sour cheese
“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
G.K. Chesterton
Well might English
writer, philosopher, critic
& Father of Brown
bemoan cheese’s woeful
under-representation
in the annals of poetics
as he himself
being a descendent
of Clerihew Chesterton
aka the 1st Lord Chester ;
the name Chesterton
is an Elizabethan corruption
of Cheeses’ Town
from Latin Jesus’ Town
— & if cheese is good enough
for our Lord
surely it’s worthy of
more diverse versification
I love it! The wacky sleep-deprived-induced lines work so well. The last lines work so well:
the name Chesterton
is an Elizabethan corruption
of Cheeses’ Town
from Latin Jesus’ Town
— & if cheese is good enough
for our Lord
surely it’s worthy of
more diverse versification
Interesting poem
Thanks Jacob. I do enjoy writing these playful little tongue-in-cheek lighthearted bits of fluffy floss … & I adore just messing round with language games, puns, etc