A delightfully diverse source of examples identifying that someone is widely read.

A Song of the Sandbags
"They talks o' England's glory and a-'oldin' of our trade,
Of Empire and 'igh destiny until we're fair flim-flammed;
But if it's for the likes o' that that bloody war is made,
Then wot I say is: Empire and 'igh destiny be damned!
There's only one good cause, Bill, for poor blokes like us to fight:
That's self-defence, for 'earth and 'ome, and them that bears our name;
And that's wot I'm a-doin' by the sandbags 'ere to-night. .. . But Fritz out there will tell you 'e's a-doin' of the same.

Starin' over the sandbags,
Sick of the 'ole damn thing;
Firin' to keep meself awake,
'Earin' the bullets sing.
(Hiss! Twang! Tsing! Pang!
Saucy the bullets sing.)
Dreamin' 'ere by the sandbags
Of a day when war will cease,
When 'Ans and Fritz and Bill and me
Will clink our mugs in fraternity,
And the Brotherhood of Labour will be
The Brotherhood of Peace."

Robert W. Service

[poemsandpoets.net]

I love his ballads and WWI poems.

Your blog is made of words sublime,
I cannot help but try to rhyme.
A poem is portrait made to read,
A song of thoughts that we may need.
Thank you for your words today,
Well done, is what I have to say.

What? No McGonagall?

Well written and nicely organized. It read well with good flow and just the right rhythm.

Pretty good. I see my motto in there. You give a little, you take a little... the poems were great. I use to right colorful metaphors... never really used them anywhere but it was fun describing one thing and having people second guessing until you get to the end..

Pretty good. I see my motto in there. You give a little, you take a little... the poems were great. I use to right colorful metaphors... never really used them anywhere but it was fun describing one thing and having people second guessing until you get to the end..

Anyone with a heart should be a poet. Been making a fool of myself since age 14... first made in english so my friends couldn't read it well. Always been devious since birth I guess. Poetry is everywhere. I love to see it in paintings... where colors rhyme and composition mesh. I believe not all poetry is in a language or words. Melodies are poetry to me. I liked your latest blog post by the way

That was interesting. You mentioned a few of my favorites, Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams. I encounter poetry daily; I have facebook friends who are aficionados.
Good point about the poetry of lyrics...the lyrics of Noel Coward, Ira Gershwin...hell, Lin Manuel Miranda...are genius.

I'm relatively new at this. How do I find it? Never mind. I figured it out. It's late.