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
- Impromptu: To Frances Garnet Wolseley poem – Alfred Austin
- All in June by William Henry Davies
- I hear it was Charged against Me. by Walt Whitman
- Алексей Плещеев – Есть дни, ни злоба, ни любовь
- The Chronicle
- Robert Burns: Her Answer:
- Иннокентий Анненский – Франсис Жамм. Когда для всех меня не станет меж живыми
- Sonnet 65: Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea by William Shakespeare
- Оливер Голдсмит – Эпитафия Неду Пардону
- Forest by Walter William Safar
- On The Death Of J. C. An Infant by Phillis Wheatley
- Ольга Седакова – Дикий шиповник
- fruit_leaf_roots_flowers.html
- Валерий Брюсов – К Адалис
- Владимир Степанов – Угадай-ка, это кто?
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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).
