Cato of Utica: Canto I of Dante’s Purgatory, Translated by Stephen Binns
Cato of Utica: Canto I of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated from Italian by Stephen Binns Dante and Virgil...
Dante Alighieri
Beatrice Departs, St. Bernard Arrives: Canto XXXI of Dante’s Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns
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Eternal Rose, with Rows and Rows: Canto XXX of Dante’s Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns
. Eternal Rose, with Rows and Rows: Canto XXX of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Six...
Book Review: Doorway: The English Cantos, Volume III by James Sale
. Book Reviewed: Doorway: The English Cantos, Volume III, by James Sale, 2025 by Cynthia Erlandson It’s been several years...
The Dark Wood: Canto I of Dante’s Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns
. The Dark Wood: Canto I of Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Midway along the...
‘Consideration in Friendship’: A Poem by Jeremiah Johnson
. Consideration in Friendship In The Inferno Canto Twenty-Nine, When Dante pauses, looks with longing for His uncle’s son amid...
‘Dante in Modern Times’ and Other Poetry by Rob Fried
. Dante in Modern Times If I were Dante, and the quest were mine To reprise chapters of his Comedie...
Dante Enters Hell: Canto III of Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns
. Dante Enters Hell: Canto III of Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns THROUGH ME YOU...
‘Rising with the Sap’ and Other Poetry by Monika Cooper
. Rising with the Sap You would not call them blocks, those obscure streets Where people live. Their driftings trace...
The Monster Geryon: Canto XVII of Dante’s Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns
. The Monster Geryon: Canto XVII of Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “Behold the stinger...
Our Faith Is What?—Canto XXIV of Dante’s Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns
. Our Faith Is What?--- Canto XXIV of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “O fellowship elected...
Death in Life, Life in Death: Canto XXXIII of Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns
. Death in Life, Life in Death: Canto XXXIII of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns The...
Traitors on Ice: Canto XXXII of Inferno, Translated by Stephen Binns
. . Traitors on Ice: Canto XXXII of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . If I...
The Lowest Heaven: Canto III of Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns
. The Lowest Heaven: Canto III of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns The sun which with...
Wings of Desire: Canto I of Paradise, Translated by Stephen Binns
. . Wings of Desire: Canto I of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . God’s glory,...
Virgil Departs, Beatrice Arrives: Canto XXX of Purgatory, Translated by Stephen Binns
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Virgil Recalls Meeting Beatrice: Canto II of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns
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Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns
. Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Just as...
DoorWay Canto 2 Extract from James Sales’ Epic Poem
. DoorWay Canto 2, Extract The Poet has gone through the ‘DoorWay’ and entered heaven. Here in the second Canto...
Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns
. Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And now my...
Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns
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Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns
. Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And so...
The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of SCP International Poetry Competition
The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of the 11th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale,...
StairWell Canto 8: ‘Covid-Priest’ by James Sale
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‘Moments from Dante’s Inferno’ by Paul Buchheit
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‘Where Ever-present Joy Knows Naught of Time’ and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson
. “Where Ever-present Joy Knows Naught of Time” ---Dante, Paradiso, Canto X, D.L. Sayers translation a rondeau redouble Where ever-present...
StairWell Canto 10 Extract 2 by James Sale
. StairWell Canto 10 extract 2 Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell....
StairWell Canto 10 Extract by James Sale
. StairWell Canto 10 extract Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell. Now...
‘Judge Not’ by C.B. Anderson
. Judge Not We notice, Signor Alighieri, that You have a rather well developed bent For taking your opponents to...
Winners of the 100 Days of Dante Poetry Contest
Judges Angela Alaimo O’Donnell James Sale . OVERALL WINNER . Papa’s Commedia by Nicholas Walz That was hellish—the hulking chopper...
An Extract from Canto 4 of James Sale’s StairWell
. The English Cantos: StairWell Canto 4 Leaving a broken relationship of the past behind in Canto 3, the poet...
100 Days of Dante Poetry Contest
100 Days of Dante Poetry Contest Sponsored by the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing with the Society of Classical...
‘The English Cantos: Volume 2: StairWell. Canto 3 Ex-Wife’ by James Sale
. The Argument: The Poet, with Dante and Virgil, has arrived on the third step of the StairWell, or Purgatory....
‘Advice from Dante’ on Mask Wearing and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson
. Advice from Dante “If you hear nostrums* in the market cried, Behave like men, and not like witless sheep.”...
‘The English Cantos: Volume 2: StairWell. Canto 1 Ascent’ by James Sale
. The poet has now escaped Hell, and has arrived in Purgatory or what he calls the StairWell. But he...
‘The Unknown Circle of Hell’ by Joseph S. Salemi
Personae and scene: Vergil and Dante, somewhere in the mid-region of Hell. Dante: Honored Vergil, tell me where we’re...
Three Poems from Divine Comedies, by James Sale
The following are excerpted from James Sale's upcoming book Divine Comedies. Exit from Hell I did well in life....
Translation of Dante Canzoni ‘Amor che ne la mente mi ragiona’
By David B. Gosselin The nature of the subject matter discussed in Dante Alighieri’s lyric poetry, his canzoni, has been...
‘Re-visiting Dante’ and Other Poetry by James Sale
Re-visiting Dante “For Dante it was a strict rule not to rhyme the word ‘Christ’ with any other word...
Translation of Dante’s Inferno, Canto I and Poetry by J. Simon Harris
Dante’s Inferno, Canto I (Poem by Dante Alighieri / translation by J. Simon Harris in terza rima) In the middle...
This is an extremely well-articulated poem, Mark -- observant and sharp. The way politicians pander to target voters and lie…
Such an excellent, on-the-mark poem, Mark. It's a rallying cry for ordinary folks like me to throw open our windows…
Excellent! I do believe you may be onto something. I especially appreciated your fourth stanza—explaining away their comments by saying…
Spot-on Mark - the final line is a real clincher! We are back to the Garden of Eden - and…
Beautiful. Both your poem and the image! Well done, Roh!
