High School Poets

. First Prize: $250. Publication in the Society's website and The Society of Classical Poets Journal. . Submission Fee: $10...

  The Last Voyage of Barnaby Bear When first the winter twilight dimmed the pane And rain beat softly on...

  The Anonymous Soldier Beneath these granite monoliths we stand, Immortalizing warriors’ names in stone. We oft forget the sacrifices...

  For Those We Never Meet Before the dawn could touch the pines, _Or gild the ridges high, The miners...

  A Gentleman’s Guide to Losing a War I hold my spyglass to my face, _And straighten my cravat. A...

. First Place ($200 Prize) "The Color True" Advika Asthana, 10th grade, Davidson High School, Ohio . Second Place "Refrigerator...

  The Color True It bruises dusk with velvet shade, Descends where ocean dreams are laid. It clings to wings...

  Refrigerator Bird “Say the word for penguin.” Jen Jen waited. Silence. Then I guessed: “Refrigerator bird?” Laughter shook the...

. First Prize: $200. Publication in the Society's website and The Society of Classical Poets Journal. . Submission Fee: $5...

. In line with its mission to preserve humankind’s artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best...

. First Place ($200 Prize) "The Shepherd God" Jane Schulert, 11th grade student at Redeemer Classical School in Indiana ....

. In line with its mission to preserve humankind's artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best...

. The Shepherd God On Autumn eves when solipsistic stars__Peer down on bloody, towering oaksWhose gnarled, twisted branches create bars__Encaging...

. To Speak Unique From youth we have been urged to stay unique. For boxed-in meetings, we must always be...

. The Last Petal In a garden old and wise, Where blooms and seasons intertwine, A rose stood tall against...

. “Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.” —John Milton, “On Shakespeare” First Prize: $200....

. First Place ($200 Prize) "A Star" John Freeborn, Logos Online School, 12th grade student in Concordia, Kansas. . Second...

. A Star O silent sphere of silver-soft-spun light,Thou crystal pearl strung on an airy veilSuffusing bright celestial delightIn snowy...

. Child's Laughter It bubbles forth from deep inside his soul; Joy twinkles brightly through his youthful eyes, For any...

. But the great Master said, “I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift...

. Sonnet When sitting on a swing my cheeks were chilled, I gazed and saw the dawn, a new spring...

. First Place ($200 Prize) Christiana Thomas, homeschooled 12th grade student in Oregon. "Worth Disguised" . Second Place Laurel Aronian,...

. Worth Disguised The hammer lifts, the anvil rings, The room with screaming noises brings __A torture, here inflicted. The...

. For the French Revolution Oh, this shall tell the tale of France’s past: the revolution brought in ‘eighty nine,...

. The Fluctuations of Modernity and Antiquity a pantoum __Something is ahead, A solemn note on open sky, __It rises...

. Serious Poetry Serious poetry, somber and grim; Dashing, descriptive, with narrative flair. Formal and versified; Rhythmic and dignified; Romance...

. “Yet, do thy worst old Time; despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.” —William...

. Requiem for Eurydice The sunlight dims before my eyes, __My fingertips lose yours, And as my whispered farewell flies,...

Judges Angela Alaimo O’Donnell James Sale . OVERALL WINNER . Papa’s Commedia by Nicholas Walz That was hellish—the hulking chopper...

. First Place ($200 Prize) Alex Rubstein, 12th grade, homeschooled, Canton Aargau, Switzerland "Civis Romanus Sum" . Second Place Ellie...

. Starbucks Villanelle Will someone call an order for Elaine? I have a bunch of stuff I need to do....

. Civis Romanus Sum (I am a Roman citizen) As Paul stood bound and for the whip outstretched, He said...

. The View from Space My helmet gone, I float among the stars As weightless as my lungs deprived of...

. Poppy A vase of poppies on the table there, Twelve years have past, all white is now her hair....

. Sonnet 1 (In Theory, Real) Are dreams confined to stars or stars to dreams? Both full of mysteries and...

. after the Epoch Times series' How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling the World History’s tide brought us forth...

“Select, all ye who write, a subject fit, A subject not too mighty for your wit! Before you lay your...

. Grain If the future were a famine And tomorrow were a blight, Would we close our eyes today in...

. Beneath the starry firmament so dark There lies tonight an old, forgotten tree Whose bark is peeling, wretched, cold...

. A coat of luminescent snow Descended on my patch of grass, And for a moment all its glow Inflamed...