Paul Them
Mathematician and Economist by day, Actor and Author by night
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Anapest Destiny

11/28/2013

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On the fourth of July James set forth a decree:
No more iambs or spondees or pyrrhics for me.
Listen closely now, folks, as I rhapsodize plight:
We are losing our poetry – our God-given right!

Now the prose writers live in a poor state of rhyme,
and despite my intentions they’re all out of time.
Their archaic tradition makes poems sound old,
and they crumble and crack like some dinosaur bones,
for their verses are fossils – they’re pterodactyllic,
not to mention their imagery’s far from idyllic.

So now gather, all lyricists. Sound their defeat!
It is time that our country stood strong on its feet –
on its rhythms and patterns of metrical beat!



(Original poem written for a creative writing course at Penn State. January 2013.)

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Mark Still
11/29/2013 11:11:54 pm

great! didn't know you had this talent, but i'm not surprised. you have to perform your poetry in our podcast.

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