Friday, August 10, 2007

Rime

Tis cut a task out
tis lying on silk couch
sniffing ash daisies
calyx in snout --
fire and gin
smote duh color
left the form
licked tender buttons
of his uniform . . .

Monday, April 30, 2007

a brief history of middle english





French
became the tongue of the king’s toadies,
law, and bureaucrats,
for the next 300-350 years.