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Old 12-20-2009, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by tony View Post
Poerty's a knot that's hard to untie.
Which is why when you write it, I don't even try.

If I ever would write it, it'd be obviously poor.
So you'd know at the start that I'm amateur.

Its prose nice and clear that I read with great favor
'cause its tells me a story and I'm no English major.
What do we have here, for all to see?
A poem by Tony, as fine as can be.

(For a very long time, I have been wise to Tony,
Denies he’s an English major – a buncha baloney.)

And so, Tony, Tony, take a look around,
See that snow, piled high, out there on the ground.

It’s a Currier & Ives scene that will surely inspire,
You will stop all-day snoring in front of the fire.

At last, Mr. Tony, you will end this ruse,
You will open up your laptop and invoke your muse.

Move over Rod McKuen. (Am I showing my age?)
TOTV’s Poet Laureate will take the stage.

Your life as a poet, Tony, will now begin,
And we will sit back and watch and say we knew you when.

Boomer

PS: Mr. Tony, it looks like you are now ready for membership in the Professional Organization of English Majors. (POEM) heard about on Prairie Home Companion.

Last edited by Boomer; 12-20-2009 at 08:41 AM. Reason: fixing stuff. I wrote this really late last night