Short Ahead Of His Time Poems

When lifting hair was not a crime
Tonto was ahead of his time
He saw a bald Ranger
Whose mask made him stranger 
A real pandemic paradigm!...

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My dad was really ahead of his time
Thought of as strange, a real scary kind
When people are different
They cause bewilderment
To be feared if they can't be defined...

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Young Shakespeare didst say to his tutor,
"Methinks I wouldst be much astuter,
And per chance, I wouldst say,
Mightest write a screen play,
If some fool wouldst invent the computer."...

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John Constable famed for his Haywain
later loved painting the wind&rain*
in many ways ahead of his time
&with which  conniseurs of art still chime


*https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-cloud-study-n06065...

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Ronald Reagan in his prime
Was a foodie, way ahead of his time
   Though others thought it 'kvetch-able'
   He daringly labeled ketchup, on meat, a vegetable!


             January 23, 2019 
Entry in "Educate Me with Humor - Leader" Poetry Contest
          Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

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A theatre legend - Mr Stephen Sondheim
an icon of Broadway, ahead of his time
smart lyrics, lush music, bold rhythms and rhyme
the curtain has fallen on a writer sublime.

// Stephen Sondheim wrote lyrics and/or music to West Side Story, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Company, Follies, and many more musicals //

Written 1/13/2022...

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