By
David Wallace Fleming
I start every line with I
Cuz I am less than we
But how can that be?
Well let’s just wait; let’s see
There’s I and you, there’s me
And he and she, and Old English thee!
Thee old English thee?
But he swings in thee tree
How can that be?
Well let’s just wait; let’s see
He sets the old ones free
They’ve gotten away from me
And from I and he—from she
Simply, the thee have escaped
All the present day we
So wherever, whoever can the thee be
Lo—! there the thee be; there’s thou
And thee and mine and thine
Each swooping vine-to-vine
They’ll tire in thine good time
And we—we’ll be simply sublime
For I am the center of me
And you—! you’re kicked out of we
I feel like Shel Silverstein and John Donne just had a baby in my brain.
Cool! I had to Wikipedia John Donne. Most of the archaic words I got inspiration from reading Edgar Allan Poe’s less popular poetry. I like me some Dr. Suess … also.
Nice. If you like Dr. Seuss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Art_of_Dr._Seuss
I didn’t know that he illustrated his own works. I liked in the wikipedia article where they tried to define his style.
I had to Wikipedia John Donne For shame!!! Even this engineer as heard of him (and read some of his stuff!)
Loved the poem, once I saw it as a poem, rather than the prose layout the reader gave…
I won a copy of Luke Wood’s More that a Million Words some interesting modern poetry in there.