Friday, 18 February 2011

The true poet




















The true poet is a pacifist
Probably gay, quite often pissed
Look at Auden and Benjamin Britten
Britten wrote music – you get the gist!

Both fucked off to America at
The first whiff of powder – not brave that
But both did service to the Muse
Wore her laurels, with pride in fact

Orwell's the stranger on this list
Puritan, hero, novelist
Brave as a lion, fought in Spain
It's a good job that the bullet missed









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