Ink on my fingers, what memories that brings
Young lad at school, writing of things
What for him will the future hold?
Writing so powerfully, clearly, and bold.
Wielding his pen as though it a sword
Quiet satisfaction his only reward
His words were electric, they lodged in your soul
He argued, persuaded, convinced and cajoled
His writing became famous all over the land
And people provided to his every demand
But then he awakened from having a nap
And found what he'd written was totally crap.
You write really well Don so maybe not a dream after all. Enjoy your day. Xxx 😘👍
Oh yes.... very familiar...
Familiar? 🤔
Dreaming about my plays being on in the West end and then waking up to the reality....
Ah well....
I am working on a play called ‘William of Ockham takes his razor to a Zebra.’ It’s about.... well, long have you got?
Kate and a very scared Zebra...
Xxxx 🦓👩🏻💻
Oh I see, I thought for a minute you had seen my poem somewhere else.😨 Well Filey might not be the West End, but I’m sure most preferred seeing it there. Your new play sounds interesting and leaves an opening for a second one ‘The Bald Zebra’ unless William has something more drastic in mind. 😘
Made me chuckle. 😄
But your writing is wonderful and it always makes me happy to find a new rhyme from you 👍
🙋Good morning Mr. D and you've made me and my friend chuckle at your rhyme this morning. I've been explaining how your rhymes are such a great kick-start for the day!😂😂💞
The punch line gets me every time ....I never expect it and it always makes me laugh.
But through this site your writing becomes famous all over the world, it's not just a dream.
Fun, made me giggle, do remember those "dipper pens", biros were banned and we were not allowed to use fountain pens until we reached a certain age, so we had those horrid pens to dip in the desk ink well. Blocked ink well with chalk, not appreciated by the teachers. Teachers used to say "might get better marks if we could read her writing" I said could write fine with a fountain pen!! stale mate.
Once again you've given my wife and I a nice start to the day with a good laugh. The punch line was superb. 👍😁
Ha ha. Don you are like fine wine - you get better with age 
Do you remember those awful pens where you had an inkwell and blotter? My work was always covered in blobs. God bless whoever invented ball point pens. x
We used to have ink wells too, and blotting paper. And individual chalk boards for spelling tests and verbs. 🖋
Once again the Master gets out his quill
To showcase his amazing skill
We read his prose and chuckle away
And once again he brightens our day......... x
You are getting better skis. Must be learning from the master 
xx
Must agree with Knitter, your punchline is always unexpected but always makes me laugh. How I remember ink on my fingers, we had to write italics with an italic pen and inkpot. It took forever to write a page and my fingers were always a mess, thank goodness for the biro x
Had a big laugh again Don. You are so clever to come up with such wit.
You my friends make that possible. 😘
Dreaming about my books being best sellers. They might have a chance if I didn't write about such obscure stuff! In my dreams.
But there's always that song....
That made me smile Don , enjoyed it.
Brilliant - as usual, but I disagree with you conclusion Don, so - (I hope you won't mind), I'm taking the liberty of providing an alternative ending.......
Then one day when waking from a deep reverie
He saw all his readers were smiling with glee.
Not up to your standard I know, but I think - more accurate, 😉😊.
Thank you Magpuss, what a happy thought. 😁
Cap'n - may I make another lunge for my proofreading hat and suggest that -
"Wielding his pen as though it a sword" be changed to read "as though 'twas " which I hope you will agree flows and is certainly more akin to your incredibly high standards; recently back from chemo so off to bed, take care x
Sleep well dear PR, I'm so sorry that you have to go through that chemo business. 🙁 I don't often disagree with you, but 'twas? You can't be serious!! You don't go around twasing whilst wielding a big two handed imaginary sword!
I think the last time I used 'twas' was in my poem beginning........ "Twas on the good ship Venus" which I am certainly not going to repeat here.
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In early Modern english you are correct, it is =tis ; it was = twas .
On a side note, for anyone who is not familiar with English, Shakespearian type English is early modern english, not Old English. Old English was about 700 years prior to his time.
If twas good enough for Shakespeare Cap'n . . . . . ?
We speak Lancashire round 'ere Luv. 😉
The dialect may be Lancastrian however the language is I believe English Cap'n?
Wuthering if I've gone too far.
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