Darren White Poet Rhyme

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

 

Misanthrope

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 December 22, 2016 at 7:34 PM Hehehe - Mel is a real wordsmith - this is a fun one! :) Darren White December 22, 2016 at 11:44 PM Mel certainly is :D This made her LOL so much.

Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon December 20, 2016 at 4:06 PM Good job, Darren. Darren White December 20, 2016 at 11:26 PM Thank you so much, I am glad you enjoyed it.

Andrea Dietrich December 20, 2016 at 6:56 AM It was a cute video. Darren White December 20, 2016 at 6:59 AM ;)

Andrea Dietrich December 20, 2016 at 6:52 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 December 20, 2016 at 6:59 AM Thanks Andrea, I had a lot of fun writing this!

Chris Green December 20, 2016 at 6:12 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 December 20, 2016 at 6:20 AM Ohhh, this is sweet, I am going to add that Youtube clip to the poem, so much fun! Thanks Chris :D