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This Age Old Tale Has Now Been Truly Told

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R.J. Lindley
Rhyme, (Dark Tales Told)
April 19th 1971
Note: Presented as was written for a high school class assignment. Great teacher, so very strict, gave me a C+ grade on it....
She herself a great poet, I then barely 17 years old, thought the grade was just....
Now I think maybe, it was justly due at least a B....

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Total # Words: 122

This Age Old Tale Has Now Been Truly Told Farmer was old, beloved land eroded Story told, how his farmhouse exploded Very soon after he was newly wedded Inquiry his young wife dearly dreaded. His body freshly placed in new graveyard ground Back at his farm only emptiness found New wife and hired hand had fled so far away None there caring enough to make them pay. Sorrows in howling night winds there fiercely blew Moaning echoed words that so many knew Empty dynamite box hidden in old barn Revealing this sad story is no yarn. Train they took, had wrecked at rampage junction pass Both dead in crushed steel, jagged window glass Justice, they died young, while he so very old This age old tale has now been truly told. R.J. Lindley Rhyme, (Dark Tales Told) April 19th 1971 Note: Presented as was written for a high school class assignment. Great teacher, so very strict, gave me a C+ grade on it.... She herself a great poet, I then barely 17 years old, thought the grade was just.... Now I think maybe, it was justly due at least a B.... Syllables Per Line: 0 11 10 11 10 0 11 10 11 10 0 11 10 11 10 0 11 10 11 10 Total # Syllables: 168 Total # Words: 122

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Quoth Theraven

Date: 6/4/2023 9:08:00 PM

Robert, Finest stories told, old or young, best reward in requiem. -Richard

Faraz Ajmal

Date: 7/31/2018 1:31:00 PM

This is such a lovely poem, I honestly wonder that why your teacher gave you a C+, I am 16 and my poems are quite ordinary, still because I am the only one in my class who is interested in poetry, apart from my english teacher, the whole school staff always appreciate me, whenever there is a competition, I am given the chance, so your this poem sure is a really nice one for a 17 year old, so did anyone got an A? I don't think so

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/30/2018 9:36:00 AM

Hi Robert, You have posted an oldie but goodie. It was a joy to see your remarkable talent at such a young age. Your poem was well written with an good ending. Karma will happen wheather we want it to or not . Excellent job:-) Alexis

Robert Lindley
Date: 7/30/2018 10:36:00 AM

Thank you my good friend. I truly wish I had, to present here, a treasure trove of my very best poems(IMHO), written in two private journals over a three year period- over 600 poems. All lost-stolen and burned many decades ago, by a vindictive ex-wife. Life deals its hard blows and we must carry on.

Eric Boddie

Date: 7/30/2018 8:13:00 AM

karma, the greatest female dog of all....acts of shadiness ensure you will fall....sure you may think you got away clean....but think about your frustration in your daily routine....failing health, compounding debt, and both, lost and false friends....and stress from thinking will it ever end....or maybe its just coincidence if that's what you want to think....but what goes around comes back just to see the deceitful sink....powerful write my good friend mr Robert....

Robert Lindley
Date: 7/30/2018 9:06:00 AM

Thank you my good friend. Great verses you just penned! Right on the mark too...

Lawrence Sharp

Date: 7/30/2018 12:03:00 AM

It says something about the subjectivity of any art form, because it's smashingly good writing. Seventeen ? Very impressive.

Robert Lindley
Date: 7/30/2018 12:39:00 AM

Thank you my good friend. Very glad you liked this old poem my friend. I pulled it from my one of my old private journals and almost decided not to share it here.

Arturo Michael

Date: 7/29/2018 9:18:00 PM

Instant karma...This sound like a true true...incredible what people can do...Nicely written...All the best Robert

Robert Lindley
Date: 7/30/2018 12:37:00 AM

Thank you my good friend. Sad but well known is history reveals far, far worse than this example of evil and man's weakness.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/29/2018 8:21:00 PM

I agree Robert, it certainly deserved better than a C+. I am sure you became inspired to work toward an A. Karma will catch up to you every time, either now or in the next life. I really enjoyed the ending, but the fact that they went together is not entirely sad. : )

Robert Lindley
Date: 7/29/2018 8:40:00 PM

Thank you my dear friend. You are correct, her teaching and her grading did inspire me all the more. I am still waiting for that day- when any one of my poems may justly receive an A+.. A man can dream can't he??