. A Definition of Formal (or “Classical”) Poetry by James A. Tweedie One of the frequent comment threads on SCP...

. . Introduction Percy Bysshe Shelley was born August 4, 1792 and died in a boating accident on July 8,...

. America’s Most Mysterious Monument The first of the anonymously funded Georgia Guidestone’s guidelines: “Maintain humanity under 500,000,000” “The world...

. The Pigeon Once upon a workday morning, sleepy-eyed and loudly yawning, I was splattered without warning by a pigeon...

. Pets and People Do cats and kittens ever wonder Why their owners have no fur? Do dogs think it...

. O Say, Can You See?   Let’s think as we sink into star-spangled wonder, Intolerable acts were the reason to...

. Anew Whisk me away to the mountainside. __Spirit me far to the glen. For I long to find that...

. Riddle This tiny thief Has ground to grief Many a mighty poem, No wiser for The learned lore He nibbles,...

. A Ballade on Being Commissioned  Twixt Florence and the Holy See Of every artist you could hire You thought...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUuaA8DKiQ . On Palestrina's Music Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, Ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. Psalmus...

. Our 2023 Haiku Competition is on now HERE. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may...

. How to Write Haiku What Makes a Good Haiku? by Margaret Coats The required 5-7-5 syllable form alone does...

. You are invited to a reading of poetry that shines a light on the plight of ordinary, innocent people...

. Gleam by Any Means The poem that I seek to write, the piece with flair and form, Which raises...

. Groomers   The words the school kids speak are not their own--- Fiends mold the untrained brain till every thought...

. Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) Translated by Elwin Wirkala The king dreams he...

. On Rupert Sheldrake’s Morphic Fields Are we just rats within a maze? Perhaps. But then perhaps there’s more to...

. https://youtu.be/DIhS6QTHh90 . Hosted by British poet James Sale and held by the Society of Classical Poets, the theme of...

. The Requisite I may have made a great mistake In my pursuit of solitude and grace; Perhaps have stumbled...

. Abiding Senescence My energy and physical abilities Will not again be limitless as once they were. To those more...

. “Upon These Boughs that Shake Against the Cold” ---Shakespeare, Sonnet 73 Her script was always lovely and unique, And...

. There Is a Quiet Place There is a quiet place Where we can go to hide. A place where...

. Advice from the Untalented They smugly said I’d never make much money From playing with my words and making...

. Australia in 2022 written on the eve of a federal election where everything is at stake but nothing is...

. “In God We Trust” The motto for our nation boldly states, “In God we trust,” Which is, of course,...

. Tongues as of Fire If men desire to find belief, to sing It out through throats works best to...

. The Duke D’Alençon Meets Joan of Arc What task from the dauphin comes to me hence? A lowly maid...

. An Open Poem to Evil “Gravity is real... it’s hard to keep a bag of shit in the air...

. Apollo in Retirement Quite early he approached a humble hut, With saxifrage and canneberge sun-brewed To melt the stone...

. A Glass for My Father Marie-Maurille de Virot, Mademoiselle de Sombreuil (February 14, 1768—May 15, 1823) My father was...

. On the Extradition of Julian Assange The fiends who wield the power here on earth (The ones who gag...

. Who Bled When all is said and life be trod, One takeaway the Son of God Made clear, when...

. A Modernization of “To His Coy Mistress” You say we should some years delay The coming of our wedding...

. In Praise of Bollywood To India! To visit from afar... My journey there would be a dream fulfilled. To...

. Speechless I have smelt the perfect scent of the flower of a rose, Known intoxicated freedom where frangipani grows....

. Decolonising the Curriculum – Dual Scenario on Salford University's recent treatment of the sonnet. We must decolonise our poetry...

. Why This Time, Why This Place? When I die And leave this land, Please dear Lord Extend Your hand....

. . My Thoughts Laid Bear  “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the...

. What Is “Pro-Choice"? If my child were sent to die, Be chopped to pieces like a pig, To spare...

. Classical Poetry and the Martial Ethos by Andrew Benson Brown . The Heroic Age Towards the end of “Egil’s...