Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ACCEPTED AND WILL APPEAR, by ANDREW J. KELLEY


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ACCEPTED AND WILL APPEAR, by                    
First Line: One evening while reclining
Last Line: "in the year of nineteen-forty, when the birds begin to sing."
Alternate Author Name(s): Mix, Parmenas
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


ONE evening while reclining
In my easy-chair, repining
O'er the lack of true religion, and the dearth of common sense,
A solemn visaged lady,
Who was surely on the shady
Side of thirty, entered proudly, and to crush me did commence:

"I sent a poem here, sir,"
Said the lady, growing fiercer,
"And the subject which I'd chosen, you remember, sir, was 'Spring';
But, although I've scanned your paper,
Sir, by sunlight, gas, and taper,
I've discovered of that poem not a solitary thing."

She was muscular and wiry,
And her temper sure was fiery,
And I knew to pacify her I would have to -- fib like fun.
So I told her ere her verses,
Which were great, had come to -- bless us,
We'd received just sixty-one on "Spring," of which we'd printed one.

And I added, "We've decided
That they'd better be divided
Among the years that follow -- one to each succeeding Spring.
So your work, I'm pleased to mention,
Will receive our best attention
In the year of nineteen-forty, when the birds begin to sing."





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