The Five-Two

Photo by Gerald So The Five-Two has published some memorable holiday poems, usually light in tone. This year, though, the site has a duty n...

ELEGY FOR FIFTY CENTS about those unworn baby shoes, don't leap to tragedy. everyone knows babies hate things on their feet. they k...

I ONLY WENT TO THE STORE we ran out of eggs and the store was a few blocks away it was 5 AM when I stepped outside a few cars zoomed by...

BEDDING ENEMIES You once led an army, bled them, Used them till they no longer served Your purpose. You once led a nation, spirited, ...

WHIPS Their backs are laden with loads They are held at stranglehold And dragged by hefty ropes Away from their homes Then the dictat...