I will try to stop myself: a word-list poem for Poetry in the Boro -by- Robert Stone, 25 Feb 2023

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I will try to stop myself: a word-list poem for Poetry in the Boro

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I wrestle when my words misunderstood

bring condemnation in bright scarlet sneer,

those who reply appear to have one goal,

all those with other viewpoints to besmear.

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Investigate, explore, decipher hide

the truth because they only seek to find,

the slogans that support their mocking side

that rearranges all to be unkind.

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Give me a cat and good champagne to drink

and I will try to stop myself when thrice

I have engaged with those who little think

and never argue logic lines precise.

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No respite waits for those who read too much

when dogged by those who claim the common touch.

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- Robert Stone, 25 February 2023

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These are the words Poetry in the Boro, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, put out for tomorrow’s meeting:

investigate | champagne | scarlet | explore | respite | cat | thrice | decipher | wrestle | goal

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Archer the cat who keeps an eye on Christopher, Austin, Texas, a photograph from 11 November 2022. We had a few cats when I was young but they were outdoor cats.



Archer the cat who keeps an eye on Christopher, Austin, Texas