Once Upon a Time in the Land of Faraway Poetry Lived........

 

Once upon a time

In the Land of Faraway Poetry

Lived a group of poets called

The Traditional Poets Association (TPA for short)

 

However

 

A small group among them

Became frustrated

Because they couldn't flap

Their offbeat wings

 

So

 

They formed a breakaway group

And called themselves

The Like-Minders Society (LMS for short)

 

The Traditional Poets Association (TPA)

Were peeved (as you would expect)

And the LMS went immediately into damage control

(Friction between poet groups is not good, as we all know)

 

So

 

They tried to get 'back sweet' with TPA

 

Doth thee still accept us?

Offbeat tho we are

We still have got our Shakespeare roots

(Except we now drive cars)

 

Get lost.......

 

Sadly this did not work

 

So

 

The Like-Minders have now

Gone back to the drawing board

To develop a new tactic

 

We wait in hope this rift can be healed

 

Don Matthews November 2019