Homework August 24: A Poem for Bob

[David Campbell]

Maureen, Trish, Shelley and Catherine have all produced beautifully-written, evocative poems for this set of prompts, but I've taken a slightly different tack. (Sorry to break the mood!)

A Poem for Bob

Okay, you poets, listen here
so I can make a few things clear…
I’ve told you twenty thousand times
to stick to poetry that rhymes!

Forget this silly free verse crap!
I mean to say, what sort of chap
would write of rugby’s majesty
with verse unrhymed and running free?

And don’t get bogged in grammar stuff,
for near enough is good enough,
and if there should be something wrong
my parents said “Just play along!”

The only avenue worthwhile
is getting folks to crack a smile,
so slap those lines down on the page,
then go perform them on a stage.

And if your thoughts aren’t bearing fruit,
your muse is really destitute,
I’m sure you’ll find the words you seek
while fishing up that well-known creek!

© David 22/08/15 (Astute observers should note that I’m posting this at half-time in the Collingwood-Richmond match. Rugby might be a game played in heaven, but only as a curtain-raiser to Aussie Rules!)

[Maureen K Clifford]

That's a bit of a blokey poem David I reckon - not that it is a problem it will appeal to the fishin' shootin' rootin' tootin poets in the group. The delicate flowers are probably nonplussed by the fact that you were able to organize it in the half time break and I doubt any one of them was astute enough to know you had even done so.

[Shelley Hansen]

Yep, like one of the local poets here is fond of saying (with profound wisdom) ... "If it don't rhyme, it ain't po'try!"

[Trisha Patterson]

Love it David!
Trish

[Catherine Lee]

Excellent David! I really enjoyed this, and it's certainly a great, different use of the prompts!

[warooa]

Can feel that tribal, feral coming out in your 'half time poem' David.

Caaarrrrn!

Marty

ps. Didn't pick you as Pies or Tigers fan (too intelligent, too many teeth)

[Bob Pacey]

Don't know why it is for me but good to see that you agree with my views.