“King”
Ruling by whim or coin,
petty vengeance, straight cruelty.
Autocrat of greed.
Steve D
Ruling by whim or coin,
petty vengeance, straight cruelty.
Autocrat of greed.
Steve D
Would that our beltways
actually constrained our
cities’ greedy sprawls.
Steve D
“Cuckoo”
For money, my own
Mother
Stole my identity. Continue reading “Free Verse – Greed – Marcy Erb”
Keeping Up With Howard County
Charging bulls branded for a constellation,
Jungle cats without their trademark spots,
Wild horses in herds of hundreds –
All with clean forevers mixed throughout. Continue reading “Free Verse – Greed – JG”
Sometimes I hate the world
And everyone in it,
But I hate to hate
And even more the spread of it.
I reject the notion that we’re all just animals,
Fighting each other for the right to animate
Our lives with divergent purposes,
Different beliefs, or testaments. Continue reading “Free Verse – Greed – SD”
I have a dirty little secret to confess. Although we have only been publishing our work for about a month, Jessie and I have been trading poetry themes nearly every week since last fall. Continue reading “June 17 Theme: Channeling your Creativity”