Bontemps Poems | Examples

Poetry Virgin

POETRY  VIRGIN

I am a poetry   virgin   -   I’ve 
Never taken Shakespeare to bed
Or been read  a hot  Winter’s Tale.
I’ve never been  Wilde with Oscar,
Never seen  any of  E E Cummings  (or goings).
Thadly,  I haven’t enjoyed  thex  with  Thylvia  Plath.


These are poets, and know it, but can they do it?
Was Longfellow  aptly named by lovers?
Was  Thomas really as Hardy as they say?
What was Willy Wordsworth?   Not much?


I’d  like to try Robert  - ( but oh,  Burns   on the rug ).
I’ll  bet Arna could show me a  Bontemps , 
And  John Betjeman  -  I’ll  bet you, man.
But I’d worry about who has Stephen  Dunn.
Oh well.  Next  time I need a bit of James Dickey
I’ll just close my eyes  and think of Gerald  England