‘If You Ever Break Down’ and Other Poetry by James A. Tweedie
. If You Ever Break Down If you ever break down somewhere far from your friends _And you stick out your thumb for a ride. Don’t expect that a...
Winners of Friends of Falun Gong 2025 Poetry Competition Announced
. FIRST PLACE . Captured Souls by Twila Brase Seized by force, a mighty throng The captured souls of the Falun Gong. Intact for now, breathing...
‘Pressed for Time’: A Poem by C.B. Anderson
. Pressed for Time Though life is good, it doesn’t last that long, And so we’re always left desiring more. Remember, though, you bought it for a...
‘Ogre Food’: A Poem by Steve Cooper
. Ogre Food My parents, dear, although you love me so; and in your love, wish only for my best. Yet, to the first-grade class I will not go, nor...
National Limerick Day: Post Your Limerick Here
. May 12 is National Limerick Day in the United States, corresponding to Limerick-writer Edward Lear's birthday. Poet James A. Tweedie invites you to...
‘Written in a Cubicle’ and Other Poems by Shamik Banerjee
. Written in a Cubicle What spurs me, in this breathing grave of coffee mouths and cheeks unshaved, to stand upon my chair and shout, __"I'm out! I'm...
‘Back in the U.S.S.R.’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko
. Back in the U.S.S.R. ---St. Petersburg, Russia. The present. Your borscht, Dmitri. Come and eat, smart boy. You asked me how life was? Well take a...
An Ekphrastic Poem on Pearce’s ‘Saint Genevieve’ by Jeffrey Essmann
. Genevieve Perhaps those languid eyes are looking up At angels hymning in the dove-grey sky, So soft and saccharine (and fluent in Provincial...
‘Supernova’: A Poem on Ben Shimoni and Other Poetry by Margaret Coats
. Supernova With no notice, the rockets destroyed festive peace,And a volley of bullets brought death and dismay.Ben ran straight to his car, telling...
‘Ghost Town’ and Other Poetry by Martin Rizley
. Ghost Town With phantoms, I have lived for far too long. Both day and night, I’ve sighed, without a song. In vacant shells, I’ve tried to make...
‘An Unfortunate Encounter’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman
. An Unfortunate Encounter ---27 March 2025 A ragamuffin mob surrounded mewhilst on an errand, walking in the street.They pressed in close, they...
‘The Sky’: A Poem by Margaret Brinton
. The Sky _I'm watching the storm_From the sea coming in,Windy and rowdy and gray._The raindrops begin_And the gale makes a spin.Pelicans swoop o'er...
‘On Epic Madness’: A Poem by Bruce Dale Wise
. On Epic Madness Sing, goddess, of the hate, and killings, on the Earth unleashed, destructive wrath which brings such woe to south, west, north and...
‘A Faithful Friend’s Advice’ and Other Poetry by Christian Muller
. A Faithful Friend's Advice The girl you have is just the one for you— my head could not conceive a better match. She is your sun, your earth, the...
‘Riverside Breeze’: A Poem by Daniel Howard
. Riverside Breeze ___How beautiful you look __Browsing the flowers one by one _While lying down along the babbling brook; ___And there, beneath the...
SCP Survey of Poets
. This survey is open to Society Member and non-Members alike. Designed by Roy E. Peterson and Evan Mantyk of the Society of Classical Poets to...
‘Big Pharma Ads Are Everywhere’: A Poem by Roy E. Peterson
. Big Pharma Ads Are Everywhere Big Pharma ads are everywhere __Suffusing my TV. They fail to give me confidence __that they are right for me. They...
‘Alive, Alive-o’: A Poem by Jeff Eardley
Alive, Alive-o In Dublin’s fair city,Where the girls are so pretty,There lived an old woman,Who was well known to me;Where she sighed with...
‘Territorializing’: A Poem by Mark Stellinga
. Territorializing Slithering slowly, so very precise, A methodic invader (and catcher of mice), She stealthily slips toward the enemy there, So...
