A Poem for the George Floyd Riots: ‘The Second Coming’ by W.B. Yeats
Video and reading by Rob Crisell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDEnIR5ziHI&t=8s&fbclid=IwAR1pAlRNwLHVVh1LP0RlZIDMEJslUOhD1MZqoCPCHcvxHQtFK9EwlF8sJt8
Poetry Readings
Friends of Falun Gong 2020 Poetry Contest Winners Announced
FIRST PLACE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F96xN0VV7JU The Virus and the Cure by Rob Crisell One hundred years of tyranny, One hundred years of...
A Reading of “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud (Daffodils)” by William Wordsworth
https://youtu.be/bYg-ITiEEyM "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud," also known as "Daffodils," the poem by former British Poet Laureate...
Online SCP Poetry Symposium 2020 – “A Celebration of Meter and Rhyme”
Due to the unprecedented circumstances regarding the CCP virus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Symposium has been moved online. The details of...
Scots Translation and Poetry by George T. Watt for Tartan Day 2020
The Last Bard o Scotland Translation by George T. Watt, frae the original by Joseph Charles MacKenzie Watters o...
A Poem Celebrating Tartan Day and 700th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath
Read by George T. Watt The Scrieve fae Arbroath Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set...
SCP Poetry Symposium 2020—“A Celebration of Meter and Rhyme”
NOTE: This event has been canceled due to the CCP virus (COVID-19) pandemic. A new online SCP Symposium has...
‘Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, Christmas Editition’ by Studio C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6QuvFS068
Poems for Christmas Day 2019
Come to Bethlehem / Silent Night Song and Poem by James A. Tweedie Come to Bethlehem, come and see...
‘Sonnet XXXVIII: The Adoration of the Shepherds’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_UsvwgdQ8 Our nakedness was swaddled by the night, With Eden’s worn-out dust our feet were shod, When heaven opened...
Review: The Secrets of Archery, by Alessio Zanelli, Greenwich Exchange, 2019
by James Sale Alessio Zanelli is a fascinating poet, and probably a fascinating man as well. This is his sixth...
A Villanelle and Video by Joseph Charles MacKenzie
originally published on MacKenzie Lyric Poetry Oh, run with the sun and the wind in your hair! Before the day-star...
‘Mailied’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Translated and Read by David B. Gosselin
Mailied by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) How brightly nature Shines this morning! What radiant sun! How the fields sing!...
A Reading of Petrarch’s Sonnet No. 7, in Italian
This recording was made by M. P. Lauretta for the Southend Poetry Group in August 2019. Sonetto n....
Joseph Charles MacKenzie’s Sonnet 5 Inspires the World of Pop (Video)
Originally published here. ALBUQUERQUE, NM — July 27, 2019 — Sonnet 5, a marriage poem from MacKenzie’s Sonnets for Christ...
Bryant Park Poetry Reading: Two Poems by Theresa Rodriguez (Video)
https://youtu.be/RFqk98nHuA0
SCP Symposium Readings (Videos): Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale, Adam Sedia, Michael C. Maibach
https://youtu.be/Mgo1YAUIglg https://youtu.be/zhbwPHKXU-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5XvAB3keVo&feature=youtu.be https://youtu.be/bFQnvh-pJ4Q
Poems of Hibernia & Caledonia, by James A. Tweedie (with Audio)
Poet's Note: These five sonnets and song are the product of a four-week journey taken in June to Ireland and...
Three Sonnets in an Antiquated Style by James A. Tweedie (with Audio)
Her Love for Him My true love laughs, and angel choirs sing; The mountains echo back his tuneful mirth While...
‘The Loan’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey (with Audio)
A reading of the below poems by the poet: The Loan a villanelle This life we hold so dear...
‘The Man Who Never Cries’ by David B. Gosselin (with Audio)
The man who never cries is like the ship That never sailed, or left the sleepy shores, Who’s...
On the 200th Anniversary of John Keats’ Odes (A Video Essay by Daniel Leach)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9LEnZ9T4F0&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be by John Keats When I have fears that I...
Two Videos on the Reading of Poetry Out Loud
The Bad The first video of Hannah Silva instructs us on the abyss that poetry reading has found itself in...
‘The Clockmaker’ by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
When I was young, I’d disassemble clocks So I could understand what made them go. With tools in...
A Beginner’s Guide to Sapphic Verse (with Audio)
by James A. Tweedie My interest in Sapphic verse arose from a discussion thread on an SCP post some months...
‘The Swallows of La Cienega’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)
For Elizabeth La Cienega slept on a muted afternoon At old Las Golodrinas, when I spied a nest Of...
‘To the Class of 2018’ and Other Poetry by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
Exodos, Prologos to the Class of 2018 In times uncertain, ask your truest friends For counsel, and take all...
‘SonnetVision 27’ (Video) by Joseph Charles MacKenzie
Note: Joseph Charles MacKenzie would like to offer a 25% discount on the first edition hardcover of Sonnets for Christ...
Video: A Reading of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
A short film by Gleb Zavlanov. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxnDmkKqaF4&feature=youtu.be Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more...
‘Canto 1’ by James Sale (with Video)
Canto 1 is the provisional name for a sequence of 33 Cantos that James Sale is attempting to write in...
‘A Rounded Stone’ by Benjamin Daniel Lukey
He pressed a rounded stone into my hand. He said, "Take care of this," and turned away To...
‘I Know Why the Red Rose Weeps’ by David Bellemare Gosselin (with Audio)
I know why the red rose weeps Why she hides her tears in dew As the summer breezes sweep...
‘The Wintering-Ground’ by Douglas Thornton (with Audio)
Within what hut, My woodland maid, May I remain awhile? Next what fire may my chills Be warmed? Be...
‘Sonnet for Elizabeth’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)
I fear no more the settling of the night Or mind its grey, evaporating shades; Mine ears are deaf...
‘Swallows’ by Leo Yankevich (with Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjc_6R0ang8&feature=youtu.be It was once thought that swallows wintered on the moon, or morphed into field mice beneath the autumn...
A Sonnet for the Feast of the Three Kings (with Audio) by Joseph Charles MacKenzie
Sonnet XLI - Gifts of the Magi A grander throne than Solomon’s of old, Though wrought of rough-hewn wood and...
‘A December Wish’ by Leo Yankevich (with Audio)
https://youtu.be/dVnGlUaitiY You hear the sound of carols from afar. Bright bulbs and tinsel, cinnamon and cloves. Beyond a...
‘Ode to Autumn’ by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)
Sonnet XXV: Ode to Autumn Of shadows long and light of rarest gold, Abundant bringer, harvester of land, Receive, O...
‘On a Bodegón of Zurbarán’ and Other Poetry by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)
LVII. On a Bodegón of Zurbarán From carbon darkness, splendor! Light comes forth. A painter knew the warm fidelity Of...
A Prayer for England by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (with Audio)
Sonnet IV. Edward the Confessor Edward, the Cross no more on England’s shores Thy people blesses. The light of...
Some excellent imagery in these two poems and messages to take to heart. You've taken rhymes to a new level.…
Brian, thank you for responding to this inspiration so many can share. First of all, it's my gaze returning yours.…
A naturally detailed end-of-day, end-of-season song, Lauren. The musicality is touching. Hope you've had a good weekend here where the…
Words are natural remedies. I especially like the wording of "the squirrels force a slow reluctant smile." What force do…
Gerard, I'm happy to have such an assurance from a friend of his! He, of course, is the source of…
