Apostle of Snow

By PurpleD in Purple On Paper

News says snow, But not for centuries Has the cold-winged white Knelt palms To the square I've led them, "Learn, now, What is proper." Photographs, indecorous, Headlines, pearls for pigs, Circus creatures, genteel, cower easy, Twitch and blitz brown forests ...

Yorktown

By PurpleD in Purple On Paper

Windows proffer rain-view, dusts of main street Sky shines over (but not through) a place where Past taunts Present: wiser Present, Past: stronger Drugstore at noontime closes, Dirt reposes Diners can't rush history Yet I count trailered horses With resignation ...