O-Ing Poem by Douglas Scotney
O-Ing
Amid negatives,
committed to being cheerful
and never melancholy,
Burns' farmer,
in 'My Father Was A Farmer',
ends all his lines with 'O'.
With 36 O-s,
I suppose,
even bet,
Burns' muse
was debt.
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: debt,metaphor,poetic expression,robert burns
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The poem is under Robert Burns in PH.
Jan 18,2016 - Burns had a secure job collecting taxes from people as an exciseman, but he made little from his poems and famously lived beyond his means. By the time he died in 1796, he owed more than his yearly salary to a dozen tradesmen. Dr Clark McGinn, who is researching a new book on Burns...
Jan 18,2016 - Burns had a secure job collecting taxes from people as an exciseman, but he made little from his poems and famously lived beyond his means. By the time he died in 1796, he owed more than his yearly salary to a dozen tradesmen. Dr Clark McGinn, who is researching a new book on Burns...
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5/3/2024 6:24:15 PM # 1.0.0.1119
A penetrating, novel poem, which sheds new light on Robert Burns. I must read his poems.