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The poem “Wisdom and Sway” by Mark F. Stone read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28, 2025:
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Video created by Andrew Benson Brown.
Originally published in The Epoch Times by James Sale Very recently, I hosted a live online poetry event for New...
. Storage and Retrieval In the dank cellar of the human mind Are stored a lifetime’s worth of rusted tools...
Jeffrey This “philosophical” poem is artfully constructed. You have written three 6-line stanzas exact rhymed a-b-c-b-a-c; iambic pentameter (5 )…
I enjoyed this wise poem, Roy. It reminded me of Louisa May Alcott's famous words: “I am not afraid of…
Yes I agree with Roy, this is a brilliant poem. Such lovely rhythm and rhyme and the words are sublime.…
Wise words, Roy. Thank you!
So true, Roy. We must learn to hold these conflicting moments, one in each hand, I feel. How could we…
What a great figurative-allegorical picture of our times. And another beautiful video by ABB.
Mark, as I neglected to say when this poem first appeared, it is an apt fable for any community suffering from a domineering leader. That’s what makes it timeless. A great concept on your part, complete with the natural joy of everyone involved when nature brings down pseudo-science.
Well done, Andrew, with relevant drawings from an indeterminate time in the past, yet “not far away,” and still including the even more relevant recent photo, while accompanying the whole with simple music in accord with the lyric genre.
As long as we can determine between genuine science and fraudulent science, like that of flat Earthers and blaming Panadol for autism (processed food and food additives are a more likely culprit, though no one wants to give up their hot dawgs), we should be okay.