tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574784941053362852.post7890245743008370377..comments2023-10-29T02:51:20.385-07:00Comments on Concelebratory Shoehorn Review: Maurice Oliver - editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00516848749844866857noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574784941053362852.post-60676374849141302892009-02-26T12:46:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:46:00.000-08:00Maurice - You may be interested to know that two o...Maurice - You may be interested to know that two of these were written in response to other poets' work. US writer and academic Ed Allen and I used to comment on each other's poems through Poetry Down Under. Once Ed wrote a poem about an escalator, so I responded with one about an elevator super-titled 'Schindler's Lift.' So that explans the enigmatic 'Ed' in the poem. Here's Ed's original:<BR/><BR/>ODE TO AN OTIS ESCALATOR<BR/>Oh you band of steel and rubber<BR/>Carrying countless tons of blubber<BR/>Everyday you move your load<BR/>Along the same old weary road<BR/>The sign reads up and up you go<BR/>Sometimes I bet you're wishing though<BR/>That through some strange mysterious force<BR/>You could change your passive course<BR/>Perhaps go down or maybe sideways<BR/>And leave behind your hampering guideways<BR/>To you my sympathy I extend<BR/>And hope you find a means to end<BR/>This tyranny that stifles breath<BR/>I too could profit from its death.<BR/><BR/>Copyright © Ed Allen 1996<BR/><BR/>'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Hardly Ever' was a pale imitation of 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever' by a much more famous and talented Australian poet Les Murray.<BR/><BR/>I hope this makes my poems more intelligible!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for publishing my work,<BR/><BR/>rob walkerrobwalkerpoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283006683929719872noreply@blogger.com