Poetic Orders Copyright © Colin Whyles 2010

We are The Order of Silent Poets
we cannot tell you what we've written
if from The Order
we'd not be smitten
we can mouth it
we can mime it
sometimes we can't resist
to rhyme it
when each morning
in a blizzard
we all stand on charades

W-We are The Order of S-Stammering P-P-Poets
our p-p-poems are r-read with a s-stammer
what we d-don't rhyme we d-d-drive
home with a h-h-hammer
it s-sounds like a
c-clangorous c-c-clamour
in a m-most l-lugubrious m-m-manner
like a r-rapper s-standing in a h-hammock

We present the Order of Philosphical Poets
our poems are deep and quite mysterious
lest you should challenge
or should query us
but we've thought
long and deep about
which secrets we should keep
and what we will say with clarity
and not a trace of hilarity
though we might be seen as querulous

Here is foretelling the arrival of The Order of Psychic Poets
we write nothing unexpected
for our future is selected
by the runes and the I Ching
and the money that they bring
ensures our livelihood is certain
for our crystal balls
have determined
we will forever
remain undetected

Be upshtanding for The Order of Drinking Poetsh
our rhymesh are moshtly shlurred
shome shay with what we're drinking
we should be sheen
but moshtly burp
our poemsh are lewd, loud
and raucoush it'sh true to shay
that they loshe focush and generally belong
to the shchool of the abshurd