Parnassus Pub

Almost last call

and the place is packed.

Conversations blur

to barbar.

A string of satyrs

makes eyes at the mirror.

Some Artemis staggers

her way to the loo.

Apollo of the hour

sips wine with the nymphs.

Tender’s the nightcap:

a chaser of Ouzo—

I’m primed to ride Pegasus

all the way home.

More of Frank William Finney's poetry is available in The Literary Fantasy Magazine: Winter 2025

Frank William Finney is a poet from Massachusetts who taught literature in Thailand for 25 years. A Joint winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry, his poems have appeared in Blue Unicorn, Hare’s Paw Literary Journal, Persephone Literary Magazine, Tales of the Strange, and elsewhere. His chapbook The Folding of the Wings was published in 2022 (FLP Books).

Art by Kim Holm