The Book

The Book

Peter Buchanan was a near faultless boy

Did all that he was told

Went to Church every Sunday,

Down the century-old cobbled road

 

Then one year for his birthday

His friends thought, “Let’s play a trick”

They all clubbed in together,

They thought the words would never stick

 

On the morn of Peter's birthday

He was as excited as excited could be!

How lovely to receive a gift from his friends

How fortunate to be me!

 

A book he thought, what a lovely gift!

They knew how much he loved to read

It was his favorite pastime,

Teacher Francis had planted that seed

 

But as he read, doubt started to creep in

Because of all that he had been taught by the Reverend Robinson

Had left him with a certain perception of Him

 

And with a frown, as he read Dan Brown

He thought, “Could this possibly be?”

Has everything the Reverend has taught me,

Be anything but holy?

 

And after he lit the fire,

And tossed the book within

He thought, “At least it won’t be me that is burning”

For to question Him must be a sin!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

This is truer to the form in the way you present the lines...the reader is engage much like the person in the story...in the end factor...its really up to you to choose what is right or wrong...the one line above could be shorten a bit...I believe...but just a IMPO:

Because of all that he had been taught by the Reverend Robinson

seems to take a life of its own from the other lines...may be just a touch:

Because of all he had been taught by Reverend Robinson

Of course....its just preference after all...good to read your work...of the two (2) so far...

[Gee]

Hi Nicholas,read your comment to David,who we can all learn a great deal from,then read your poem.enjoyed the content but for me it is a little awkward in its flow,sorry.I am by no stretch of the imagination another David but enjoy writing rhyming with a half decent flow

[Nicholas C. Cook]

Hi Gee, thank you for the comment. It's funny how for one it flows so smoothly and for another hardly at all. That is the beauty of it though, we are all different, and read differently. Thank you for the input!

[Gee]

My pleasure

[Leon C]

Nice vocabulary, and structure. It made me think of older my classical poems from my childhood. The cautionary tales type.
I like the story as well, I thought the gift would be something else. So well done for wrong footing me. Your gift was so much more anarchic than my thoughts.