Pure Words

To hear pure words of honest praise
can set a poet's heart ablaze
with confidence to write still more...
though all the world may yet ignore
or tell him that he must rephrase

what's viewed as ancient rhymed malaise:
Stop driving worn-out Chevrolets.
Rev these Mercedes; go full bore
to hear pure words.

When I return from cabernets
to lager beer, that newness grays;
I feel like I'd been with a whore...
turn back to write what I adore
and hope that someone's heart still prays
to hear pure words.

© MLee Dickens'son 28 Aug 2009

a riposte to Ron Jones' rondeau, Teaching Verse