1605
Shakespeare—in one year—
Wrote Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth,
And King Lear.
I’ve been busy too,
What with my birthday and all, and a passport
To renew.
Corrigendum
Keats called Wordsworth
“The egotistical sublime.”
Keats was wrong.
That’s what I’m.
A Roman Cheer
S!P!Q!R!
Who the heck do you think we are?
Roma! Roma! We’re the best!
Carthago—yes—delenda est!!!!
John Harris lives in Savannah, Georgia. Poems of his have appeared in Rattle, Nimrod, and other publications. He’s working on a book of poems.