Misanthrope

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Another 'oldie'. A fun one, written for my dear friend Mel, who loves words :)

MISANTHROPE For Mel, my wordsmith I miss you my misanthropos My groucho cynic hermit But I’m glad you left my life For now I love a man called Phil And he loves all that you abhor Mankind, marriage, me My kind-hearted Philanthropos Who I can’t fault for misogyny Or misology or even misogamy Misanthropos, I wish you well I am not the person to misein And you are still an anthropos I promised once to love forever, My doubter, mocker, pessimist, My sexist anti-feminist… But: Enough is finally enough My Phil and I wish you well You sourpuss, killjoy, gloomer I’m off to better futures You stay here in your shell.

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Claudia Polydoro

Date: 12/22/2016 7:34:00 PM

Hehehe - Mel is a real wordsmith - this is a fun one! :)

Darren White
Date: 12/22/2016 11:44:00 PM

Mel certainly is :D This made her LOL so much.

Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon

Date: 12/20/2016 4:06:00 PM

Good job, Darren.

Darren White
Date: 12/20/2016 11:26:00 PM

Thank you so much, I am glad you enjoyed it.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/20/2016 6:56:00 AM

It was a cute video.

Darren White
Date: 12/20/2016 6:59:00 AM

;)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/20/2016 6:52:00 AM

HA, good to be rid of this old Misantrhrope! Looking at what Chris said. I must watch your video now! YOur poem had a unique feel to it

Darren White
Date: 12/20/2016 6:59:00 AM

Thanks Andrea, I had a lot of fun writing this!

Chris Green

Date: 12/20/2016 6:12:00 AM

"Hello, I must be going, I came to stay, I hate to say, I must be going. I'll be around a week or two, I'll even stay the whole night through...but for now, I must be going". In case you don't know, that is a song Groucho sang in one of the Marx Bros. movies and I think it is perfect for this poem. Think about it. Not sure if the lyrics are exactly correct, but they are close enough. Nicely done Darren.

Darren White
Date: 12/20/2016 6:20:00 AM

Ohhh, this is sweet, I am going to add that Youtube clip to the poem, so much fun! Thanks Chris :D