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Book 6 Page 38
Not a poetic bone in me
Now I couldn’t write a poem
to save my simple life,
but I got this little girl
whom I want to make my wife.
And so I really want to impress her
with a poetic word, if only I could manage!
For I want to make her mine
and join our love in marriage.
And I figure that the best way
to impress the feminine kind,
is to write a ‘little something,’
that is ending in a little rhyme.
I know exactly how I feel,
but I can’t seem to find the words.
To put down how I feel,
into passionately poetic verse.
So I hired myself a poet,
the best in all the land.
And he wrote me a little love poem
to impress my little woman.
But she knew it wasn’t me,
the poem was too sophisticated.
She knew it wasn’t my stile
and that I hadn’t really written it.
And so she got a little angry
and I set about to appease her.
She got a little angry
for she thought I had ‘deceived her.’
And then all of a sudden, something came over me ...
while I was under pressure.
And glory be to god, (out from my mouth came ‘poetry,’)
with a love you couldn’t measure.
I a- likened her to a rose,
to the many flowers in the garden.
I got down on my knees (as if ...)
begging her for pardon.
She said "yes" to my marriage proposal
and we’ve set the wedding date.
A little bit of poetry
had hooks her like it was bate.
So remember guys;
express yourself with emotions,
wake up and ‘get real.’
And put it all into poetry
and tell her how you feel.
© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au dominicj7@poetry.net.au 10/10/99