Man De Ya***
Towering over self-beguilement
To achieve an inner contentment;
Pardon turned him a pure Gent
Earthily, but wholly God-sent!
Where he could have chosen wrath
He followed Humility’s path!
World is closed- we are bereaved.
Family, Friends- we are aggrieved.
***During Nelson Mandela’s early days as President of SA and upon visiting Jamaica, revered Poets in that country had a clever pun out of his name; “Man De Ya” meaning, “The Man is Here!”
JM
09th January 2014
Quatrain Maestro
Graphics of mundane life
stirs on the Maestro's paper
Captives or symbols of strife
or mirth- all in one Wrapper!
With the usual "four eyes"
and trademark white beard,
Actor cannot elude on lies
unless when properly cleared!
Maestro's grasp of life's gist
smooth it pours and flows
Pen pushed on his holy wrist
is devoid of Earthily flaws!
Would I so easily turn back
from the beckoning welcome
Of this Canadian of a Jack
who, my mentor has become?
Dedicated to Jack Ellison
28th Sept' 2013
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