Would Be Poets Poem by Rob Lamberton
Would Be Poets
To be or not to be in poetry
Where two roads diverge
Will you write me down in history
When in eternal lines we merge
Whose words are these my pen
If suddenly you forget me
O Captain! My Captain!
A poem lovely as a tree
Could I ring in the bells of time
Hold fast to dreams
And not make dreams your aim
The time will come if when
For no man is an island
Love, in Fire and blood
Grains of golden sand within my hand
And an old women in purple
For could we be a poet bright
Where the cows go bong
And the trees go ping
Rage against the dying of the light
A great remembrance of those voices /poetic words and styles of the Timeless Poets who came before us. A unique poetry. Top Marks and to my favorites!
A harmonious blend! The rhythm flows harmoniously like s symphony. Liked the line; ' Whose words are these my pen
This great poem is like a literary puzzle. Each and every stanza are echoes of Timelss Poets; Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Joyce Kilmer, Rudyard Kipling, John Donne, Edgar Allan Poe, Spike Milligan, and Dylan Thomas coined in a witty and amazing poem.
Wow! What a masterpiece. A spectacular, playful addition to your brilliant Poetry! Wonderful and highly entertaining collage poem-- your original verses are aptly embedded with some of the famous lines of timeless poems.
Thank you for sharing again, for gracing us all once more with your creativity!
The ending line, borrowed from Dylan Thomas's poem, is a striking way to leave the theatre, so to speak! Well written, through and through!
I do believe this is one of my favorite poems you have published yet! I love how you referenced several famous poems, indeed some of my favorite poems!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Whitman, Frost, Shakespeare....and so much more. Magnificent verse, Rob.