Poetical Journey

All I ask is that you read this with a charitable mind, And if you care to comment, please be verbose and kind! I suppose a lot of what I concoct is for the birds, But ain't it amazin' what you can do with words! Great bards are unknown 'til this earthly plane they flee. Like them, I hope folks'll say of me - he was a gifted SOB! If I relied on writin' verse for a livin', I'd be on the skids. Maybe anon someone will profit - hopefully 'twill be the kids! Shakespeare, I'm told, was the world's greatest bard. I'll never attain his renown, but I'm tryin' real hard! Nor will I reach fame like that of my mentor Edgar Guest, But, by jove, I'll give it my best in this poetical quest! For writin' this stuff, alas, I've amassed no pelf, But folks, I 'm certainly enjoyin' myself! In my school days I couldn't get two words to rhyme. In poetic composition I was deemed as mute as a mime! I write never to become famous or rich, But for others, hopefully, their lives to enrich! I pray that in this poetical journey that I ply, That the well of verse will never run dry! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved