Poet's Corner had no epitaph
to mark the Welshman's
sullen art or craft
because, they said,
his morals were below
the standards there.
I mentioned the ways of Poe
and byron,
and the censored Joyce's works;
at least the newsmen listened,
noted my remarks,
and his wife, Caitlin, wrote.
we launched a clumsy, weak campaign,
the bishops met
and listened to the lilting lines again.
Later, some Welshmen brought to me
a copy of the stone
that honors now the beauty he set free
from a godhead of his own.
The name of this poem is A President Expresses Concern on a Visit to Westminster Abbey I took the liberty of using the first line as a hook, for all you poets out there, on the snoozing Poetry Corner. Where are you guys anyway?
Trivia Quiz: Who is the Welshman?
Jimmy Carter
from Always a Reckoning |
