“I’m sorry, but I don’t get it.” “What don’t you get?” “Well, this line.” “This one right here?” “For instance.” “What don’t you get about it?” “What it means!” “What do you think it means?” “I have no idea.” “Well,… Read More ›
Zed
the wedge of her nose quite rightfully assumed
Or, Six short poems, five women & the Alps Below are several poems about different women, real or imagined, and about the Alps. The poems were drafted very early one morning after taking a train over the Alps from Geneva… Read More ›
Despondent White House Criminals Should Look Up
— “Sean Spicer Lawyers Up as Russia Probe Heats Up” (Daily Beast headline) When you should have been shutting, you were miked and messed up So now you’re too keyed and too fired and you need to ketchup… Read More ›
The Limericks, Part IV (No nation on Earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals)
Welcome to the fourth installment—a.k.a. No nation on Earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals —of the limerick project, which began in May 2017 with Pence, Trump and Comey. This part takes the collection from September 4,… Read More ›
The Limericks, Part III (Animals, Capitalism, the News, First Impressions)
Welcome to the third installment of the limerick project—which began in May 2017 with Pence, Trump and Comey. This part takes the collection from August 13 to September 3, 2017, with a new poem having been added daily. Part I… Read More ›
The Limericks, Part II (Injustice, Trump, Illness, Poetry)
This second part of the limerick project—which began in May 2017 with Pence, Trump and Comey—focuses on injustice and other illnesses, as well as on poetry (and Trump). This part takes the collection from July 2 to August 12, 2017,… Read More ›
Oh, say, can you see . . .
The voting districts are rigged so that choice is illusory The people live on credit, with interest rates—usury When they attempt to unite in defense of their interests They are vilified and fired, blacklisted—communists The young men of the… Read More ›
