gershon hepner Poems

'Baroque prose poets who had lost their way' was the expression
That W. Somerset Maugham
Used for the authors of the famous King James Bible version, Demonstrating good form
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I don't necessarily agree
with everything I say.
but wish you wouldn't to copy me,
and change your 'nay' to 'yea.'
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He wasn’t Hendrik Ibsen, but
in “Laugh-In” he recited
a weekly poem, he the butt
of laughter, and delighted
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I did it my way, in the song sings Paul Anka,
and this is the goal for which I also hanker,
but just like that song which is far better known
when it’s sung by Sinatra, I feel I don’t own
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Sometimes outselling “The Catcher
In the Rye” “The Lord of the Flies, ”
which comes from the land of Ms. Thatcher,
proves Britons tells far fewer lies
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The future will outlast
us all, but it is to
our present and our past
that postage must be due.
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UMBRAPHILES AND BEING PUT INTO THE SHADE


People who are lovers of the sun’s eclipses
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THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING


Though superstitions may not soothe
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I WENT BACK TO MY PARENTS' HOME


I went back to my parents' home,
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“Swing that lady round and round, ”
in the square dance is the sound
you will, and do it so
with her you can do-si-do,
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