Silly Poem

by Elio

Fig­ure 1. Bor­rowed from Red­bub­ble.

Silly Poem

No mat­ter how hard I try,
I have lit­tle use for po­e­t­ray.

I can­not pro­duce a de­cent rhyme
At this or any other time.

I do not think it's swell
To say that a tor­toise' shell
Has its own ec­cen­tric smell.

Or that a grace­ful ot­ter
of clams is a great spot­ter.

So, I haste to say good­bye,
Oh my, oh my, oh my, oh my.

 

My friend, the poet Es­telle Gilson, wrote:

For a man who has dis­dained po­etry as an art.
I would say Silly Poem is an ex­cel­lent start.

 

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