Reflections Behind Closed Minds
The art of interactive verse
Is somewhat like karate
It doesn't do to be too terse
Nor yet too hale and hearty
Be sensitive to others' tricks
(some not-so-simply spotted)
All authors have their own small tics
They'll go for your carotid
It helps if you know how to scan
Without a map or compass
For if you change the author's plan
The upshot is a rumpus
A sense of rhyme won't go amiss
Nor yet an ear for rhythm
And those who can achieve all this
Have several Muses with 'em.
Yet, first and foremost, bear in mind
How meaning must be reckoned:
When major themes have been defined
Let nonsense not be second
The joy collaboration brings
Outweighs both rhyme and reason
It makes a pastime fit for Kings
And Presidents to seize on.
Contributors: | TG, Roland. |
Poem finished: | 13th May 2002. |