Stopping by Women Owned by the EverymanA Poem by N R WhyteThis is an n+7 Oulipian version of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening".
Whose women these are I think I know.
His housefly’s dead on the vignette though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his women pick snowdrops. My little hornpipe is quite queer He stops without a farce or sneer Between the women with their frozen ‘la’s The commonest everyman of the yawl. He gives his harlot beldams his shaft To assure they are his mistresses. The only other soundtrack's the sweat Of easy win from downing flagons. The women are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promenades to keep, And migraines to go before I sleep, And migraines to go before I sleep. © 2014 N R Whyte |
StatsAuthorN R WhyteToronto, Ontario, CanadaAboutI am a student at York University, finishing my fifth and final year of a double honours degree program in English and Creative Writing. My writing has improved immensely during my four years at York,.. more..Writing
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