Firday Poetry Corner

[AlfredJPruffock]

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends - now whom do you think this poem is dedicated to - correct answer will will a Fiver !


Epitaph on a Tyrant by W. H. Auden



Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets

[sasguru]

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends - now whom do you think this poem is dedicated to - correct answer will will a Fiver !


Epitaph on a Tyrant by W. H. Auden



Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets

Dubya and I claim my crisp £5!

[AlfredJPruffock]

Dubya and I claim my crisp £5!

Good try !

But not the correct answer.

Hes still alive - remember its an Epitaph.

[Buffoon]

Chico?

[n5gooner]

Hitler.....my £5 ??

[XLMonkey]

Churchill?

(had to go for the other option)

[AlfredJPruffock]

Chico?

Hard Luck !

[AlfredJPruffock]

Hitler.....my £5 ??

Getting close - but not whom I had in mind.

[n5gooner]

Getting close - but not whom I had in mind.

Starling....

[AlfredJPruffock]

Churchill?

(had to go for the other option)

Nope - but I see your thinking - by the way I should add that its whom I have in mind rather then WH Auden ... hint you could tell is he was lying as his nose would grow bigger.