe it does, Susan, and I look forward to meeting her.
Joe, I’m thrilled to have a fellow fan! I believe that closing monologue revealed to me the power of words…
James, you never fail to make me smile with your comments and this one has me grinning... although, I fear…
The personal, the comic, the satirical.
I especially enjoyed the first after your intro.
Your first poem disclosed the trepidations of all poets, or so it does for me. I like the second one, also. The internal rhyme scheme in the third poem was especially rewarding to hear and read.
Paul and Roy, Thank you very much for your kind words. I must also thank Andrew Benson Brown, a world-class editor, who did a phenomenal job editing this video! Mark
Great reading of your poems. I really enjoyed the first one, the second is quite clever with connecting Dactyls with pterodactyl. The third one was quite ambitious. I enjoyed the musicality in all three of them.
Thanks for sharing and thanks to the editor as you mentioned.
Wonderful wit and humour – great to see you in action again, Mark. Very droll indeed! I must come to the USA and perform with you all over again!!
Paul: I am very pleased that you enjoyed the poems. Thank you for taking the time to comment!
James: Thank you for your kind and generous words. Yes, it was great fun reading poems together in that park in New York City back in 2019. You absolutely must come to the next SCP conference. We all would love to meet with you in person again!
Ok, noted Mark – I am hoping to free up more of time to do such things soon!!! Love to see you, Evan and the gang again!