Known by his surname Satie
music with gymnopedie
.stark…simple without pretence…
sounds…..pause..then…silence.
Poet & artist DG Rossetti
a member of the PRB
His primary muse Liz Sidall
model wife & nice looking gal
William Soutar came from Perth
a cinquainist & poet of mirth
Since the 'net ' came on line
his Scottish verse has done just fine
Elizabeth Gaskell an English novelist
gave Victorian society a 'twist'
Writing compassionate with skill
industrial heartlands gave her a thrill
William Wordsworth of Lake District fame
famous in our 'poetic game'
Everyone knows of his 'daffodils'
often his rhyme still thrills
English poet William Cowper
pronounced "Cooper" all now concur
Renown hymnist of Olney
sung most Sundays ..usually
Coleridge a poet of renown
his name circulated London town
Also a bit of a critic
success if he gave your verse a tick
Prolific poet Emily D
no titles for her poems had she
Posterity allotted to identify
Making it easier for you& I
Victorian J R Jefferies
always tried to please
His prose became a great. success
with Nature studies no less
Religious writer Kirkegaard
making a living was just too hard
so decided to philosophise
with a learned Christian treatise
PALMER EKPHRASIS
the Shoreham
garden
scent
of
blossom fills
a white
blaze of spring
in
a profusion of clouds
an extravaganza
of stylised
enigma
proliferates
before
the eye
&
stays
imprinted
Inspired by Samuel Palmer’s in
A Shoreham Garden 1827
Three bros., Wideye, Snaggletooth, and Zonkers
When in town went a little bit bonkers
With the girls that walked by
What was level with their eye
Was ogled, whistled at, or they'd honk-hers!
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