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A tribute to a comedy

You wear laurel leaves, yet no hint of all   

The dinners or Royal Calls,- just you rest     

On that peak for a sole ship to see, red         

Spot on the far green top, the white sails form    

Heaven... and hell,- two lakes of boiling blood   

There, a hilltop in Italy, you've just     

Written a book knowing full well, in verse, 

When words sell to beggars and clergy both  


''The super essential light'',- to your knees!             

Bonfires in such awe of one Greek's loot      

To purge smoke from wood (and one soul from bone)  

And nervous midwives light three candlewicks 

And by Virgil's steady tracks,- a point, moot

Enlightens us to your farcical tone


— doorman, Dec 04, 2009

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poewriter58

16 years 5 months ago

Door man

I am at a loss for words to describe how superb this poem is. My apologies that it has gone unread. This is what poetry is all about and is a shining example of a skilled hand Chrys
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doorman

16 years 5 months ago

Thanks!

Thank you very much for reading, Chrys. No need to apologize. You give me too much credit here, though I won't deny I'm very pleased the write gave you something. Yours, Espen.