An Undergraduate Poem

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theirishsea
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An Undergraduate Poem

Post by theirishsea » August 5th, 2011, 1:01 pm

(this is a poem---or a fragment of one written 40 to 45 years ago. It may be nothing but I like the sound of it.

Comus and Samson Agonistes we never read.
Aquinas sent us to bed.
What good is it to dread the Sartre state of things,
and act as some old stoic heroic boor,
drifting as one of Dante's ghosts forever more,
quoting Edgar A. Poe
and being recalcitrant slave to existential woe?

A rum and coke, a coke and rum....
I'd rather be a Tweedle-dee,
and you can be a Tweedle-dum. Girlie, kiss me.
We will be happy with our rum
and who knows what will go and what will come.
The Irish Sea Is Always In Turmoil, Even When Calm.

Kailashana
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Re: An Undergraduate Poem

Post by Kailashana » August 5th, 2011, 1:25 pm

me 2.

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mnaz
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Re: An Undergraduate Poem

Post by mnaz » August 5th, 2011, 5:48 pm

you had me at "recalcitrant"... (i'm also fond of "obstreperous")...

definitely has the college vibe ...

saw
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Re: An Undergraduate Poem

Post by saw » August 6th, 2011, 7:31 am

ho ho ho and a bottle of rum, Captain Morgan would grin and argh a few times I'm sure.....sound is important......can't remember you ever posting a rhyming poem, but that could simply be due to my faulty brain.......thanx for posting the golden oldie.....
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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