Skip to content
The Millbrook Independent
  • Home
  • Features Section
  • Music
  • Theater
  • Poetry
  • Environment
  • Books
  • Toggle website search
Menu Close
  • Home
  • Features Section
  • Music
  • Theater
  • Poetry
  • Environment
  • Books
  • Toggle website search

Cardinal Nonet

  1. Home>
  2. Sections>
  3. Cardinal Nonet

Cardinal Nonet

  • Post author:Kevin McEneaney
  • Post published:July 20, 2020
  • Post category:Poetry / Sections

by Kevin T. McEneaney

Cardinal Richelieu was tired

of seeing blood flow at banquets

when diplomats drank their wine,

argued over borders.

He made them all check

their own long knives,

provided

beveled

blade.

You Might Also Like

Beethoven’s Legacy at Music Mountain

June 3, 2024

Environmental Justice

February 6, 2023

When the last are first

August 5, 2022

Let it snow...

Let it snow…

Poetry, Sections, Uncategorized / February 4, 2026
Going Down to Check the Mail in Winter

Going Down to Check the Mail in Winter

Poetry, Sections / January 27, 2026
The Letter A

The Letter A

Poetry, Sections / January 13, 2026
Edna St. Vincent

Edna St. Vincent

Poetry, Sections / January 6, 2026
Visual memory

Visual memory

Poetry, Sections / December 31, 2025
Sing out, once more!

Sing out, once more!

Poetry, Sections / December 24, 2025

Copyright 2024 - The Millbrook Independent