‘When Prices Surge’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman
. When Prices Surge What happens to the prices when demand outstrips finite supply? Well, you’ll be darned to know...
Read moreDetails. When Prices Surge What happens to the prices when demand outstrips finite supply? Well, you’ll be darned to know...
Read moreDetails. The Capital The capital looks like the setting of a zombie flick. The city once had swagger; it was...
Read moreDetails. This poetry challenge comes from poet Roy E. Peterson: Provide a poem about your inspiring Muse. If you name...
Read moreDetails. Gull Pacing the parapet hungrily eyeing papers and plastic cups in the dust, her kin overhead, wheeling, crying, watching...
Read moreDetails. Shackled I crave a morning hit when I rise up, A trifle touch to take the edge away To...
Read moreDetails. Farewell Colbert Late-night TV, when it started, didn’t have a path yet charted, but had teams of wise advisors...
Read moreDetails. There Was a Time I Tried to Love the Sun There was a time I tried to love the...
Read moreDetails. The poem "The Settlers" by Martin Rizley read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online...
Read moreDetails. Umbra The blazing height of summer’s day Now darkens to weird quasi-night--- Translucent dusk, half-cloaking gray, Half-veiling darkness pierced...
Read moreDetails. News of a Coup The news of a coup hits the headlines. No ears prick to listen or hear....
Read moreDetails. To the Ancient Mariner “O Wedding-Guest! This soul hath beenAlone on a wide wide sea;So lonely ‘twas, that God...
Read moreDetails. Pointless Poems Why do women shave their legs, It seems unnecessary. The question lingers, pleads and begs, What’s wrong...
Read moreDetails. Inklings Shut off that damn brainwashing, numbing screen!Tonight I did. I reached, opened that book.From sentences, the mind gleans...
Read moreDetails. Advice to a Young Man in Love If her name is Sally, then _Tattoo it on your arm With...
Read moreDetails. Uxorious? He tried to guard composure as he pressed the new denarius to his chapped lips and unbecoming tears...
Read moreDetails. Modes of Divination The future’s course, in all of its essentials, Is augured from a steaming heap of entrails....
Read moreDetails. Attention Deficit Disorder I once had a friend like Midas.All he touched would turn to gold;but after he would...
Read moreDetails. Mnemonic Device for Military Pro-Signs A-Z Pro-signs are an alphabetical coding system used by the military for radio transmissions...
Read moreDetails. Mary ---a sequel to “Martha," prompted by James A. Tweedie The night grew still, the lamps gave off a...
Read moreDetails. Sidewalk Sincerity “Hi---how are you?” he said to me, A friendly thing to say, I answered just as cordially,...
Read moreDetails. Falun Dafa Parade The heartbeat of a marching band lies in the beating drums, The power of a sleeping...
Read moreDetails. On Having a Little Girl She looks at me with hazel eyes And freckles on her sun-kissed cheeks. These...
Read moreDetails. Snapshots of Oxford---July 20, 2025 The drowsy wasps that kept me on my toes; The groups of foreign students...
Read moreDetails. Autism Sonnet The lights are much too light and sounds too loud; And thoughts are only thought in black...
Read moreDetails. Spotlights and Shadows . I. To a Limelight Leech O swankpot of the swish-and-swagger ilk Basking in your braggadocio...
Read moreDetails. Mourning Doves Hear the soft coo—a coo that faithful love imparts; Mourning doves, they share as one, two beating...
Read moreDetails. True Worth Her thoughts do not align with "bigger, better"; A humble mode of living suits her fine. The...
Read moreDetails. Artificial “Intelligence” Versus Real Intelligence Chat GPT “confuses” metaphors and similes. It also “struggles” to correctly classify milled themes....
Read moreDetails. A Horse’s Tale: King Arthur’s Great Steed The horse known for bearing the greatest of kings— Proud Thor was...
Read moreDetails. Supreme Showdown “Justice Jackson skips over that part because analyzing the governing statute involves boring legalese.” —Associate Justice Amy...
Read moreDetails. Readings of original poems by the poets from the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28,...
Read moreDetails. Life on This Boat Here in this lifeboat we hopelessly wait, No one rows now, we are all but...
Read moreDetails. Silent Movies As silent movies play inside your head, Their scattered shadows, faint and far away, You try to...
Read moreDetails. Legion Hello there friend, our name is Legion We are those same 6000 demons Who long ago in Gerasenes...
Read moreDetails. The Power I’ve noticed more and more of late My power to infuriate Is stronger than it’s ever been....
Read moreDetails. Absalom, Absalom "Then David sent out one third of the people… And the king said to the people, 'I...
Read moreDetails. Dear Blabby’s Advice for the Clueless _I want to write a column _Like Abigail Van Buren To give out...
Read moreDetails. The Gaza War The Gaza war goes on and on With death and ruin in its wake. A war...
Read moreDetails. The Bristlecone Pine For centuries, the stalwart pine has stood __in this unwonted spot. Its shallow roots and resinous...
Read moreDetails. The Troubadour Remembers A troubadour wayfaring town to town, Hamlet to homestead, dale to grassy down, While he his...
Read moreDetailsKip, I can't conceive how anyone knowledgeable in our craft could accuse you of overusing enjambment. Enjambment is at the…
I enjoyed reading these two poems very much. The use of the Sonnet and Rondeau were done well for commemorating…
Words, Joseph, as you know, are our lifeblood, and much of our usage of those words depends upon and simultaneously…
I've heard, Jeff, that most baseball bats are made from ash wood, but some are made from maple and also,…
Margaret, I love this trio. It's a prompt for us to enjoy and seek to be surrounded by something both…
© 2025 SCP. WebDesign by CODEC Prime.