Skip to content
Paltry Sum

Paltry Sum

Detroit Richards

  • The Paltry Sum
  • Contact Me
  • Detroit Richards: Writer Biography
  • Poems
  • Writing the Present
  • Writing the Past
  • Music and Reviews
  • San Francisco Days
Poems by The Paltry Sum: Detroit RichardsMarch 1, 2021May 10, 2021

Miss Molly’s Eye

I took my last penny And gave it to my dolly I plucked out her eye, poor Molly dolly Everyone has got to pay For their kicks as they can get ’em A penny for an eye A dollar for a life The price is not right The price is not right I held out […]

More

San Francisco Song

Everything by The Paltry Sum: Detroit RichardsMarch 1, 2021June 5, 2021

The Man Who Fought Life

Everything by The Paltry Sum: Detroit RichardsFebruary 28, 2021June 5, 2021
Everything by The Paltry Sum: Detroit RichardsFebruary 28, 2021June 5, 2021

The right pair of dark glasses

Everybody needs the right pair of dark glasses. People have things to hide. Baggage. Crows feet. Dilated pupils. Pin prick pupils. A black eye…or two. Yes everybody needs the right pair of dark glasses. My last pair were too big, they kept falling down my nose, a situation made untenable by wearing a mask. They […]

More

Get your kicks on Highway 101, and Big Sur Sadness

Everything by The Paltry Sum: Detroit RichardsFebruary 24, 2021June 5, 2021

Posts navigation

Prev Page 1 … Page 93 Page 94 Page 95
  • Cart
  • Checkout
  • Contact Me
  • Detroit Richards: Writer Biography
  • My account
  • Shop
  • The Paltry Sum
 

Loading Comments...