Inspired by the Ashland, Oregon, Shakespeare Festival Narrator: William Shakespeare—Shakspere? Shaksper? Shakespear? Shackespeare? Shake-and-Bake-speare?—died but did not Go to heaven....

  When dusk settles, the oxalis Stands taller and sweeter, As if to say that all of this Is just...

The Muses we understand from Part 1 of this article are the daughters of the future and the past, and...

. . What Rumor, What Word? On the featured photo above What rumor, what word, O Cloud from the sea?...

  Riddle Two Now give these lines a gander Be you bold enough to try Find fun, full-fashioned candor Take...

  In a secluded forest glade, Where sunlight shines and shadows fade, The faeries come to dance and play Upon...

27 November 1976: Fort Eustis, Virginia By Usa W. Celebride It is an autumn Saturday. I sit amidst the scree, of...

  Déja Do you remember when a piece of art Held truth or meaning in its oil or stone— And...

Post your poetry on the recent terrorist attacks in England in the comments section at the end of this post....

By Sandeep Kumar Mishra There are two things that came to my mind when I read the book Hare Krishna...

  Taking a Gambol A rabbit’s life’s a gambol, A fortunate existence; Giving time enough to spare For frolics in...

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Funny Food Poetry Contest, including Judges Michael Curtis, Lorna Davis, William Ruleman,...

The tears of a nation are shared by us all, We stand with those countries whom terror befalls; The innocent...

I Think I Like You Better Now I think I like you better now; it’s been a little while Since...

The Flowers Upon a morning stroll serene Across many young floral gardens Greeting me on those fields of green Was...

Penelope’s Postscript Uncounted days, wrung dry of tears— Lost wanderers do not return: So much for the departed years. Heap...

Tipton County, Tennessee, 1917 My great-grandfather cut down huge black oaks Whose stumps his two young sons helped him uproot,...

Ephemeral Constant With hued music, beautified page. His spheres were thinner than gossamer, Only to beauty, did Keats defer. Was...

By Joseph Charles MacKenzie James Sale, whom I happen to consider England’s best on the subject, states: “To write poetry...

  Sonnet IV. Edward the Confessor Edward, the Cross no more on England’s shores Thy people blesses. The light of...

Dying Muse Not everyone will survive The muse has sung her last song The end is about to arrive It...

Click here to read Part I. Montague (That afternoon, on the outskirts of Verona, at a Club, getting in an...

We are pleased to announce the release of a new publication from The Society of Classical Poets titled How to...

  Mine eyes beheld your beauty, My thoughts remember how, Your loveliness I cherish, Where ever you are now, And...

  “She vanished to the wood,” they said. “Forget her—that strange and sickly child.” A child? Your face was no...

If I had words grating and crude enough That really could describe this horrid hole Supporting the converging weight of...

  Justice,  Equity  and  Compassion  in  Human  Relations In realms of Humankind’s relations, Justice rules as queen & from her...

Two Mourning Doves Friendship on the promenade? I know to some it may sound odd but there above, two mourning...

We live in a post-modernist world and its values are everywhere around us; and everywhere these values are almost largely...

  There was a man who owned a yacht. His name was Dan when it was hot he brought his...

(The BBC story here for reference) If I were burdened with a lover who Looked crooked like this woman (woman?),...

Baby boomers are aging Sometimes, dementia takes hold It isn’t a pleasant thing But happens as folks get old Personalities...

  Could the dandelion be excused for not being a rose, If its effort to grow was much greater; If...

  Golden Opposite of Grave Beauty The Buddhist, Yuezun, saw light like gold Above the blistering sands.  The desert blight Of...

Degrees of Light She squinted, watching circling gulls Fly overhead; small rhythmic waves Slapped steadily upon ship hulls. Brown crabs...

ADULT AWARDS   1st Place – $500 Josh Lefkowitz, “A Poem of Fact” 2nd Place – $250 Kathleen Hellen, “Everyday...

  Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong O you who stand so strong through wind and rain, So like those statues...

  A Sonnet for the Sonnet-Maker You know the beats and rhythms, the iamb Which pulses like a crippled-legged walk;...

Jutting out of a mountain their stone faces peer out with their notice crucified in stone. Crafted to demand a...