I found this poem today and was really taken by it. I like the work of Roger McGough very much – I think I am inspired by it and hope I aspire to it. I know I am much more Roger M than Carol AD. Anyway read this today and just wanted to share:
The Examination
‘Well doctor, what do you think?’
He took the poem and examined it.
‘Mmmm….’
The clock ticked nervously.
‘This will have to come out for a start.’
He stabbed a cold finger into its heart.
‘Needs cutting here as well.’
This can go.
And this is weak. Needs building up.’
He paused. . .
‘But it’s the Caesura I’m afraid.
Can’t do much about that.’
My palms sweated.
‘Throw it away and start again, that’s my advice.
And on the way out, send in the next patient, will you?’
I buttoned up my manuscript and left.
Outside, it was raining odes and stanzas.
I caught a crowded anthology and went directly home.
Realizing finally that I would never be published.
That I was to remain on of the alltime great unknown poets,
My worked rejected by even the vanity presses,
I decided to end it all.
Taken an overdose of Lyricism
I awaited the final peace
When into the room burst the Verse Squad
Followed by the Poetry Police.
By Roger McGough
There is so much in this work that I love, that I really relate to, that I fully understand and that I wish I had written.
Enjoy
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