Best Gilbert Poems

(A parody of the Modern Major-General's Song from "The Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan.)

I am the very model of a very stable genius.
Compared...

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Fighting mid the strong and bold,
His eye and blade were keen;
Marching like a thund'ring storm
On foes of Faith, his queen.

Now returned in victory
Upon his mighty...

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(Sung to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan’s "The Duke of Plaza Toro," from The Gondoliers)
 
When all the land did take a stand
When bugs...

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I douse myself by melodious waves of music
As he maneuvers me into his gracefulness
Clasps of our hands draw my ebullience like magic

In ecstasy, feet slide...

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The more mature ladies sit aside
Engrossed in conversing
Contented in perusing dance
Some their feet rehearsing

Such a seat up high with a view
Alone upon the hill
Longing once...

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To Love My Only Daughter
By: Aidan Gilbert 

I wanted to be the best father
To love my only daughter
But a cold war struck my blind eyes
Left...

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"Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy."
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A Pretty Sound-Hit Me With Your Best Shot
By: Aidan Gilbert

At the park swinging
I heard my phone ringing
Picked it up and heard my Mom crying
The cancer...

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The Wanderer
By: Aidan Gilbert

People say time ticks faster than it’s allowed
I say we walk too slow
People say stop to enjoy every moment
I say some moments...

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Memories: Friend and Foe, 
collaboration with Lin Lane

"Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy."
          ...

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I was reminiscing the other day about people I've known o'er the years,
And found it strange that their names corresponded with their careers.
For instance, Joseph...

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Gilbert du Motier, La Marquis de Lafayette--
A hero American patriots should not forget.
He helped us win the Revolutionary War.
In Paris, rests 'neath American soil ever...

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My mind is in need of rest
just for a moment, brief,
a silent little repose here
will surely bring to me relief.

My heavy eyelids gently fall
and shut...

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Topic of Conversation (Heroic Couplet)

Say what you want about the man in black 
You think he cares about that, he got stacks.

Akron Ohio was his...

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Le Rat Noir – Translation of Iris Clayton’s « The Black Rat » by T. Wignesan

(Iris Clayton of the Wiradjuri tribe in New South Wales...

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