The Liverpudlian Professor

Tribute to my professor of old English literature, mr. Denis J. Conlon Phd, who apparently is still active in the academic field because I found some links to his academic writings ...I hope he likes the way he is remembered.

The Liverpudlian Professor

 

Absent minded

Strolling the streets

Of old literature

 

Where Beowulf howls

To the moon

Gazed at by Chaucer’s

 

Travellers taking Gulliver’s

Trips to the soul

Of Marlowe’s Faustus

 

Sold to afford

The fee to

A Paradise Lost

 

By the Mersey

As recalled by

The Liverpudlian Professor

 

In Antwerp

Still strolling the streets

Of Liverpool

 

Dreaming of swimming

The Channel rather than

Taking a dip in the pool

 

No yellow submarine

To the rescue of

The Liverpudlian slang master

 

……

 

Author's Note

Imagine your professor of 'The history of English literature' teaching in Liverpudlian dialect...
I loved the man! He was quite a character ... but often litteraly misunderstood by some students that were not all Beatle fans!
Well, whenever mr. Denis J. Conlon finds this, I hope he likes the way he is remembered by a former student who chose to leave university prematurely but still loves reading and writing in English rather than in her native language.
Links to his academic works: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Denis%20J.%20Conlon

Reviews

[Butch Decatoria]

Enjoyed Gulliver's Travels, the symbolisms and comparisons of what it is to be human (differences that have fear attached)... we are what we dream to become... love the way you used your poetic language, imagery is vivid and references understandable. Your professor would be proud and humbled to be remembered by this ode to him/her. Enjoyed this, thanks for sharing.

~~PFluffer

[Wicahpi]

what a beautiful tribute to your professor, even though I am not a Beatles fan..lol. I bet he was quite the character. Doesn't that make for an interesing class :)

Well done!

[bluessadmood]

oh you bring back memories when at adolescence and in collage ,i can never forget those who really where so brilliant as to give all the juice of their minds,and they taught me a lot,i was a good student so they attended to me even more than others oh those lovely days ,and those wonderful tutors,i can never forget them ever,very nice and thoughtful and fill me with good memories of good old day...