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In Astrophysics, I’m ranked “One,”
and Greek and Latin I find fun.
All serve me well at Crossword “Times,”
with each day’s matrix solved by nine.
Most free verse, though?
Puzzles abstruse;
Augean tasks for “us obtuse.”
It’s glossy verse too recherché
for even Hercules to slay!
But many Eds—women and men—
have deemed rhymed verse beyond the ken.
Said style they shun for fear of harm
to psyche, brain, tongue, ear, eye, arm.
Well, I could spend my Nobel Purse
and buy “The Code to Glossy Verse,”
but oh, how better spent the time
with Homer, Poe, and Silverstein!
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Tonia Kalouria, a former Spanish teacher and “soap” actress, is now a poet in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Her most recent—and rhyming—poems appear in Literary Veganism and Fox Hollow Stories, and two anthologies: “Quoth the Raven” and “Poems from the Lockdown.”
Well done and great fun!
I particularly liked ‘“us obtuse”’.
What fun, the selection of poets in your last line . . . a witty diversity!
Thanks, Corey,
Nothing like ending on a high-note, eh?
Thanks so much, Joe.
(Glad you pointed out that key line. )
Dear Tonia –
You sound like a very sensible person; wide ranging in both vocabulary and thought. I would like to see more of your work.
Please, join us here at SCP.
Thank you, so much, Sally.
From your mouth to
Eds’ ears. 🙂
Can you explain the reference to “Eds” in the third quatrain?
The Dread Eds: Editors.
Excellent visual choice to accompany a poem on free verse.
Oh, I loved that choice! Adds a bit more zing:-)
Welcome to the party. BYOB.
Thanks, CB! Happy to bring a Box: (oaky Chardonnay,
of course.:-)
Red wine has more health benefits, but whatever floats your boat is fine.