The Better Man

The Better Man
by Michael R. Burch
　
Dear Ed: I don’t understand why
you will publish this other guy
when I’m brilliant, devoted,
one hell of a poet!
Yet you publish Anonymous. Fie!
 

Fie! A pox on your head if you favor
this poet who’s dubious, unsavor
y, inconsistent in texts,
no address (I checked!):
since he’s plagiarized Unknown, I’ll wager!

Keywords/Tags: Humor, Light Verse, Writing, Poetry, Plagiarism, Editor, Editors, Poet, Poets, Poem, Poems, Unknown, Anonymous

The Beat Goes On (and On and On and On ...)
by Michael R. Burch

Bored stiff by his board-stiff attempts
at “meter,” I crossly concluded
I’d use each iamb
in lieu of a lamb,
bedtimes when I’m under-quaaluded.

Originally published by Grand Little Things