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Amphibious Insult Like Jazz

Amphibious Insult Like Jazz Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The frog, when looking at a man like you, Is not impressed, not any more than in A Wonderland a caterpillar’s view Of Alice is majestic.  Here...

Sacred Smorgasbord

Sacred Smorgasbord Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I’ll take a business trip to death to see What profits can be found.  The wisest men Among philosophers present us free Advice and do not try to make a...

Prissy Harvard Scholars and Such Like

Prissy Harvard Scholars and Such Like Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It used to be that poetry was sung By nightingales and skylarks in the lines Of Keats and Shelley.  Shimmering odes were flung Out...

Pawn Chorus

      Pawn Chorus Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The animals produce their poetry: The whales sing out slow-motion melodies Across the ocean depths and widths; the sea Spreads out the song, the chanting...

Take Up Thy Bed

Take Up Thy Bed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem — He felt the spirit of the waters move. They heaved around inside his heart and veins, Inside his Tuesday ribs.  Their goal, to prove That God...