<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=582000" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Warning: Irony And Others Ahead</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">1<br>dearest readers online<br>be forewarned<br>when you read a poem<br>there may be irony ahead<br>and if you don’t look out<br>yes, it can be like you’ve<br>run against an iron pole<br>smack bang against the forehead<br>(which may not matter if you’re Ironhead â€&quot;<br>but if you’re anything like me<br>flesh and blood and heart â€&quot; <br>Ouch! It can more than hurt!) </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">2<br>be forewarned also<br>when you read a poem<br>it can be like <br>driving in a school zone<br>when the kids are going home â€&quot;<br>so watch out: <br>irony may be walking with persona<br>and the literal with metaphor<br>and maybe a figurative pig round the corner<br>and sarcasm hand in hand <br>with opposite-of-what’s-being-said</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">3<br>so do drive alert<br>eyes open, mind open<br>when in Poetry Land<br>O most intelligent reader<br>for you never know <br>in the thoroughfare of poetry<br>who you might <br>just bump into: <br>Mr Alternative; <br>Mr So-in-your-face; <br>Ms I-Want-to-Talk-About-God-Yet-Again; <br>Vicar There’s-No-Bloody-God; <br>Mr and Mrs Moralist; <br>Mr Hey-Let’s-Have-Sex-While-at-Poetry; <br>and so on, you know â€&quot;<br>It can be like being Alice in Wonderland<br>with the Mad Hatter <br>but you got to keep your sanity <br>for company</div><div style="margin:10px 0">yep, stay alert<br>or you might just crash your Reading</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>4<br>An Afterthought</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and I know<br>wise reader<br>all the above might make me sound<br>like Mr-know-all<br>but hey â€&quot; modesty’s never been<br>the poet’s professional trait<br>(you must think about that â€&quot;<br>cos even the poet devoted entirely<br>to Subjects Divine and Holy<br>and of Such Lofty Things<br>and exuding sweet humility<br>is bloody arrogant -<br>cos they do implicitly or explicitly claim<br>they know what really matters<br>while you or I don’t)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Raj+Arumugam">Raj Arumugam</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=582000" data-title="Warning: Irony And Others Ahead de Raj Arumugam" data-description="1 dearest readers online be forewarned when you read a poem there may be irony ahead and if you don’t look out yes, it can be like you’ve run against an iron pole smack bang against the forehead (which may not matter if you’re..."></div> </div> </div>

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