A Poet in the Kitchen (George Bradley Poems)
West Fifty-third was still Hell's Kitchenthe summer I first came to town,Eleventh Avenue was boarded up,the West Side Drive was ...
Poems about cockroach (14 Poems)
Statuary (Nick Flynn Poems)
Bees may be trusted, always,to discover the best, nay, the onlyhuman, solution. Let me citean instance; an event, that,though occurring ...
Amber (Nick Flynn Poems)
Hoverthe imagined center, our tonguesgrew long to please it, lickingthe walls, a chamber built of scent,a moment followed by a ...
Mehitabel’s Extensive Past (Donald Marquis Poems)
mehitabel the cat claims thatshe has a human soulalso and has transmigratedfrom body to body and itmay be so boss ...
Certain Maxims Of Archy (Donald Marquis Poems)
live so that youcan stick out your tongueat the insurancedoctorif you will drink hair restorer followevery dram with somegood standarddepilatoryas ...
The Big Bad Wolf (Donald Marquis Poems)
i went to a movie showthe other evening in the cuffof a friends turned up trousersand saw the three little ...
The Cockroach Who Had Been To Hell (Donald Marquis Poems)
listen to me i havebeen mobbed almosttheres an old simp cockroachhere who thinks he hasbeen to hell and allthe young ...
E. Gives A Name (Ernesto Trejo Poems)
Later, no one knew who named him.No one cared, and the nameblended with his face in the mirrorand the springs ...
The Flattered Lightning Bug (Donald Marquis Poems)
a lightning bug gotin here the other night aregular hick fromthe real country he wasawful proud of himself youcity insects ...
Statuary (Nick Flynn Poem)
Bees may be trusted, always, to discover the best, nay, the only human, solution. Let me cite an instance; an ...
Amber (Nick Flynn Poem)
Hover the imagined center, our tongues grew long to please it, licking the walls, a chamber built of scent, a ...
True (Charles Bukowski Poems)
one of Lorca's best lines is, "agony, always agony ..." think of this when you kill a cockroach or pick ...
The Frog Prince (Anne Sexton Poems)
Frau Doktor, Mama Brundig, take out your contacts, remove your wig. I write for you. I entertain. But frogs come ...
The Pangolin (Marianne Moore Poems)
Another armored animal--scale lapping scale with spruce-cone regularity until they form the uninterrupted central tail-row! This near artichoke with head ...