Show THE WOES OF A POET One of tho Craft Makes Public the DIar of One Day ivltli the Muse When the public walks i and ruthlessly jumps on poetic efforts potc eforj it doesnt pause to think of the circumstances which may com bine to make some verses worse so much worse than others Now for instance take a poem on sleep Go pem to work on it in an office where the community in general likes to drop in every once in a while and ever I hio nn assure you that there wasnt anything that offended them in this mornings paper They ofended come in one and two at n time The first two lines I are easy j When through the west the drowsy sun Is hastening to repose Hello I How are you Got any exchanges that youre not looking atP Help yourself From tho other side of the room No you dOIt I cant allo v those papers to be carried off before Ive looked at them When through tho Tst the drowsy sun s I hastening to repose When flowers their task of beauty done Ahw iting poetry I see I knew a fel loW in Colorado who old write poetry by tho yard He was a goprf Wety wa one I When flowers their task of beauty done Thelrwe petls clos Ooggone these woolens A man cant tell what the weather is going to be four hours ahead When every passing breezejnurmurs When ever breeze a it passes Confound the meterj pe When every breeze that pas sings 1 just now drank some hot beef tea and mytongue hasnt any more skin on it than an al eel Lend me your pen a minute time passes sings AlazyL l I How sponll yon bo throiigh beer Next week if Im not luckier than have A lazy lullaby How sweet the kiss that slumber brings To seal el the drooping eye Now Jets sea if itilits together When through the west the drowsy su Is hastening to repose When flowers their task of beauty done Their wcry petls close When every breeze that passes sings A lazy lullaby Flow sweet the kiss that slumber brings To seal the drooping eye bring Ought to be more than one verso Maybe then3 ought maybe there ought Washing ton Post |