Tradition

H. G. Roorda apologizes,

I normally wouldn’t do this, but it’s year three; and I’d hate to disappoint him now.

This isn’t a normal poem;  I only wrote two words. The rest are stolen from John Donne, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Robert Frost. Is this a valid form of poetry? No, probably not. But perhaps it will broaden your knowledge. Before using Google, you might try your hand at discerning who wrote what:

There is one, yes I have one
On winter afternoons.
Oh, to vex me, “He may be small”
Only compared to stars and moon.

Happy birthday, Nick.

Posted at 4:40 pm EST on the 5th of February 2010 by H. G. Roorda.

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There are 2 replies.
 
  1. Carson Spratt says on February 5th, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    Happy Birthday, Nick! And Huh? about the poem.

  2. V. K. Blake says on February 6th, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    Happy Birthday, Nick! Are you legal now?

    I’m going to guess the winter afternoons are Frost and that vexing is Dickinson. But ooh, I don’t know. She could have written any of those lines, really.