The Word Project

"Good words are worth much,
and cost little." (George Herbert)

February 27, 2013 3:26 pm

Green Buddhas On the fruit stand.We eat the smileAnd spit out the teeth.

Charles Simic, “Watermelons”

Green Buddhas 
On the fruit stand.
We eat the smile
And spit out the teeth.

Charles Simic, “Watermelons

January 22, 2013 3:14 pm

I say drop a mouse into a poemand watch him probe his way out,

from “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins 

I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,

from “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins 

November 11, 2012 8:19 pm

the Tandy 2000 runs MS-DOS butcan’t use most programs produced forthe IBM Personal Computerunless certainbits and bytes arealteredbut the wind still blows overSavannahand in the Springthe turkey buzzard struts andflounces before hishens. 

from “16-bit Intel 8088 chip” by Charles Bukowski

the Tandy 2000 runs MS-DOS but
can’t use most programs produced for
the IBM Personal Computer
unless certain
bits and bytes are
altered
but the wind still blows over
Savannah
and in the Spring
the turkey buzzard struts and
flounces before his
hens. 

from “16-bit Intel 8088 chip” by Charles Bukowski

October 18, 2012 8:28 pm