Chanticleer

 

Chanticleer

Cock-a-doodle-doo's

Chanticleer

Crows and Crows

Marking the hour

Of the Final exam

He struts about the rubbish heap

Behind the class room building

Proud father of his domain

Chanticleer crows

And the students

Ignore his banter

Working earnestly upon their papers

He beckons the class

To another time and place

To a distant time

Of knights and ladies

He calls forth

A romantic spirit

On top of the rubbish heap

 

 

by Hugh M. Lewis

The Great Wall

Poesy From China

1998-9


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