A retired college teacher who has turned to poetry in his old age.
A wolf and a lamb had come to the same stream compelled by thirst. The wolf was standing higher, the lamb much lower. Then, with his vicious maw,
By William Alfred10 months ago in Poets
So now we have leaders who demand, in public meetings, staged for effect, that other leaders show gratitude in proportion to required servility.
I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it. —Edith Sitwell _________________________________________________
A day geysers with jets of joys to appreciate. Catch them now. If you wait, it will be too late.
Tough he looks, or tries to look, with scowls and downcast eyes and penetrating glare directed right into the camera's eye
The demagogue’s secret is to become (if he is not already so) as stupid as his audience is so they feel as smart as he. •
It’s cruel to kill children half a world away by stopping the flow of their lifesaving medication. It’s cruel to toss workers out on the street
The puffed up bullying, the incessant demands for respect, the berating of those who dare to speak up frankly, the punching down, the swaggering unconcern
If your crew are mercenaries, each out for themselves, who only follow orders as long as they get rewards, • then you'd better hope you continue
The ominous dark awaits an uncertain light after the horrified shrieks of Saturday night, awaits an ambiguous trace of advancing day,
A vulgar king excites his vulgar people, making them believe they are not base and nourishing their easy self-satisfaction.
By William Alfred11 months ago in Poets
"Oh, look! We made a mistake and cut Ebola funding. But nothing to worry about: we replaced it right away." Two problems with that. First, it's Ebola, you blockhead.
