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Nero's Fiddle

'Tis said that Nero was just fiddling around,

     While the city of Roma was burning to the ground!

          'Tis further reported that he composed for our delight,

               "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight!"

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Milton Toran Date: 1/24/2012 1:49:00 PM Thanks for the chuckle!...Milt Login to Reply

Poet Destroyer A Date: 1/18/2012 7:12:00 PM I hope you like mine Bob H., its about Jesse James... please feel free to correct me... Love this one above.. always,..p.d. Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/17/2012 8:58:00 PM Yes, me LIKES this one a LOT. Gwen told me about people doing these. Let me check out a few more of yours. Login to Reply

Gwendolen Song Date: 1/17/2012 5:12:00 PM Yes.,,,,,he would rock at writing about ole Johnny Boy!! Go Curtis, Go!! (ps..Curtis does not like poetic pressure...hope he is blushing!!) ha ha Login to Reply

Gwendolen Song Date: 1/17/2012 5:08:00 PM Yes, Curtis needs to expand his poetic vocabulary and he is amazing at rhyme!! I will assign him a person and exert tons of pressure.....JOHN THE BAPTIST!!!! ha ha aha Gwendolen Login to Reply

Gwendolen Song Date: 1/17/2012 1:50:00 PM His "idea" of fun was really no fun at all, huh? ...didn't know he was ALSO a lyricist.? Wow!! I really love your history writes so I wrote one for you...I got a couple other ideas up my sleeve..thinkin bout you guys today. Warm hugs from me, Roger, and Gabriella too! Gwendolen Login to Reply

Sara Kendrick Date: 1/17/2012 8:50:00 AM Cute one..Got a chuckle..Really wasn't funny to those inside at the time that it happened though...Thanks so much for stopping by..Your time spent reading and commenting on my work is much appreciated..Sara Login to Reply

Carol Eastman Date: 1/16/2012 11:20:00 AM Fun limmerick. LoL. Login to Reply

Ilene Bauer Date: 1/15/2012 7:29:00 PM ha! creative and clever and most enjoyable! Login to Reply

Robert A. Dufresne Date: 1/15/2012 6:53:00 PM huh! Never did know the origin of that song. This has been educational for me Bob. I find myself so lacking in the arts education! Thanks for filling me in :D Login to Reply

Russell Sivey Date: 1/15/2012 4:01:00 PM Ha ha ha...good one Bob! I Love it! Awesome Work!! Login to Reply

Kim Merryman Date: 1/15/2012 2:02:00 PM Good one, Robert. Love your sense of humor. Love, kim Login to Reply

Robert Pettit Date: 1/15/2012 10:41:00 AM He must have also composed "Fire" for the Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Good limerick, Sarge. Login to Reply

Lizanne Scholtz Date: 1/15/2012 9:57:00 AM Enjoyed this Robert. Elizabeth Login to Reply

Nette Onclaud Date: 1/15/2012 9:43:00 AM robert, you king of comedy!.. lol, what a great punchline; grilled to burn, burn! :) huggs! Login to Reply