04-16-2025, 01:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-16-2025, 01:22 PM by RiverNotch.)
i was thinking, if i collected the least thrown-together of what i produced this month, the idea of the one i wrote here would be a fine opener, just with maybe a more standard form?
Give me a laurel wreath
and I will add its leaves
to various soups and stews
for a classical boost,
and I will weave its twigs
again into a whip---
rather, a little whisk
for beating stiff some cream---
as how the Greeks rewarded
their most accomplished athletes,
even their darling poets,
so did the Romans honor
their most accomplished butchers,
the marshals of their legions.
Give me a laurel wreath
and I will add its leaves
to various soups and stews
for a classical boost,
and I will weave its twigs
again into a whip---
rather, a little whisk
for beating stiff some cream---
as how the Greeks rewarded
their most accomplished athletes,
even their darling poets,
so did the Romans honor
their most accomplished butchers,
the marshals of their legions.