I found no easy way to lure the muse...

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Open Poetry #35

I found no easy way to lure the muse...

Master
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since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
Boston, MA

0 posted 2005-03-04 03:28 PM

I found no easy way to lure the muse.
I bought her flowers, sweets and lingerie.
She came and left without an excuse.

You said, “be more specific.” Overused
Specifics tend to turn into clichés.
I found no easy way to lure the muse.

I learned about her past to pay my dues,
I imitated Frost and Eliot. Dismayed,
I watched her leave without an excuse.

I asked her out to dinner. She refused.
You said, “use modern diction,” and I made
All effort that I could to lure the muse.

I wove each line of verse into a noose.
I hung on words and prayed for her to stay,
She never even gave me an excuse.

I knelt before her and I kissed her shoes.
Like no one else, I wanted her that day.
I found no easy way to lure the muse,
And proudly, she left with no excuse.

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