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Classic poem of the day

After the first powerful plain manifesto
The black statement of pistons, without more fuss
But gliding like a queen, she leaves the station.
Without bowing and with restrained unconcern
She passes the houses which humbly crowd outside,
The gasworks and at last the heavy page
Of death, printed by gravestones in the cemetery.
Beyond the town there lies the open country
Where, gathering speed, she acquires mystery,
The luminous self-possession of ships o......

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Member poem of the day

oft times ('specially
   these latter unsainted days and nights)
   death doth haunt me atheistic zeitgeist
which thoughts of my demise

   crowds out purposeful thinking 
   in the twitching mind kempf
   paradigm of this atheist
hence, he betook himself
   to this MacBook Pro,

   while swiss side dull ideations
   for professional intercession, c......

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