In reply to a poem by Mairi bheag
\nby cricketjeff on September 26, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nYou speak of my lady, my mistress, my love
\nAnd the men who created perfection.
\nWho could soar to the heights, like a Barbary dove
\nAnd whose works never fall to inspection.<\/p>\n
You speak of the best that our race can have known
\nAnd the gift of the past to the now.
\nOf the mighty oak tree that we gardeners have grown
\nAnd the beauty its leaves can allow.<\/p>\n
You speak of the soul of the nations of Earth,
\nOf the words that their sons shyly penned,
\nOf the tool that gives poets their art and their worth
\nAnd that all who can feel should defend.<\/p>\n
You speak of the men who have tended this tree
\nAnd before it gave heart to the land.
\nOf Shakespeare and Chaucer, then Mairi and me
\nIt’s a poem we all understand.<\/p>\n
You speak in a way that can set minds afire
\nAnd the men who have tindered the fuse.
\nYou stock up the flames of a latent desire
\nAnd you’ve given the air to your views.<\/p>\n
You speak of the love that all thinkers should share,
\nOf the lady they’ll worship and tend.
\nYou speak of the greats and their words on the air
\nAnd I say you nailed it my friend.
\n Author notes
\nThere are, on this site, a very large number of talented poets and a few who
\nstand head and shoulders above the rest of us. One such is Mairi_bheag she
\npenned a masterpiece here http:\/\/allpoetry.com\/poem\/4631861 I felt the need to
\nrespond and she asked me to promote the comment to a poem, it needs a little
\nwork here and there which I shall do today I hope but here it stands for the
\nmoment.
\nThank-you Mairi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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