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2013 Poetry Journal Released
The Society of Classical Poets is pleased to announce the publication of its First Annual Poetry Journal, available on Createspace...
Poetry Competition Winners Announced
Dear Competition Participants, Thank you for your submissions! I am pleased to announce the winner and honorable mentions of the...
2012 Poetry Competition No Longer Accepting Submissions
Happy New Year! Thank you everyone for your submissions! We have received approximately 600 submissions to the First Annual Society...
Newtown Shootings: A Reflection on American Aesthetics
The horrific elementary school shootings on Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn. have set off a divisive debate about gun control...
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity (1629) by John Milton
I This is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven’s eternal King, Of wedded...
Shen Yun Tickets: The Greatest Aesthetics Money Can Buy
NEW YORK—Shen Yun Performing Arts will begin its 2013 seasons in Buenos Aires, Agentina, on Dec. 13, bringing with it...
Rothko Painting Defaced: Of Course It Was
NEW YORK—Earlier this month, a man walked into the Tate Modern, in London. He walked up to a painting by...
Why Poetry Should be Metered
Poetry should be metered, because metered poetry is, quite simply, better than free verse. This is for the same reason...
Writing Poetry with Meter—Beginners’ Level and Beyond
. Writing Poetry with Meter---Beginners' Level and Beyond by Evan Mantyk There is very little difficulty behind writing classical poetry...
President of the Society
Evan Mantyk is President of The Society of Classical Poets. He is a poet, writer, and English teacher in the...
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Welcome.
Poetry is everywhere. It is the lyrics in the songs on the radio, in our national anthems, in the fight...
Margaret, you are so right. To be perpetually happy and satisfied means that "intellectual and moral growth" is stultified as…
Hope you find another good source before those three run out of ink! I saw your poems (tree and other)…
"Woodstock" is hysterically funny. The entire event was supposed to be utopian and idealistic; instead it became a garbage dump…
I had the chance to go to Glastonbury back in the day, when it was much like Woodstock, but didn't…
Thank you, Paul. I'm glad the poem was successful, and that you liked it.
