by Doctor | Mar 22, 2021
I love my new vacuum p { margin: 0; } I love it so p { margin: 0; } It cleans up high p { margin: 0; } And down below. p { margin: 0; } I thought that I did not care a bit About the grime, about the grit. But when I plugged it in and found It got stuff that was on my...
by Doctor | Dec 31, 2020
Like a novel his book does readThree acts: and two so dire!Born with raw intelligence, indeedHe lived on earth as in hell’s fire. Not born a slave, for no one is! Like all, he has the seed of freedom Deep in his heart, nearly buckled, on his knees. But he would not...
by Doctor | Nov 1, 2020
I am slender and pretty and fairSurely, I turned your head and you took note.Do you like what I did with my hair?Don’t make me ask; I don’t like to gloat. I learned that I must pay attentionTo art and books so thatAt dinner parties I can mentionThe latest—though I...
by Doctor | Oct 31, 2020
Alexandra and the landDramatically one.The soil: her wedding band.She was father’s favorite among his sons. She saw growth out there where othersCould only see what went on before.Her hands to the crops were mothers;Her days made our nation’s lore. In history books...
by Doctor | Oct 4, 2020
Once upon some time Life made sense and logic held. Then there came a war.
by Doctor | Sep 22, 2020
Lucien, twenty, Wanted immortality Got some misery.
by Doctor | Jul 31, 2020
So it goes and so it goes and so and on it goes War then birth then accidents. Then death. Time has earthlings in its throes But events all explode in one breath. Someone trips then someone marries. Another gets a kiss. Out the window over there the fat lady eats an...
by Doctor | May 31, 2020
The monster learned to read and to speak. He saw the joy that love can bring ‘til his longing for love began to leak Into others’ horror at his face’s zing. Events in Europe led us to a captain afloat In the Arctic, longing for a friend who’d be dear Not likely to...
by Doctor | May 31, 2020
We want so much for a triumph; Life helps us along sometimes. But to hubris God says, “Harrumph! And a hungry ego still climbs. Victor Frankenstein gave his all to science He labored at it hard. Ignoring his love in the balance Until by design he was jarred. At first...
by Doctor | May 31, 2020
In Middlemarch true love emergesAmidst stilted, traditional ways.Force and custom get their dirgeswhen freedom and will are set ablaze. Dorothea, pure of heart,Gave up a legacyFor she could not stay alive apartFrom the spirit she did see In Will. Will’s will, his...
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