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Robert Brewer's  Wednesday Poetry Prompt~O4/06/2014~Tribute Poem

6/6/2014

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Written in response to a prompt in Writer's Digesthttp://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/wednesday-poetry-prompts-265
For this week’s prompt, write a tribute poem, whether it’s to someone living or deceased. Also, I suppose it’s fine to write a tribute poem to non-humans and inanimate objects (why not?), but it should be a tribute of some sort. Some poets call these odes, I guess, but you do what you want and call it what you like.

KIT
By John Yeo

A tribute to a friend, long gone,
Who brought pleasure to millions.
A man who lived life on the cusp,
Mingling with the theatre fraternity.
His work shone with amazing brilliance,

Comedy, Drama, History and Tragedy.
A sweet pleasure to read and enjoy.
A man who followed his instincts.
Using every trick in the book to employ                                                                                                                       
The wonder of the written word

His pen became a deadly sword.
To ensure his voice would be heard
Echoing through the centuries.
A man who was no stranger to intrigue
In the political world of the time.

A life tragically cut short with a knife
A young life cruelly extinguished
By shadowy mysterious forces unknown
Robbing the world of a terrifying genius
Who dabbled in fictive reality.

While the glory went to the upstart crow
Who became the sweet swan of Stratford.
The world will never reject or forget
The work of Christopher Marlowe.
Rest in peace, poet and playwright.



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