<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367663" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Impatient Poem</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A poem with an attitude<br>Turned up at half-past-three, <br>It woke me up and said, 'Hey, dude, <br>It's time for poetry! ' <br>I wrote nine poems yesterday, <br>Those guys give me no rest...<br>I slithered out of bed O.K.<br>And stayed there, unimpressed...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now almost dozing, lay there still, <br>How long, I know not when, <br>Then crawled across the carpet till<br>I found paper and pen...<br>The poem prodded, like they do, <br>Impatient like they are, <br>All ready with its point of view<br>To broadcast near and far...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So there I was, with one eye closed, <br>The first line on the page, <br>My body slumped and strangely posed<br>At this most awkward stage...<br>The first verse came, eight, six, eight, six, <br>The syllables in form, <br>While I lay there, as cold as bricks, <br>Fatigued, no longer warm...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But onward, ever onward, I, <br>Began the second verse, <br>To finish this before I die, <br>If things should get much worse...<br>The third verse started very well, <br>I smiled at what it meant<br>And even giggled for a spell, <br>Like it was Heaven-sent...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The final verse, at last, at last, <br>The poem shook my hand, <br>'Well done, my friend, that was a blast! <br>I knew you'd understand! ' <br>With that, the poem paused in prayer, <br>'I couldn't ask for more! ' <br>'That's great! ' I said, eyes closed, right there, <br>Then slept upon the floor! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, February 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367663" data-title="The Impatient Poem de Denis Martindale" data-description="A poem with an attitude Turned up at half-past-three, It woke me up and said, 'Hey, dude, It's time for poetry! ' I wrote nine poems yesterday, Those guys give me no rest... I slithered out of bed O.K. And stayed there, unimpressed... Now alm..."></div> </div> </div>

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