Best Sancho Poems
Mc Jagger’s swagger, a southern drawl, I fell for
He gets stupid occasionally, bad behavior
So I made him my sancho
and now call him Pancho
The Stones play as he struts through the back door!
Tough time – the economic crisis for a short period
Sometimes for the five members there’ll be few bread.
Mother would declare she'd already her share of bread
“I was soo……. hungry, I had mine” she would add.
Dad, sacrificing his life for my higher education
Worked in a rustic village and living in seclusion.
Scene changed with newly built house quite pleasing
With my name plate "Dr. Ram Mehta, Litt.D" hanging.
Scene changed with those sacrifices in matured years
Acting Moliere in France, in U.K. visit to bards’ houses.
Attending the poetry conferences in three continents
Retired life with kids in USA and India, both democracies.
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*Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a
Sancho Panza, the Self.
W. H. Auden
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First Place win in :
Contest: The view changes sponsored by Michael F. Faletico
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Fourth Place win in
Contest: My Inspirational Poem by P.D.
Fifth Place win in
Contest: Winning poem by Skat-XOX
Tough time – the economic crisis for a short period
Sometimes for the five members there’ll be a few bread.
Mother would declare she'd already her share of bread
“I was soo……. hungry, I had mine” she would add.
Dad, sacrificing his life
For my higher education.
Worked in a rustic village
And living in seclusion.
Scene changed with newly built house quite pleasing
With my name plate "Dr. Ram Mehta, Litt.D" hanging.
Scene changed with those sacrifices in matured years
Acting Moliere in France, in U.K. visit to bards’ houses.
Attending the poetry conferences
in three continents
Retired life with kids in USA and India,
both democracies.
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***"Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote,
the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self". W. H. Auden
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August 12, 2014
Form: Verse
Dr. Ram Mehta
First Place Win
Contest:Teeter Totter poem by Sheri Fresonke Harper
Sancho Panza told Marisancha to pass the plate of Gazpacho
she was screwy and forgot the cue and passed the plate to Cascajo
Sancho hit Mari, Casca hit Panza
Alonso rushed in, gravy bonanza
"Don Quixote de la Mancha" hailed Don Miguel's Alonso Quijano
When and how
did we see chivalry last
or is it now
a thing of the past
and honour among thieves
is no honour at all
while beating my brains
against the wall
besting the dragons
at City Hall
am I wrong in thinking
it's my fight
or am I errant
as a roving knight
exhibiting gallantry
within a crowd
of apathy
indifferent
to the powers that be
outnumbered and outgunned
Sancho when needed oh where is he?
With apologies to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 – 1616)