09-10-2011, 06:12 AM
(Stephen Fry is my hero - The Ode Less Travelled my most-thumbed book)
I am a novice poet, so please excuse my inability to analyse your poem properly.
Simply, I should like to say how much I enjoyed reading your opening phrase - 'the notes flutter/distinct wings of stained glass' it gave me that 'oh yes!' feeling. Then I was gifted with the delightful 'to me, but he' line. And the remainder of the poem kept rewarding me as I read on.
Thank you, grannyjill
ps I don't know if this is allowed - but, I've just looked out a poem I wrote about Stephen Fry and his book, and thought I would share it with you.
I Love Stephen Fry
I love Stephen Fry
You may ask me ‘Why?’
Because he’s erudite and witty,
an upstanding Englishman,
though I admit he’s far from pretty.
(How did he get that battered boxer’s nose?)
He’s as graceful as an orang-utan,
as tall as a giraffe
and without much effort on his part
he always makes me laugh.
I sit close up to the TV screen
so no witticism I miss,
and when no one is looking
I give the screen a kiss.
He knows everything about everything
in this universe
Undoubtedly he even knows
I’m reciting this little verse.
I love him for his honesty, his charm
and his floppy hair
I love how he bears an umbrella
with quintessential English flare.
I love the way he enunciates,
(Articulation is his forte)
though a twinkle in his eye shows
he can be rather naughty. (sorry)
Above all these marvellous traits
what really does it for me
is that he loves, with an undying love,
all forms of poetry.
My bible is ‘The Ode Less Travelled’
A gem you must agree!
Dog-eared, and battered
it goes everywhere with me.
I am a novice poet, so please excuse my inability to analyse your poem properly.
Simply, I should like to say how much I enjoyed reading your opening phrase - 'the notes flutter/distinct wings of stained glass' it gave me that 'oh yes!' feeling. Then I was gifted with the delightful 'to me, but he' line. And the remainder of the poem kept rewarding me as I read on.
Thank you, grannyjill
ps I don't know if this is allowed - but, I've just looked out a poem I wrote about Stephen Fry and his book, and thought I would share it with you.
I Love Stephen Fry
I love Stephen Fry
You may ask me ‘Why?’
Because he’s erudite and witty,
an upstanding Englishman,
though I admit he’s far from pretty.
(How did he get that battered boxer’s nose?)
He’s as graceful as an orang-utan,
as tall as a giraffe
and without much effort on his part
he always makes me laugh.
I sit close up to the TV screen
so no witticism I miss,
and when no one is looking
I give the screen a kiss.
He knows everything about everything
in this universe
Undoubtedly he even knows
I’m reciting this little verse.
I love him for his honesty, his charm
and his floppy hair
I love how he bears an umbrella
with quintessential English flare.
I love the way he enunciates,
(Articulation is his forte)
though a twinkle in his eye shows
he can be rather naughty. (sorry)
Above all these marvellous traits
what really does it for me
is that he loves, with an undying love,
all forms of poetry.
My bible is ‘The Ode Less Travelled’
A gem you must agree!
Dog-eared, and battered
it goes everywhere with me.