Invictus

[hack]

all my heroes have slipped away
the last one left just yesterday
across the yard and over the fence
I haven't seen another one since

all my heroes have gone astray
I'd wish for more, but I don't pray
I've had a few, maybe that's good
perhaps I just misunderstood

I wonder how they get away
escaping on their feet of clay
spoken aloud it does seem strange
all my heroes are now free range

[Hawkman]

Outstanding!

absolutely love it. - H

[PrinceMyshkin]

What? You idolize chickens?

Nifty & nimble, thanks.

[hack]

I would never deny a breast or a thigh.

[PrinceMyshkin]

I would never deny a breast or a thigh.



Never deny a breast or a thigh
but greet each with an appreciative sigh
and when you’ve had several good sips
remember to dab genteely at your lips!

[blank|verse]

Hard to read without being reminded of that awful poem of the same name (http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/invictus/) he says, snootily.

One to write in heroic couplets, surely?

And I think Prince has had too much coffee with that poetic response...

[PrinceMyshkin]

And I think Prince has had too much coffee with that poetic response...

I fancy myself an open book. In fact, some might say I'm like one of those talking books, but my consumption of coffee is one of the few things I do not choose to talk about. That and a certain night in April, 1985.

[hack]

[QUOTE=blank|verse;867795]Hard to read without being reminded of that awful poem of the same name (http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/invictus/) he says, snootily.

One to write in heroic couplets, surely?



No more heroes.
They've been reintroduced to the wild.

[Bar22do]

This is my third attempt to comment on your poem, hack. The first two simply disappeared as I see. How do these things happen. Anyway, I find as refreshing as original when you use (your good) rhymes. Thanks.