Long delayed recognition for Friend Tate

poem in rhyming quatrains

Recognition long delayed.

 

The words you write will outlast you.

Your thoughts preserved in black and white.

 A century or maybe two

 will pass before they come to light.

 

Some scholar who is studying

minor poets of the past.

Might well end up discovering.

Your poetry was meant to last.

 

The words you chose so carefully

are still applicable today.

Fame comes to you posthumously

 long after you have passed away.

 

At last you get the fame you sought.

Denied whilst you were still alive.

Because some eager student thought

to search a little used archive. 

 

And wise enough to recognise

He had discovered quality

Which might well help him gain the prize

 which he pursues his P.H.D.

 

Now rescued from obscurity.

The words you wrote so long ago

Are studied academically.

Though sadly you will never know..

 

The student has achieved his aim

He gained his coveted degree.

In doing so he brought you fame

Albeit unintentionally.

 

The words you write will outlast you.

An unintended legacy.

To poets who will follow you

Donated to posterity.

 

Friday, 12 November 2010 http:// blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers

Reviews

[Rikkevi Rue]

BRAVO! too few consider the future, and too few recognize their place in the past...but maybe the student lived before and in searching finds himself, a thought few would entertain! All speculations aside, your write rhymes well and has that sweet melody of allure and humor. I was carried along willingly and paused several times to contemplate...who knows maybe one will be the next Emily D.

[Willard Wells]

My words may fall on empty space, but my hope is this fine poet sees my words from heaven on high and knows that his work will be revered for years to come. RIP IVOR, poet.

[Samuel Dickens]

Reading these recent comments, I guess Ivor has passed on, which I find very sad. He was most serious about his poetry, and in my view, extremely good at it. When giving reviews, he told it straight and with no sugar coating, which is how it should be. Most of us, myself included, are usually not so honest and forthright. Here's to you, Ivor, my friend. You left the world a better place.

[Fran Marie]

Ivor speaks the truth here, Tate, your poetry is classiy and top notch writing..it will live on and teach as well...

[Tate Morgan]

He was a great man and a good friend who taught me much and never accepted ok work as anything more than mediocre and would tell me when i needed to step up and do better then like the carrot and stick would lead me down the path to create something better

[Fran Marie]

so true...he was a treasure and one of a kind

[Tate Morgan]

simply without peer

[Tate Morgan]

What he understood and mastered was all the intricate types of forms for rhyme and meter.

[Fran Marie]

I know that from entering many of his contests...always on forms

[Tate Morgan]

always and he would tell you what you did wrong

[NoelHC]

A great honor to be acknowledged like this, Tate, sorry to hear of your friend's passing.
This line jumped off the page "Fame comes to you posthumously"

[Tate Morgan]

It meant so much coming from a man i revered as a mentor

[R Smith]

Thank you Tate for leading me to this poem, it has meaning for us all here and i'm so glad your friend lead you to write and be as successful as you are today, truly a wonderful man

[Tate Morgan]

He was a great soul who demanded excellence of himself and admired it in others but i liked him for other reasons he was kind and conversed a lot with me

[Malister Mikey]

Such a wonderful piece and it breathes hope to writers even if they are never published their words will live on and another will bring forth their pieces into life. Great work.

[Tate Morgan]

He was the kind of man you followed because instinctively you felt he knows where he is going

[Helena]

Beautiful tribute from one amazing poet to another! I'm tearing up now....so sad. Peace dear Ivor....you were greatly loved.

[Tate Morgan]

I thank you for this as well as he was such a heart warming soul and for me at least this little encouragement drove me to write 3 books Thank you Ivor Ill see you on the other side of the river.

[anne]

wow...no words for this..great... :))

[Tate Morgan]

On behalf of Ivor thank you

[Nayan]

Poeticpiers, you write from heart, what budding poets and poetry lovers like me, have felt every time we have read a poem penned by him! Never we could, though, write such a deep felt and well thought tribute to the words of the lines of his poems! They have made me wiser, as they have to numerous others!

Surely, its a blessing to be alive in almost the same time-span as Tate, to be able to read and understand the meaning of the lines he wrote and keeps writing...

[Geralyn Miller]

What a wonderful, well penned tribute! This piece has an aura about it that brings to mind thw golden age of classic European poetry.