Woderful mischief in both these poems! Jesse James meets those in high
towers... I like it Sue!
I wonder, tho, Sally ee, if your last stanza isn't a tad too - what shall I
say about "the world of words belongs to us all - too given or too preachy?
But I'm still grinning!
Bob
>From: Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The William James Society
>Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:13:40 +0100
>
>on 27/6/02 12:54 pm, Sue Scalf at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > If I were Jesse James,
> > I would waylay ever poet
> > who assumes the name
> > of some speaker unknown
> > but to an inner few.
> > I would turn his pockets
> > inside out and his innards, too.
> > Then I'd toss him under the train
> > I've already robbed, doing good
> > of course for the poor and untrained.
> > Oh what a world this would be
> > if only I were Jesse James.
> >
> > Sue Scalf
>
>And if I were James Joyce
>I would laugh and sing in words
>I had made up or heard in Dublin city
>beside the Liffey
>and laugh some more
>
>and if I were Henry James
>I would be a little longwinded
>in the interests of literature
>or that section of it known as
>posterity
>
>and if I were
>but I'm not
>the world
>of words
>belongs
>to us all
>
>Sally Evans
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