Purgatory
by Maxine Kumin
And suppose the darlings get to Mantua,
suppose they cheat the crypt, what next? Begin
with him, unshaven. Though not, I grant you, a
displeasing cockerel, there’s egg yolk on his chin.
His seedy robe’s aflap, he’s got the rheum.
Poor dear, the cooking lard has smoked her eye.
Another Montague is in the womb
although the first babe’s bottom’s not yet dry.
She scrolls a weekly letter to her Nurse
who dares to send a smock through Balthasar,
and once a month, his father posts a purse.
News from Verona? Always news of war.
Such sour years it takes to right this wrong!
The fifth act runs unconscionably long.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Robert Burns: Beware O’ Bonie Ann:
- Oh Day Of Fire And Sun by Sara Teasdale
- Аля Кудряшева – Поперек
- Song of the Wise Children by Rudyard Kipling
- The Wind by Sara Teasdale
- nonsense verse by Raj Arumugam
- All Night In Savannah The Wind Wrote Poetry
- Nutting by William Wordsworth
- Ten Years After by Graham Rowlands
- Our Singing Strength by Robert Frost
- Night Shift by Sylvia Plath
- Sonet 5 by William Alexander
- Владимир Маяковский – Совет Труда и Обороны сделал ассигнование миллионное… ( Главполитпросвет №64)
- Владимир Солоухин – Яблоко
- Dead March by Weldon Kees
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
