Ode to Derrick Knight, for SOCS

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He is the handsomest of men.
Were I to rank him, I’d give him “ten.”
His hair is white, his face is tan.
He’s the epitome of “man.”
No toy soldier formed of tin,
locked up in a storage bin,
he still makes memories by the ton.
His active life is not yet done.
He gardens and then ventures out––
Jackie along, without a doubt,
to drive down lanes and have a look,
then returns home to read a book.
Then sup on Jackie’s find cuisine––
a roast or curry or terrine
And then they’ll sip, to coin a pun,
on wine from bottles, not a tun.

 

The prompt for SOCS is:   tan/ten/tin/ton/tun. I’ve written about Derrick Knight, whose blog I’ve read for years. You can find today’s blog, which inspired this poem, HERE.

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

19 thoughts on “Ode to Derrick Knight, for SOCS”

      1. Jackie Stockley's avatarJackie Stockley

        Yes it’s me! never changed my E mail name to Knight so it comes up as ‘Stockley’ I am tho’ a Knight these days!

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