One Tolkien Over the Line

He was a writer, a fighter, an old-timer word rhymer Always thought free verse was asinine He was the queerest, the dearest, the tear in your beer-est and he was one Tolkien over the line He was archaic, prosaic, euphoric, historic Made pentagrams optically divine He was the cheekiest, geekiest, and uniquely freakiest and he was one Tolkien over the line He loved cigars and Star Wars, guitars, and sitars Collages made his artistry torch shine He was the jivest, high-fivest, young poet alive-est and he was one Tolkien over the line It's not much reward to those who are bored but are afraid of not acting benign Sometimes you gotta get riled, and go a bit wild and step one Tolkien over the line November 14, 2014