Trailer trash,that’s what the kidscalled Tressa.Picture words formeda maze with a borderlessframe above the fireplace.Seeing Tressa today,gazing through the kitchen windowof her three-story home;you’d never know.As kids, they didn’t care.We didn’t care.I didn’t care.I was once that kid.I teased her becauseall the nice thingsI had to say, borderedon x-rated, which … [Read more...] about Priceless Trailer Trash, By: Andrew Cyr
Ecclesiastical Sonnets – Part II. – XX – Monastic Voluptuousness, By: William Wordsworth
Yet more, round many a Convent's blazing fireUnhallowed threads of revelry are spun;There Venus sits disguised like a Nun,While Bacchus, clothed in semblance of a Friar,Pours out his choicest beverage high and higherSparkling, until it cannot choose but runOver the bowl, whose silver lip hath wonAn instant kiss of masterful desireTo stay the precious waste. Through every … [Read more...] about Ecclesiastical Sonnets – Part II. – XX – Monastic Voluptuousness, By: William Wordsworth
Carrots, And Apples, And A Few Good Oats, By: Patrick Davis
The lad jerked awake and rubbed his eyes as morning touched his roomThe time was short, he knew too well, they’d all be coming soon From his bunk he leapt, and off he shot, in boots and underwearTo greet his friend, just one time more, and take some grub to share Carrots, and apples, and a few good oats, they couldn’t spare a lotAnd with silent steps and a nervous glance, … [Read more...] about Carrots, And Apples, And A Few Good Oats, By: Patrick Davis
Ecclesiastical Sonnets – Part II. – XVIII – Corruptions Of The Higher Clergy, By: William Wordsworth
"Woe to you, Prelates! rioting in ease"And cumbrous wealth the shame of your estate;"You, on whose progress dazzling trains await"Of pompous horses; whom vain titles please;"Who will be served by others on their knees,"Yet will yourselves to God no service pay;"Pastors who neither take nor point the way"To Heaven; for, either lost in vanities"Ye have no skill to teach, or if ye … [Read more...] about Ecclesiastical Sonnets – Part II. – XVIII – Corruptions Of The Higher Clergy, By: William Wordsworth