Digging in the clutter I came across a literary game I played in the back of a college notebook. (I…
Two poets in a muddle. Or rather two poems. John Ashbery's A Mood of Quiet Beauty (from April Galleons 1987) meets…
I came across "The Consent" when I was exploring Howard Nemerov's life and work for some other posts. It seems…
Stickybeak NOUN: an intrusive, meddlesome, busybody, nosy parker who sticks their nose (beak) into other people's business. The act of…
First Grade by Ron Kortgee Until then, every forest had wolves in it, we thought it would be fun to…
We're not likely to be flying anywhere anytime soon so here's the next best thing: A trip back in time…
In his series of WW1 epitaphs, Rudyard Kipling comments on the all too common fate of a new soldier at…
They say the day you get a boat is the happiest day of your life. That is, until the day…
Many people know that the poet T. S. Eliot was very fond of cats and indeed created some wonderful cat…
Daffodil: good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy. - from the surrealist dictionary definition generator. Windy today so lots of daffodils nodding…