A Poem with Semicolons, Rhyme and Meaning

Being a poet can be dangerous work...

Oct 09, 2024

I got so ~~drunk~~ deep writing this poem, I almost fell down an abandoned well. Just kidding!

I did fall down that well. So if you get a minute, please call my local fire department to come lift me the hell out of here! Ask for Lieutenant Ned.

Convey to him my deepest condolences about this happening…again. But it’s getting better, remind him. Oh, yeah, much better! My well-falls are down 14% this past quarter, Neddy boy! You tell him exactly that when he tries to offer up any resistance to saving me.

I’m gonna do a well-cast for my next poem if I stay here long enough. In this dank glow of the underearth, I really look like superstar thespian Henry Cavill, I swear! Just like him!

Enjoy:

AI image courtesy of Microsoft Design Studios. Pretty snazzy, huh? I do all the designing though. Not bad, right? For a writer, right? Come on, I'm fishing here. Throw me a bone. Come on, tell me I'm good! — There’s alt-text… if, and that’s a big “if”… if you know where to find it. Hint: Computer users, hover your “animal device” over the poem.

In a bedroom fit for royalty, Henry Cavill wakes at dawn with a start and stares at his gorgeous half-asleep girlfriend, who mumbles, “S’wrong?” “My dream…” Henry utters, wide-eyed, forehead glazed with sweat. “It was so real. I was trapped in a well with this crazy poet, and he got into a shouting match with this fireman who tried saving us. Ned something or other. This poet wouldn’t stop rhyming and…”

A Poem with Semicolons, Rhyme and Meaning

Being a poet can be dangerous work...

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