Classic poem of the day
The strongman is an object for hilarity among the yokel kids. His pectorals and gluteus, slabs he flutters at will, are all the sex they've ever seen closeup. Once outside Albany, a hilly cowtown, he found a boy in overalls crying in his trailer after the show. “I lost the bet,” the boy says, “I got to ask you if you're queer.” The strongman takes some iced tea from his cooler, mixes in some gin, pinches the boy's triceps so he goes green with pain. “What I like,” he says, “is quee......
Member poem of the day
These are poems the River Styx and Charon. According to Greek mythology, Charon is the ferryman who transports the dead over the River Styx into Hades, the afterworld. There are also poems about death, dying and crossing over into the dark unknown …
Styx
by Michael R. Burch
Black waters, deep and dark and still . . .
all men have passed this way, or will....