Representative Poetry Online
On this day: April 16th
Random Poem of the Day
1An ill-minted coin, a monocle
2 Chained to a tuxedo,
3The moon croons to strip-clubs,
4 And late-night burrito
5Shops, lovers on pedicab tours
6 Of the harbour. Placido
7Domingo on the stereo with merlot
8 And fetuccine alfredo.
9A night for werewolves, hairy
10 Men sporting speedos
11And high heels on the club stroll,
12 “The Streets of Loredo”
13On ukulele and pennywhistle
14 Down at the lido
15Where a shot-wrecked Aeneas
16 Meets his new Dido.
17Virgil, installed in a corner stall
18 Puts pen to graffito:
19“Tally-ho! Damn the torpedoes!
20 Bandita hearts Bandito!”1
21Oh, tragic pyred Queen of Tyre,
22 It’s Fido not Dido
23That translates as faithful,2
24 The “Fido”-fido credo
25On love Dante witnesses mid-canto
26 When Aeneas snubs Dido
27In the second circle where she’s been unjustly gaoled
28 For her raging—3
29Now Freaks, Irregulars, Defects, Oddities,
30 People of the low, low albedo,
31 Let this be your motto:
32 “Love” the word not the weirdo.