And who doesn't know that / Donald Trump / Wanted a Moscow Tower? Continue reading

"My gut tells me more than my brain does --" Continue reading

No love affair Continue reading

"The Mainely Republican senator Won't let constituents menace her." Continue reading

"Where, oh where has my dear Pecker gone?" Continue reading

"...I'll be hoist on my petard In substance and detail!" Continue reading

"I need to get my Border Wall --" Continue reading

Are you a crooked pal of mine? Continue reading

Trump now works with Giuliani. Sad Rudy couldn't work with Ronny. Continue reading

A. R. Ammons, Robert Huff, Lewis Turco, Richard Frost at Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1961. A BRIEF HISTORY OF "THE POET'S BIBLE" In the fall of 1959 I was a graduate student in the Writers' Workshop of the University of... Continue reading

"Belongs in the hands of every poet, student, and teacher, for the greater good of the art." -- James Dickey. Continue reading

"Sorry to hear about your friends." Continue reading

This benison, a form of liturgical poetry, is reputedly by St. Patrick (c. 385-461), but the original of this version is actually probably from the 7th century. Continue reading

"I steal from the rich and give to the poor," Says the outlaw Robin Hood. "I do the opposite," says Donald Trump, "And trade wars are always good." Continue reading

PART NINETEEN THE GIFT OF BRAG Donald said in a fib quite specious But in manner not ferocious Though exceedingly egregious. LOYALTY Would you enjoy it if you were on Trumpkin's list? Friend of the President, ever a loyalist? Then you must swear it is only his arse you've kissed, Psychoproboscularanalizationist! TRUMPLIST I want a parade, the clomping of feet, I want to beat off to a drum! I want to see everyone stand And nobody kneel, but cheer as I come. That rat-a tat-tat, the blare of a horn — That rat-a tat-tat — it’s better than porn! The sight of a drill will give me a thrill, I thrill at the skill of everything horny! I want a parade with hobbling vets! Continue reading

I offer you the same old gift again -- Continue reading

Donald Trump just won’t shut up. Continue reading

...there is significant Arab deep ancestry in Sicilians and Sicilian-Americans. Continue reading

No half-breeds short or tall, Eating up our rations, No slime from shithole nations! Continue reading

Claudette McFang has passed the test: this pussycat can say it best! Continue reading

THE XMAS BLUES It’s Christmas Eve down at the Cabaret. The combo’s swinging at the Cabaret— Some of the dancers are in disarray. We’re waiting for Santa to come jiving by, Jiving along as he comes juking by, Ringing his... Continue reading

Jude Roy Moore was never dirty. Continue reading

Unfortunately, not everyone can pull off just writing a poem,... Continue reading

You say that I’m a moron And that I have no IQ? OK, you’re in my cabinet, But I no longer like you. Continue reading

Poets attribute an array of roles and capacities to the involuntary muscle. The heart becomes a repository of erotic and familial love, and a sanctuary for memory. Continue reading