Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TURKISH ELECTION, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Among the femininity / as well as masculinity Last Line: "till bosphorus runs dry!" Subject(s): Muhammad, The Prophet (570-632); Mahomet; Mohammed | ||||||||
A Turkish Election Among the femininity As well as masculinity Of Istambul's vicinity Was tumult and hurrah; Abdullah the Uproarious And one more meritorious, Mohammed, called "the Glorious," Were running for Pasha. Abdullah's wiles were various; With drinks at one denarius He made the mob hilarious; He purchased votes in shoals. He roused his rowdy partisans From donjon keeps and bartizans; They rounded up the artisans And drove them to the polls. Mohammed held such knavery Deplorably unsavory; He smiled in simple bravery, And close to six o'clock, When every hope seemed blotted out, By districts neatly plotted out, The harem vote he trotted out And potted it en bloc. Then thousand men with scimiters And crimson-sashed perimeters, Tetrameters and trimeters, Commingled in the cry: "This man will get the dross for us! His brain is rich in phosphorus! Mohammed is the boss for us Till Bosphorus runs dry!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MAHOMET by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE MAHOMET'S SONG by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE MOHAMMED AND THE ASSASSIN by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES MOHAMMED AND THE BLIND ABDULLAH by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES MOHAMMED AND THE MISER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES MOHAMMEDANISM by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES THE INFANCY OF MOHAMMED by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES THE DEER AND THE PROPHET by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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