Poem 134, Sonnet 69: To David Spooner, A Cherished Colleague Poem by Samer Madbak

Dear Dave, your arguments, I must admit,
Have often struck an amenable chord
A man of knowledge vast, of savvy wit,
A whiz of rhetoric, a diction lord,
A self-confessed complainer, yet I find
A lot of nifty humour in this Hume
A nihilist of rules, whose words refined
Have set our wintry 'high school staff' abloom
A Spooner who has spooned some spoony pates
Inviting us to philosophic peaks
To question norms and delve in deep debates
Though oft we strive to grasp his crisp critiques
And oft we spat, but sibs can disagree
Yet colleagues cherish collegiality.


Beirut
February 14th 2009