poetry carrousel

Poetry Carrousel


In Norway poets are well educated
they go to university and get a diploma
to stick on the wall in their studies.

They are respected throughout land
and in all school children learn dead
poets, name by heart

They don’t get paid as no one publish
their work, but get invited to the best
literary parties and poetry festivals.

Poets, who have been accepted by
the literati, are revered and can get,
if needed a writer’s stipend.

But the best thing for a poet is to
have a private income, say, from
his grandfather, the shipping tycoon.

The man who founded his dynasty
by sending over-insured ships to sea
hoping they would hit a horn mine.

If you are not an accepted poet you
can still be published by, say, sending
your work over the internet.

And if lucky you can have your work
assessed by the grandson of the mogul
who killed your own grandfather.