Mandy Tams The Golden Girl Poet Quatrain

My Swan Song

Has the Golden Girl sung her final song?
As the mute swan was said to have all along
The mute swan never sings or sounds even as a tucket*
Except apparently when it finally kicks the bucket

Am I Cassandra, who has sung her final lament
Is this what some are waiting for so they needn't comment
Socrates said that Swans sing in there young life
But never as beautiful as in their dying strife…

In actual fact mute swans aren’t t mute, they hiss
I think all this time someone’s taken the *iss
Pliny the elder, shows the dying swan singing is a myth
So we ought to take notice of this now and  forthwith

So for my Swan song, my last melodious attempt
To sing and delight please don’t treat with contempt.
My Swan song is here just before I lie down and die
But just like the mute Swan singing,  this is also a lie.

© 9/11/2012 ~GG~

*tucket  a bugle call

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Kathryn Collins November 11, 2012 at 7:50 AM I read this over and over again and each time I find deeper meaning. A beautiful expression. You are heard.

Jack Horne November 10, 2012 at 2:28 PM you had me worried for a moment, lol. lovely write. Congrats on all your wins : )

Poet Destroyer A November 9, 2012 at 8:27 PM xox~pd

Erich Goller November 9, 2012 at 11:18 AM That's a lovely expressed swan song story, I enjoyed reading it, God bless you. Hugs!Erich

Harry Horsman November 9, 2012 at 8:13 AM keep on singing, and writing golden girl, this sure makes for awesome poetry... Mandy Tams The Golden Girl November 9, 2012 at 11:50 AM I keep trying harry xx