A LITTLE POME FOR YOU

A tongue in cheek look at contemporary poetry and those who love it........

A LITTLE POME FOR YOU

 

I thought I would write

A book of pomes

You know, those things that rhyme

Where Teddy`s bare

And Angel hair

All packaged in a tome

 

A pome is just a story

So I have been told

No commas needed or

Punctuation its all the same

A pome`s just old

 

Like Poe and Shelly and

Somebody by name of Yeats

A guy named Bud

And one called Mud

Enough to make your stomach ache

 

A book of pomes

Might be too many

Unless we think it through

Can`t have old or very bold

And definitely nothing new

 

I`ll just write about my old dog

We`ll call the old guy "Pard"

He lived outside  nobody cried

Because his home was in the yard

 

Awww  this is just rhymes

Not with the times

Not tender and morose

More of a joke

To take a poke at those with weepy eyes

 

Give me a break

Don`t call me one of them

Who writes and cries

And tells big lies

Just to get their slice of cake

 

I never lied

It was a sad and lonely life

Old Pard pined for me

And starved some too

Then he just up and died

 

------Eagle Cruagh

Reviews

[emmajoy]

What a crazy, wonderful piece of writing... love it!

There's a real tongue in cheek touch to this, obvious knowledge of poets' supreme but, a surreal slant on what they are or aren't

As to Pard who lived in the yard ..

' A book of pomes / Might be too many / Unless we think it through/ Can`t have old or very bold /And definitely nothing new ' I don't kknow why, maybe the meter, but these lines made me laugh aloud.

Thanks for writing this lovely end of the week piece of fun and, of course, for sharing it!

[Tracie Skarbo]

Big smiles on this one...I love the way you are poking fun at the, (sometimes too emotional), way we view and write poetry. Puts things into perspective in a way that you can do.

:)

Tigra

[shythatway]

I loved your pome. Right up to the part where old pard starved. *frowns* Now that was just heartbreaking.. ;) This was very entertaining, yet again, thank you for sharing.

[Luna]

Great job with this poem. It flows very well; I truly enjoyed reading it. This made me smile.
You have a good sense of humor and I can really see it through this poem.
Nicely penned!

-Luna

[Julie Dant]

I just love your humorous wit! This was a delight to read and I chuckled out loud at the last line, as was your intent I assume. All to like in this, John. All to like....
I bet you are fun to be around.....and who doesn't love to have fun?!
Julie

[James K. Blaylock]

I really got a big kick outta this piece. It truly left me smiling, my friend. Great job!

jkb

[Debra Stevens Edwards (..]

Okay I loved this and the creative spelling made it a very fun read. You have a great sense of humor and it comes through with a lot of your writing. It was just so completely you.
Hugs Debby