Milton

There was a poet named Milton
Who never slept in a Hilton
But Paris he knew
And Cambridgeshire, too,
Which is where he bought his Stilton*

* Stilton is an English cheese sans Marmite

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Date: 5/30/2022 1:54:00 PM
Clever penning Rico; enjoyed this one.
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Date: 5/25/2022 8:03:00 AM
I was thinking of a different Milton.
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Date: 5/24/2022 9:35:00 AM
Great Tribute to a great poet John Milton! One in a million to figure this one out!
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 5/24/2022 10:20:00 AM
You didn't think it was a bit cheesy? Aloha!
Date: 5/24/2022 9:24:00 AM
Good one Rico! I hope you have a great day :)
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 5/24/2022 10:20:00 AM
Mahalo! Aloha!
Date: 5/24/2022 2:56:00 AM
How clever you are Rico. Loved this one! It is good to be back reading poetry again. Blessings xxoo
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 5/24/2022 10:19:00 AM
Mahalo, Connie! Happy to know you have recovered! Please stay safe this Memorial Day weekend! Aloha!
Date: 5/23/2022 9:57:00 PM
Please make it in the present tense....."there is a poet named Milton'. He is very much there....on full screen of Poetry Soup site...
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I Am Anaya
Date: 5/24/2022 9:37:00 AM
John Milton, Valsa, thus the past tense.
Date: 5/23/2022 7:26:00 PM
Hilarious! When I saw the title under New Poems, I thought, OMG, another poem about me! I was being self-absorbed, I suppose. Glad to see it's not!!!!
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 5/24/2022 10:18:00 AM
"was" being past-tense whereas you are an English-language poet Milton namesake . . . Aloha!
Date: 5/23/2022 1:51:00 PM
fab tribute to Milton , got to say I love stilton and Marmite too lol:-) hugs Jan xx
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Tom Cunningham
Date: 5/24/2022 12:30:00 AM
We're marmitans Rico, there is no other spread that binds us.
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 5/23/2022 7:03:00 PM
Together??? I suspect Tom is on his way to your house! Aloha!
Date: 5/23/2022 12:30:00 PM
Ha! Love when you bring some Soupers into your poem, Rico! (Hope I got that right…)
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 5/23/2022 7:03:00 PM
"Paradise Lost" poet John Milton (1608-1674) disliked Cambridge but loved its cheese. He became fluent in Italian so he could extol Italian cheese! John was thinking, "cheese" 200-years before the camera was invented! Aloha!
Date: 5/23/2022 12:20:00 PM
Lol you're a hoot Rico. Tom
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 5/23/2022 2:44:00 PM
What a surprise! I thought Marmite Man would respond, "Paradise Lost, indeed!" Aloha!
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