04-08-2014, 01:54 AM
(04-08-2014, 01:19 AM)Erthona Wrote: "Poet Laureate John Betjaman, a quintessential English poet"An expert on English verse are we? Christ, your expertise knows no bounds.or did you consult Google.Not only does our hero tell newbie’s how to write he also shares his advice with a Poet Laureate; so sad that he’s not listening. He died in 1984 what a pity.
Blimey, the sterling rhyming limey.
"But most of us turn slow to see
The figure hanging on a tree
And stumble on and blindly grope
Upheld by intermittent hope,"*
but in groping find it hard,
hoisted by our own petard.
* excerpt from "The Conversion of St. Paul" by Sir John Betjeman
Best,
dale

