Sunday, September 23, 2012

Recognition

I can just see it now:
I'll be a doddering old fool
confusion etched upon my brow
my chin awash in drool

throughout the meal I'll curse and cough
"This should have been pureed!"
and then I'll sit there nodding off
as charming toasts are made

they'll ask me to approach the stage
to give some prize away
while I inquire, daft with age
"So I wrote poems you say?"

18 comments:

Bradley A. Peraino said...

Quick and cute... I like it!

Anonymous said...

I must commend your dedication to creative, non-forced rhyming. It's always great to read.

Mary said...

I love this! Made me smile, laughed aloud in fact. Hopefully, the recognition will come before one is a doddering fool!!

Daydreamertoo said...

Awww...old age isn't for the faint harted, is it.
I smiled but, it is sad, really.

madhumakhi said...

Both funny and sad at the same time. But laughing at our own difficulties is the best way to deal with them.

ScottlB said...

For me the confusion is already here..lol cute and funny poem thanks for sharing

Kerry O'Connor said...

There is humour here, but also a subtle reminder of what might become us all soon enough, that makes the reader pause for thought.

Anonymous said...

Good one!
Anthony.
http://antomaniax.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/light-up-again/

Sherry Blue Sky said...

OMG, amusing, but scary, too!

Serena said...

This is great... I know what you mean, I can see this too... kind of scary. I try to stay firmly ensconced in denial... not me, not me.... :)

Jennifer Wagner said...

I love it--a clever piece and your second stanza especially made me chuckle.

Sarav said...

Aw! You made me laugh and at the same time, made me wonder what prompted this? Well done!

Harry Nicholson said...

Ah - the pleasure of humour and pathos mixed. But we have to laugh.
Note to self: Buy more flax oil.

Pat-Mather Brown Gordon-ceton said...

the ending is magical.

Aya Wilson said...

a witty poem,
masterful delivery.

Anonymous said...

well fine tuned poetry and imagery.

rch said...

Haha just laughing at my chances of ever writing material with mass appeal, thanks for putting up with me my friends.

Scarlet said...

ha..ha..I love this ~ So humble poet ~