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BEATNIKS
long locks
no socks
NOTE:A footle is a two line ,2 syllable verse with an integral title-Light Poetic verse form,witty,pertinent,topical etc (technically a trochaic monometer and not necessarily in rhyme).
FOOTLES is a 'hybrid' innovative sequenced variation has
developed over the years (since 2009)alongside the original definition
footle
Monet
ok ?
Abstract art footle
begin
within
POP ART
bean tin
kitsch bin
BEATNIKS
long locks
no socks
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
Come in
Big Jim
CLUELESS
Oh no
Clouseau
STILL LIFE
tableau
stage show
LIFE CLASS
dress down
no gown
DER RING
on song
too long
footle-NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE
Useless
I guess
f
footle-OLD STRAP LINE
stop press
no less
bon mot
footle-TAIZE
rondeau
sung low
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2009
I write for money
You need the stuff
But is not
the only reason people write verse !!!
It is a way to capture one's most
innermost thought and express your pain on paper
If you remember your Beverly Hillbillies
There was an episode with beatniks denouncing money
and the banker went wild!!
I went to the Beat Festival at Town Hall
with the woman I was dating at the time
Sat in the front row
Saw and heard some famous Beat writers
Interesting!!
I will add this final thought
At one time I wanted to be a lawyer
Would have been better off if I stayed home and
re - read Tom Sawyer
I respect only poets
Who know how to rhyme
Warm, fuzzy writings
That read just like mine.
Other forms are too easy
Like spending a dime
Don’t bother to read them
They’re wasting my time.
For example the Beatniks
Ginsberg, Kerouac or Sinclair
Stoned out of their minds,
For them I don’t care.
It’s about velvet, lilies, the sun and the moon
Which inspire true poets
To rhyme and to bloom.
So please let’s not argue
Which poet’s the best
I dream about verses,
The hell with the rest.
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