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
- The Passing Cloud by Rashmi Sreekumar
- Spelt From Sibyl’s Leaves poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Doomes-Day: The Second Houre by William Alexander
- Robert Burns: Her Answer:
- Distant View Of England From The Sea by William Lisle Bowles
- An Ode to Beer
- Robert Burns: Fickle Fortune: Fragment
- Middlesex poem – John Betjeman poems
- Ольга Седакова – Стансы третьи (Вино и плавание)
- Song—She’s Fair and Fause by Robert Burns
- Blue Moles by Sylvia Plath
- Kumarakom (after the boat tragedy) by Shreekumar Varma
- Олег Григорьев – Четверорукими ногами
- A Green Stream. by Wang Wei
- Николай Глазков – Была зима
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