With all but two or three exceptions, since mid-month, poems of the day from poets.org have been entirely forgettable -- cerebral, complex and somewhat inert. Here instead is my own poem-of-the-day choice from one of the books below:
Jack Gilbert
IN DISPRAISE OF POETRY
When the King of Siam disliked a courtier,
he gave him a beautiful white elephant.
The miracle beast deserved such ritual
that to care for him properly meant ruin.
Yet to care for him improperly was worse.
It appears the gift could not be refused.
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