Apr 2022
that devil Billy Brate got nerve
took me to the green woods all excited
but t'was all for piping like Pan
just what he was giddy for
and i a reclined detainee to fawn
hollow reed whittled finger holes
he challenged natures birdsong
and came up shrill and dry
hollow reed
and i am boredom fed under duress
(how a girl
can mock up an impressed
gaze of awe)
it's all exhibit
a picture for his court mates to deride
he can swell his fellas with the media ;
he mistook another girl
down deep in Foxlease Thicket
took me to the green woods all excited
but t'was all for piping like Pan
just what he was giddy for
and i a reclined detainee to fawn
hollow reed whittled finger holes
he challenged natures birdsong
and came up shrill and dry
hollow reed
and i am boredom fed under duress
(how a girl
can mock up an impressed
gaze of awe)
it's all exhibit
a picture for his court mates to deride
he can swell his fellas with the media ;
he mistook another girl
down deep in Foxlease Thicket
Written for a contest. Contest closed early. This would have been the entry. The challenge was to do a poem inspired by an old print of a young guy and girl hanging out in the woodlands. He plays on a pipe whilst she lies there with a neutral expression on her face. The instruction is to channel Silvia Plath. I fell short on that front.
