Poetry Forum

Foam My 3-year-old submerges his thin pale body in the hot tub, head tilted back until only his eyes, nose and mouth break the thick antiseptic surface like an albinic crocodile. He gently gathers himself in, carefully wades to the side, and slowly emerges white and sopping to leap stiff-legged and ...

Corrosion is oxidation of metals. If we consider oxidation instead of corrosion, as a chemical reaction involving oxygen, then we have a whole range of possibilities. Rust is a slow burn if we consider it in that context. Fire, of course, is nearly instantaneous. So while I don't feel corrosion is a...

I think this is a tough subject to write a poem about meaningfully, for several reasons. Most of the audience responds to pedophiles and rejects the notion, so the poem, if so open and forward, and riddled with trite cliches, will repulse readers. However, if a unique treatment is given the subject,...