Lament, Pearls to Ponder Options

[Merlin]

Lament

How can a serious poet be
accepted by those erudites
who’ve reached an apogee in heights
and are much wiser than is he?

If learnéd I was as some folks,
my words would please, but woe-alas,
to scrutinizers they don’t pass,
becoming risible, quizzical jokes.

My situation is quite grim.
I’ve truly tried and studied hard
along this road to be a bard
but still my prominence stays dim.

A whiskered wizard I remain
with pen in hand to join the game
in search of promiscuity and fame
and overall, not go insane.



edit changed verse order switching 1 & 2

[Merlin]

Thank you for your nice comments, Leo & Ellen.

Back to Muktuk, I was in the northland years ago when that song was popular, done by Ted Wesley. That's where I take the thought line from, have given credit in editions where it was published, and expanded the idea. The current users of the verse haven't listed the credit, but at least it is with the song version.

I had no idea the song made it south, since it seemed mostly around the Arctic Circle. Glad it did.

Merlin