(Inspired by the great poet Tom Roberts aka @probablytomfoolery
I PERCHANCED ON A PICTURE WHERE A POET
EMERGING FROM A LANGUISH IN WEST BAY
SITUATED ON OUR SCEPTRED ISLE'S COASTAL SPOT
WHERE NATURE'S ENERGY ALWAYS AT PLAY
MAGNIFICENT DORSET'S COASTAL HAVEN
WHERE MANY HAVE BEEN RESTORED
GALVANISED INTO CREATIVITY
TOO POTENT AND POWERFUL TO BE IGNORED
SURE THAT WHILE HE SWAM
IN THE SEA'S BOYUANT ARMS
WAVES OF IDEAS COURSED TO HIM
HELD IN HIS BRAIN LIKE A TENACIOUS CLAM
YET RESOLUTE AND CALM TO CONTINUE
HIS PLAN OF ACTION TO TEACH CHILDREN
HOW TO WRITE STORIES AND POEMS
THEREBY GROW THE SEEDS OF LITERATURE
WITHIN THEM THIER IDEAS PROLIFERATE
TO SURELY BURGEON FLOURISH AND CAPTURE
IMAGINATION'S ENDLESS BOUNTY ITS UNENDING SPATE
THROUGH THEIR YEARS IT WOULD SUSTAIN AND HELM
THE LANGUAGE OF LIFE AND ALL THAT IT THROWS
SETTING THEM ON A WRITING ADVENTURE UNABLE TO STEM
THE JOURNEY WRITTEN AND DESTINATION NO-ONE KNOWS
EDUCATING INSPIRING TOM'S READERS MILLIONS IN THEIR COUNT
IT'S HIS ONE TRUE WISH A PROSPECT HE NEVER COULD DISCOUNT
THE UTILISATION AND MAGIC OF WORDS
OUR TRUE GUIDES OF INSPIRATION
TO ASPIRE TO CREATE STORIES
BE THE CREME DE LA CREME
TO REMEMBER HIS POEMS AND THEIR OWN
LIKE HEAVEN SENT PSALMS
TO RECITE AND REMEMBER THEIR MEANINGS
AND GLEAN THE KNOWLEDGE OF NEWFOUND GEMS
TRULY A COMMENDABLE WORTHY WIN
TOM'S WORDS LISTENED AND PONDERED OVER
AN EXCHANGE OF HEARTFELT OBSERVATIONS SPIN
NOT BY MANY WERE PREDISPOSED TO FLOUNT DISCLOSURE
BY WHICH SO REVERED AND INFLUENTIAL
WITH THEIR ALTRUISTIC TRANSPARENT
YET DEEP MESSAGES DEFERENTIAL
THEIR ABILITY TO INSPIRE TO BE INHERENT
ALL TO READ AND APPRECIATE POETRY
THE STORIES AND MORALS THAT LIE WITHIN
HOW I ADMIRE THE POET'S ABILITIY TO CONVEY
THESE IDEAS IN A GENTLE PERSUASIVE WAY
CONJURING WITH THE ALCHEMY OF SWAY
LETTERS VOWELS PHRASES METAPHORS
TRANSLATED INTO COMMUNICATION SHORES
THE POWER TO EDIFY NEVER TO DISUADE ONLY SOAR
I SHALL NOW AWAIT WITH BATED ANTICIPATION
TO READ AND IMBIBE A NEW POEM OF ELATION
TOM PERHAPS CONCEIVED WHEN RELAXING
IN THE SEAS'S ENVELOPING LULLING WAVES
BY WHICH MANY ARTISTS INHALE AND EXHALE
THEIR CREATIVE ARTISTRY CONNECTING EVERYONE
TO THE UNIVERSE'S KNOWLEDGE BY WAY OF
NATURE'S LIFE GIVING INTANGIBLE INCESSENT TRAILS
Copyright Natasha Anne Kelleher May 2021
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