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
- Linda Deäne by William Barnes
- The Gardener X: Let Your Work Be, Bride by Rabindranath Tagore
- Song By Gulbaz
- Psalm 87 poem – John Milton poems
- A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK by Robert Herrick
- Алексей Жемчужников – Заколдованный месяц
- Near The Wall Of A House by Yehuda Amichai
- Зинаида Александрова – Смешные человечки
- This we Have Now by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Remembrance poem – Alexander Pushkin
- A Great Time by William Henry Davies
- Огюст Барбье – Отъезд
- Омар Хайям – Что жизнь
- The way aboard by Preeth Nambiar
- Robert Burns: I’ll Go And Be A Sodger:
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