. An Unexpected Smile inspired by the coronation of King Charles III  Today I woke before the sun had spread...

. If you enjoy this video from Andrew Benson Brown's Classical Poets Live, please click on "Watch on YouTube" and...

. DoorWay Canto 2, Extract The Poet has gone through the ‘DoorWay’ and entered heaven. Here in the second Canto...

. A Right Royal Coronation Anon the pomp and pageantry will beam From London as King Charles III is crowned....

. The Number 151: Teatime in Cheam A Cautionary Tale . Now this is a story of two little girls;...

. Planets, Gods and Weekdays Alarms are snoozed, and Monday's born. A few more snores as dreams are shorn, And...

. Books Some say that books are obsolete, __Preferring new devices. But reading books is still a treat, __No gadget...

. . Sophisticated Lady—Small Town Girl “Sophisticated lady” gropes the table at her bedside, blindly taking random swipes to kill...

. On Binge-Reading Sylvia Plath Verdammte mirror-bee-eyes stare at you As you describe in depth colossal pain. You say too...

. The Sonogram Dodona housed the oracle of Zeus, And there the Greeks sought his prophetic aid (Whose force depended...

. Chicken and Andouille Gumbo Try my gumbo recipe From the land of andouille: ½ cup unsalted butter; ½ cup...

. Who Is Behind Your Mask Now some of my friends, who put on a good show, Are brave in...

. Why Children Like Nursery Rhymes A story to be told, a tale to tell Of things that do not...

. A Requiem for Suzi She fed the birds, she knew them all by name; She cried to see a...

. This inaugural episode features an interview with Society of Classical Poets' co-founder and editor Evan Mantyk who talks about...

. Salutations, Spring We sing your praises long before you’re due and after you’ve departed—all year long! You bring green...

. Let Us Lift Our Voices Higher by Mark F. Stone Don’t let leaders make their choices never having heard...

. Delightfully Mine Of handsome landscapes I admire, How few were planned to please my sight. High skies of which...

. Encapsulations “It’s a shame that the tradition of producing small poetic encapsulations of classic texts seems to have died...

. La Luna The poet compares the moon to Eve, our fallen but redeemed mother, and the sun to Mary,...

. Receiving an Organ Transplant from China The waiting time was short, extremely short: A couple weeks and fifty thousand...

. The Window Seat “They don’t read poets till they’re dead.” That’s what my wise-guy father said. “They wait till...

. Sketches of Three Communistic Big Heads  . 1. Xi Jinping Who thinks this belly-flopping avarist is good except those...

. Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And now my...

. Awaiting Adulation We all spend our lives awaiting adulations’ late arrival. We’re convinced that’s all we need for our...

. Bardic Bots Will Shakespeare has been rendered obsolete. Bill’s quillings are a patriarchal scandal. His iambs lack that fresh, progressive beat. Barred from Avon is his current...

. Human Poetry Versus ChatGPT's AI Poetry Can you tell the difference between artificial intelligence poetry and human poetry? by...

. Green... Greener... Greenest...   a doomsday pantoum Zoom with raving saviors to Net Zero. Bewail our frail and ailing habitat. Become...

. A Novice Speaks to a Guardian Tell me, Oh honoured one, The secret of the Way, Of how to...

. A Few Special Letters . The mother goddess The m’s the mother goddess of the letters: Her shape exemplifies the female...

. A Picture of Repose A young boy’s seated on a wall that overlooks Capri, an oil painting by Dane...

. Standing Up The screech of an eagle __Will marshal our senses And, if reckoned regal, __Refocus our lenses __On...

. Friendship When was it first struck up? Nobody knows. It’s carried us through heydays, drabs, and falls. An unsown...

. Historical Negation A pen works wonders. Just ink in, scratch out. Rewrite what people learn about the past. Repeat...

. La Pompe Funèbre Félix François Faure, President of the French Republic, died on February 16, 1899 in his chambers...

. Senryu on Free Thought . I. As storied Kipling Is stricken from pupils’ tales I feel his burden . II. Arise...

. The Society of Classical Poets Journal XI has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those...

. Art Freezes Time Great art freezes time when a painting is hung. An image of beauty eternally young. Who...

. Worse Than Widowed They’ve made us widows while we’re still alive. I’m not allowed to see my wife, although...

. Growing Up . Starving Children in China If you don’t eat the food that’s on your plate ....I will,...