Poems About Stocks

Why don't poets write poems about stocks?
  Well, they're unromantic for sure, like the innards of clocks 
 
Ofttimes stock prices rise or fall on the strength of company reports
  Which most poets can't make hide or hair of, be they long or they short
 
Then all those myriad ratios investors are so good at flaunting
  Price to Sale, Dividend Yield, Price Earnings, they all seem so daunting 

And when they published that book, "Stocks for Dummies"
  Literati like you and me felt really, really crummy 

So, to sum up the reasons why there are no poems on stocks
  They're as aesthetically appealing as a high tech black box
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Gentile Avatar
August 22, 2018 at 1:59 PM
You nailed it, Gershon and now that you've done it, we don't have to !!! and you certainly found a way to make it appealing !!!
Wolf Avatar
August 22, 2018 at 4:41 PM
Happy to save you a few lines of verse, and that you enjoyed this one, Mike. Best wishes, Gershon
Lamoureux Avatar
August 22, 2018 at 8:50 AM
Haha, cute one.
Wolf Avatar
August 22, 2018 at 4:41 PM
Exactly the reaction I was hoping I'd get ... Thank you for providing it, Richard! Best wishes, Gershon
Pigeon Tart Avatar
August 21, 2018 at 6:26 PM
Ahhh. You're awesome ;D xomo!
Wolf Avatar
August 21, 2018 at 8:19 PM
That is because you have never seen me! Hah! My kids are all awesome, however. … Thanks, Mo. Best wishes, gw
Dietrich Avatar
August 21, 2018 at 6:22 PM
very clever this is, Gershon. I quite enjoyed it. Just to tell you, I am going on a quick trip after tomorrow so if you read my poetry and I don't comment back, that is why. I have so much to do, yet I want to see other poets who visited me since yesterday. What to do!!!
Wolf Avatar
August 21, 2018 at 8:18 PM
Thank you for you nice comment, and wishing you a wonderful excursion! ~ Gershon
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