(with apologies to Kilmer and MacLeish)
Genealogically speaking,
A poem ought to be whatever
A poet conceives
A poem should be—
But never a mongrel barking
Its ass off up the wrong tree.
Genealogically speaking,
A poem ought to be whatever
A poet conceives
A poem should be—
But never a mongrel barking
Its ass off up the wrong tree.
All I can say is: "Arf!"
ReplyDeleteOK have it your way but there’s a heckuva lot of trees out there! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Yi35xquGs
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