The Duke

The Duke

 

A court jester,

Busts in,

on an anonymous meeting.

Yelling

The queen, is in denial.

Silly me,

I thought the queen only drank tea

Just then,

 The sergeant of arms began to speak.

Sit down,

And have a seat,

For the order of business is at hand.

You may have issues,

And some resentments.

But I truly don’t give a dam.

Suddenly,

Came the mighty roar,

Is anybody willing?

To help him up,

And out the door.

Hear, here, said the duke

I do deplore,

I’ll give two shillings,

And many more.

Loyal to the king,

The subjects,

 Could no longer ignore

Well,well,

Two shillings,

Then put him out the door.

So,

 This is the story,

Of a dysfunctional kingdom.

That found,

 Sometimes Personality

outweighs the principles.

 

By Mauricio Montoya 

 

Author's Note

The poem you’re about to read is base on true events the names have been change to protect the idiot. This took place at an A.A. birthday meeting, when the dust settled and the chips were down the first 3 lines came to mind so I decided to finish what I started. Thank you for letting me share.

Reviews

[Denise]

Interesting thoughts, a bit confusing on the rhyme scheme however. Begins with not much rhyme then in the middle you get this really great flow going and then it ends with no rhyming, maybe it was meant to be this way? I do like the idea of this poem and how even though set in fairytale like medieval times it obviously pertains today

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Cute one..Got a chuckle..I am glad that I stopped by to read this one ....I was delighted that you read about a small happening in my ...We never know what might be around that corner...

[roarke]

Personality outweighs principles.... how often do we experience that? Transferring the true events into this captured moment of fantasy, yet holding to the truth of the metaphor is genius. This is an entertaining piece that harkens back to Lewis Carroll. Crystal clear my friend.

[emmajoy]

What truth there is in that last phrase of yours 'Sometimes Personality outweighs principles;' - yes, indeed it does, Mauricio.

You've put over the point in an amusing and clever way .. the meter rings out so that the reader can't stop until the very end .. i like that ..

Nothing to be offended by in your writing, ever.

[Marie Harrison]

I really enjoyed this poem. It's like a breath of fresh air. A profound expression of strength and mighty force in this voice. Great stuff.

[JanieB]

Funny.

[Misty Blue Eyes]

freaking awesome work i love it

[cassandra violet]

This poem was AWESOME for so many reasons! I seriously could not find a single thing wrong with it. You really captured me in as a reader by making it flow nicely, simply and kind with a kind of cute childish rhyme making me ACTUALLY want to read it, even better- it was easy to understand. It was great how it told a story as well because not only did this make it interesting but it allowed you to "show" not simply just "tell" the point you were trying to make. Then, of course as I do with all of your wonderful poems was that this was about bringing awareness to a greater issue at hand.

Lovely work darling! Going in my favorites :)

[HopelesslyDevoted]

this is really great, it kind of reminds me of the style of lyrics that the beatles would write. you know just that very random train of thought that somehow makes sense and tells a story at the same time. very good. :)

[SpokenWord]

I must of missed the offensive part, it is a very funny and well put together poem that entertains as food for the soul. Well done on this one. Keep freedom of speach alive!

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

This was a well written poem, I see no need to say sorry neither!