Though age enfeebles our memory,
We will find this isn't tragic,
For age, it seems, redeems us
With a skill akin to magic:
...
The poet must write a sonnet
In praise of a grand and just man.
To meet a deadline at the end of July,
He must begin as soon as he can.
...
We Have A Resourceful Mind
We have a resourceful mind
Of a conveniently adaptable kind
It may serve to make us accomplished and wise
Or - failing in this - to rationalize