Sitting quietly in my too-fancy chair, I hear classical music now fill the air.
[It's a rare evening during which my wife and I don't a movie share.]
Now the music's stopped coming from down the hall; I did enjoy it.
I believe my wife's at her computer in the "office"; she, the music, did employ it
I've been sitting in the dark trying to think what to write,
and my mental list of possible subjects is a miserable sight.
I've already quit college, three wives, and snowy winters, BUT....
this poem's title refers to me quitting poetry WRITING; so WHAT!
Yes! I must insist that's a great plan.... I feel I now have to follow,
and it's a plan my readers must accept, though in pain they may wallow.
But be consoled, my fans. I don't think it will be a great hardship to swallow.
There are plenty of mine already written, so don't you think your lives will be hollow.
Of course I may miss the writing and may cheat once in a while,
but if I do I'll try to write with exceptional humor and/or exceptional style.
And if I get a special request for a poem with a subject you choose......
I'll try to not let you down, ...... or your sensibilities abuse.
[Hey, I've got other things in my life besides poetry to take up my time,
though I must confess that one of my favorite things to do..... is to make up a rhyme.]
I can now concentrate on submitting a backlog of poems, some good, some perhaps not.
Some you may praise, and some you may prefer to leave alone to just rot.
And we'll all have time to sample more works of OTHER PoemHunter members.....
whose poems have been ignored while MINE have warmed YOU.... like red-glowing embers.
There are some poets' names which I'd like to suggest,
but if they don't interest you, then look at the rest...
of the long-standing site members AND those new ones too.....
who..... I think will be glad to get comments from YOU!
Elena Plotkin, Ruth Walters, and Valsa George are a few.
Gulsher (John) , R. G. Bell, and Shahzia Batool.
Hira Akhtar, Goldheart Bird, and Cassandra Jasmine are quite young.
Poetheart Morgan and Ellias Anderson might write "better" in their native tongue.
Adeline Foster and Felicia DeAnn Manning are ages apart.
Noreen Carden and Unwritten Soul write from the heart.
"The King That Was Big Head"'s poems are dubious art, while
Cynthia Buhain Baello hits the poetry target with her poetic dart.
Valerie Law and Greg Davidson wrote poems ‘bout dementia.
Babbling Brookes is a poet friend.... now ‘in absentia'.
"Is It Poetry" and Luscious Larry write poems curious,
while those of Vanessa Hughes and Diane Hine.... should not worry us.
Kanav Justa and M. D. Dinesh Nair are two fellows to read,
while Fiona Pimentel and Beach Girl are poets worthy indeed.
I've left out plenty of poets whose poems I've bitten,
who have helped make Bri Edwards, with PoemHunter, smitten.
(January 9 & 11,2014)
Bri Did you pull the VOLPONE ruse on us? You know the play by Ben Jonson in which the sly Volpone pretends to be dying so his relatives will cluster around him, giving him gifts because they hope to get his big inheritance. Then he is miraculously CURED and he settles back with his relatives' loving gifts. Regardless of your intentions, you penned a clever poem, I especially like the stanzas naming and rhyming all the poets who will inherit your Poetic Mantle. Celebrity status is being named in a Bri Edwards poem! !
Though I don't believe that I read or enjoyed much of Daniel's poetry, I REALLY appreciate his comment and the 'story' in it! I've heard D. B. has died 'recently'. RIP poet. bri ;)
i'm SURE the I'Ll in the title is a trick played on me by PH. but i'll leave it as is for now! :) :) :) bri
Thoroughly enjoyed your poem.. hilarious, the gene for comedy so dormant and dead in most of us is so active and kicking in you.. a true genius who commands comedy through poetry.. thank you for sharing. PS. I am one of the newbies who would definitely enjoy and appreciate your visits and comments.
I appreciate your touch of humour whenever you write Bri. Since 2014 and you are still here. You will still be here because you are meant to be here for a purpose. That is 'TO ADD VALUE TO POETRY'
YES, 'many are gone', most without saying 'Bye bye' to me. : ( Se la vie.... or MAYBE not 'life', but DEATH in some cases. Well, 'IT' WILL happen to ALL.
GEE, ......HAS IT BEEN only....9+ YEARS SINCE PH PUBLISHED IT FOR ME? ? ? HA, ha! !
Ahem! My thanks to....ALL READERS and commenters of my poem, PAST, PRESENT, or FUTURE. Special thanks for HONEST comments, bri : )
Hi Brian, next time don't forget to mention me as well. I hope you don't see my information cruel or dishonest one. And you shall not hunt me down and tickle mercilessly because I'm coming from a broad!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Ah, good thing you didn't quit and are still around. Very entertaining, this one.