Floodwall Mural of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1903.

Floodwall Mural of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1903.
Mark Twain showed river towns have more than their share of vices. RIVER VICES shows Portsmouth, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Scioto Rivers, is no exception.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

American Garden




American Garden

Is it necessary to cultivate our American garden,
Even as American arteries harden?
Biblical nation of  salt, sugar and fat—
What on earth hath ye begat?
Your idea of natural is Snapple?
For god's sake eat an apple!

                                            Robert Forrey 2011 


"American Garden" is from my blog (click to link)  Poems Old and New.

                                                                  

Posted by Robert Forrey at 6:06 AM