His poems Riley says that he indites
Upon an empty stomach. Heavenly Powers,
Feed him throat-full: for what the beggar writes
Upon his empty stomach empties ours!

(C) Ambrose Bierce
04/01/2017


Best Poems of Ambrose Bierce

• J.f.b.
• Rebuke
• Rimer
• Elegy
• Thersites
• Polyphemus
• Piety
• Slander
• On Stone
• Indicted
• Peace
• An Actor
• A Man
• A Bubble
• A Spade
• The Legatee
• To Maude
• T.a.h.
• The Woful Tale Of Mr. Peters
• An Alibi