Tribute To A Great Poet Poem by Bill Cantrell

Tribute To A Great Poet

Rating: 4.4


What kind of tribute does one give to a true poet?
To sir with love was a song that still gives me chills,
And why?
Lulu was a prodigy of which David Bowie envied
and she brought the man who sold the world,
To a greater place than Bowie did,
And as great as he was,
he bowed to her
As for myself,
I cannot sing at all
so as regards Robert M Smith,
I cannot sing a tribute,
but I can acknowledge the uniqueness of his ever changing verse,
he is not about being with the so-called elite,
As myself he deletes his poems when he gets fed up with accumulated pages,
And I know why,
It is the moment at hand that demands definable pictures in verse form
Always out there waiting for something new,
Not by any means to add another notch on stats as the usual suspects do,
But to hold before other poets,
Concepts to enjoy,
For in his hand is a journey,
And I am ever grateful for his uniqueness,
It is fresh and I eagerly await his poems,
A simple tribute to a great poet!
He is an atheist,
I am a Christian
But we are friends
And how can this be?
Poetry bonds
Verse is a bridge of respect
Poetry demands it
Now with this being said,
this is my tribute to the great Robert Smith

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
As my returning to this site, I am first of all greeting my friends with tributes, Robert has encouraged me and his poetry is very unique
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sandra Feldman 21 March 2022

Excellent and very poetically great and human! A most wonderful and sincere tribute to or dear and exceptional poet, Robert Murray Smith. Australia's gift to our contemporary poetic world.

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Casual Observer 24 March 2022

His real gift to us is when he disappears from time to time, which he has done right now. Don't worry; he is still here, using one or more of his dozens of aliases.

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Unnikrishnan E S 21 March 2022

Very true. Robert is a very talented poet.

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Dr Dillip K Swain 21 March 2022

There many talented poets but Robert may be one among them but I don't like him dear friend. However, I respect your feelings!

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Casual Observer 24 March 2022

He has disappeared AGAIN.

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Casual Observer 24 March 2022

Robert is a ghost with many aliases. As of this moment he has disappeared. Just try to find him! You cannot.

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Chinedu Dike 22 March 2022

A beautiful tribute to a literary giant, Robert Murray Smith, ceremoniously rich in tone. A well deserved pat on the back.

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Casual Observer 24 March 2022

Someone needs to pat him REALLY hard!

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Richard Wlodarski 21 March 2022

With all due respect, Bill, it's one thing to 'delete accumulated pages' and totally another to keep deleting his name. I have total respect for the poet Robert Murray Smith and his exceptional poetry. And there's really no need for him to keep deleting and changing his name!

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