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Click hereTo be declaimed with faintly tremulous pomposity
in the tradition of Henry Irving
I protest.
I am a poem that needs to be written,
demands it.
But where am I ?
Stuck in the mind of a Clod.
This is no place for a masterpiece,
a definitive statement, subtle, layers of meaning,
nuanced to achieve a quintessentially apposite image.
He’ll rhyme, I don’t like him, and still less his muse,
I suspect he could be rather rude.
And idle and trite and even quite crude.
I’ll lose all my timbre and infinite grace,
while his miniscule fame he puffs up apace.
Put me back Clod,
where you found me ,
in a place by myself
where, A POET can find and propound me
What’s that did you say ?
Are you sure, is it true ?
W e l l - .
Sweet clod, my dear poet, write me, please do,.
you must after all for my public and you.
And Daddy too,
the publisher.
- COMMENTS
Contrastingalmost 8 years agoThe life of a wit is a life of laughter. You have made me laugh! Thank you.
tazz317about 12 years agocan find knowledge to restore clumsiness. TK U MLJ LV NV
Cinnerabout 12 years agoI can't say that I'm a big fan of poetry, but I've now read four of yours and I'm favouriting you and working my way through the rest of your work here. Your work is amazing! Very big smiles!
LeBrozabout 17 years agoThis poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 35,000 poems.
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lindianaabout 18 years ago...not positively absolutely love this poem?
Kudos...the Peanut Butter ones.
LeBrozover 18 years agoOh look - some more have been unlost ~
disparaging self-mockery here -
I like ~
And a hymn to poets everywhere
under the watchful eyes of ... ... THE PUBLISHER
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Jennifer Calmost 19 years agoVery funny and very clever,
a really great read and
very original,
loved it.
Thanks.
~ J
Wanton Vixxxenalmost 19 years agoAnd make room for Me - THE clod of poetry! You always come up with something clever - but this one takes the cake. lol To be berated by your own poem is sad, but to have it admonish you even in your sleep {like Mine do} is worse, believe Me <groan>. My dear man, you don't need the publisher to be a relative...yours can easily speak up for themselves and get published. I simply loved this one, ishtat!!!
Vixxx
