We laughed at the hollyhocks together
and then I sprayed them with lye.
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: dark humor, humorous poems, Kenneth Koch, parody, unsettling, William Carlos Williams
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Free association
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The Coming War 0
“Nations shall go down in slaughter,
Ancient capitals be burned,”
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: dark humor, rhythm, Sam Walter Foss, social commentary, war