‘Bear Spray’ and Other Poetry by Paul Burgess
. Bear Spray My little brother took a dare To pepper spray a mama bear. It seems the spray was much too mild, So I've become an only child. Except...
‘The New Headmasters’: A Poem on British Boarding Schools, by Lucius Falkland
. The New Headmasters As I sat, that afternoon, upon his kneeWhile he read a “witty” book and I faux-laughedI’m afraid, aged eight, I didn’t...
‘Pollinator’: A Poem by T.M. Moore
. Pollinator When swift spring breezes suddenly excitethe conifers out back, they really comealive in dips and bows and surges rightbefore my eyes. I...
‘The Ego Lingers Longer Than the Mind’ and Other Poetry by Rob Fried
. The Ego Lingers Longer Than The Mind The ego lingers longer than the mind, It dares to whisper yearnings of its own: To manifest a will more keen...
‘Headspace’ and Other Poems by Russel Winick
. Headspace It’s easy to detect folks’ disrespect, And hope your feats will make them feel quite small. But better still would be if the...
‘Back to the Greenwood’: A Poem by Patricia Rogers Crozier
. Back to the Greenwood The spring has come to England once again But I am far away and cannot see The blackthorn blossoms blowing in the wind, And...
SCP Journal XIII Published
. The Society of Classical Poets Journal XIII has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those published on the...
A Poem on the Kashmir Terrorist Attack, by Satyananda Sarangi
. There’s Nothing to Regain ---on the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam town, in Kashmir, India Their hapless screams over that vale Had...
‘Premonition’: A Poem by Adam Sedia
. Premonition The sun shines down in undimmed majestyAcross the heavens’ undiminished breadthOn life unsapped, unweighted levityOf loves and laughs...
‘Zips and Zooms’: A Hummingbird Poem by Gigi Ryan
. Zips and Zooms The hummingbird both zips and zooms To search for nectar in the blooms Of flowers that unfold in spring. The hummingbird has peewee...
‘How I Spent My Spring Vacation’: Poetry and Photography by James A. Tweedie
. How I Spent My Spring Vacation: Poetry and Photography by James A. Tweedie . It Begins 45 Days Surrounded by the circle of the sea I cruise...
‘Heritage’ and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson
. Heritage I’ve never asked for anything The living soil does not provide. I don’t want cash; I don’t want bling; I only want to stand...
‘An Ode to Silay’: A Poem by Yoshikaze Kawakami
. An Ode to Silay Cathedral bells now toll, And horses march the streets, The crowd has filled the hall, We hear the priest now preach. A lady makes...
‘Medusa’s Sisters’: A Poem by Julian Woodruff
. Medusa's Sisters Medusa lost her head and found renown instead. Her living sisters roared, “And why are we ignored who so much fouler are and...
‘High Society’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko
. High Society The Cornelius mansion on Park Avenue, New York City, Sunday, August 22, 1886 A derby hat; a fresh, white boutonniereOn my lapel. You...
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 since I’ve read...
A Poem on ‘Saint Elzéar Curing the Lepers’ by Margaret Coats
. Healing by Heart Dear André, let me see your face And cry out with you to lament The rot of flesh and foul disgrace You suffer, ulcered hands...
‘Linden’: A Poem by Thor Kangas
. Linden She stands against the sunlit sky, _Her beauty plain to see. The birds sing sweet and pleasant songs _High in the linden tree. The weary...
‘Anachronistic Chaucer’ and Other Springtime Poetry by Paul A. Freeman
. Anachronistic Chaucer When April showers, forecast on TV,delayed our pilgrimage to Canterbury,an eating house, clept Hooters, we espiedbeside a...
‘The Luigi Mangione Act’: A Poem by Warren Bonham
. The Luigi Mangione Act We need to contemplate the true impact of The Luigi Mangione Act. Although we sympathize with those who penned this act, it...
John Neihardt’s Epic Western Poetry (Final Part): A Video by Andrew Benson Brown
. https://youtu.be/9Qx03HgoXAQ . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American...