Stan Cooper
Cartoon by Don Hunt
I CAN ONLY WRITE LIKE ME
Poet Poe, though “Raven” mad
His work could all excite
Forever, I’d be mighty glad
If I could Poe-like write
I’d love to write like Shakespeare
With nothing “much ado”:
But, Bard-William, have no fear
I could never write like you
Cole Porter, clever word-king
Your songs are all the rage
My words, though to my liking
Your reign I can’t up-stage
The opera Boris Godunov
Has great linguistic string
My lyrics aren’t good enough
To have written such a thing
Those writers cut me down to size
It’s true, unfortunately
Since I don’t care to plagiarize
I can only write like me
©Copyright May 17, 2003 by Stan Cooper
Cartoon ©Copyright 2003 by Donald Hunt