David Kirby: Significant Pieces of Information
Did you know monkeys peel bananas from the bottom up?
Ever try it that way? It’s easier. Monkeys know this.
People know it, too, or at least they do now, but
they don’t do it. People tend to be set in their ways
December 7, 2025 · 15 Comments
Elizabeth Romero: Happiness
I live in a pink truck at the edge of the sky.
October 31, 2022 · 9 Comments
Edison Jennings: The Cats of Rome
The cats of Rome sleep, feed, and breed
among the tumbled travertine, and slip,
tails high, across the flag draped avenues.
September 23, 2021 · 3 Comments
Jefferson Carter: Cat & Transient
I swore I’d stop writing about liberal guilt
& about cats too, but I must confess
last night, I groomed our little black cat
with my tongue
September 14, 2021 · 1 Comment
Seamus Heaney: Pangur Bán
Next thing an unwary mouse
Bares his flank: Pangur pounces.
Next thing lines that held and held
meaning back begin to yield.
February 25, 2020 · Leave a comment
Chuck Taylor: Mad Love
for you are broken too, eh?
and mad like me for love
December 28, 2019 · Leave a comment
