Modern Man

I'm a modern man

oh baby,

you've got to believe me

All my problems,

are new to man!

I'm a modern man,

oh darling, don't you see?

I've got everything,

a phone, a car

I go to a luxury bar!

I don't own a home,

I pay my rent and then listen to

my favorite song,

"Like a Rolling  Stone".

I'm a modern man,

I know when to laugh,

when you see me,

when you ask me if I'm fine.

I'm a modern man,

I've got comfort, adequately

but don't you dare laugh at me babe,

cause I wonder if it's enough,

so I work hard,

to get me even more of it!

I'm a modern man,

I live by my movies,

I breathe through endless series,

I don't care for drugs, but 

don't you dare honey, ban me from my favorite songs.

I'm a modern man,

I live in genteel poverty,

so I keep my face happy,

I sometimes nag,

seems to be a brag,

but babe, this is who I am,

I'm a modern man.

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

This so a lot about “The Modern Man”
I’m a bit old school. Flashy things don’t really impress me. It’s the character of a person I’m drawn to that and I have a certain type I tend to go for as well but for me it a is a bearded man that isn’t thin. lol anyways I regress.

I like this poem and the way it is structured

[Nima.Hope]

Thank you so much Poetic Beauty for your kind and honest words. Excuse me for the delay in responding to your comment. I just saw it now🙏

[Poetic Beauty]

No problem I’ve been busy myself and haven’t been on a whole lot the last few days

[Nima.Hope]

Thank you friend

[Betty Hermelee]

I like the way you begin each a
Phrase with the same few words, the repetition …. This does sound like a song…. It has real rhythm to it…. And I can picture in my mind someone singing it….perhaps you can think of putting a tune to it…..very nicely crafted….warmly, B

[Nima.Hope]

Hi dear Betty, it's so good to read your comment here💙💙.
I wrote it as a song but I should improve it so it can really be sung by singer lol🫠.
You're kind words are so warming🙏🙏.
Take care

[Betty Hermelee]

You're very welcome
Warmly, B

[emmajoygreen]

Smiling because for me, perhaps for the way I read your poem, there is a musical mood to it, first line to last! You really have displayed self in those distinct phrases and echoed the look of your visual.. cigarette casual to lips, an air of the self-possessed man, true to:

'I'm a modern man,
I live in genteel poverty,
so I keep my face happy,
I sometimes nag,
seems to be a brag,
but babe, this is who I am,
I'm a modern man.'

Still smiling.

[Nima.Hope]

Haha, I was in a musical mood when I wrote it. I want it to become a song but it still needs configuration.
Thank you dear Emma for your kind words. You're a wonderful poet, and if you have suggestions for any of the poems I wrote, PLEASE let me know.
P.S: I'm sorry that I couldn't read all your reading requests lately. I wasn't in the cafe for a while. I still miss my friends such as you, Chris and Jacob