AN OBVIOUS thing for one to do For one who runs this kind of colyum Is to attempt a Rhymed Review Of Arthur Guiterman's new volume. ("The Laughing Muse." One Dollar, net) A better bargain readers could not In all their days of seeking get— Though maybe I say so that should not. (Observe that stanza. How it creaks With rhymes and verbiage extraneous! Friend Arthur would have worked for weeks To make that stanza seem spontaneous.) For him no fault of limping line, No flaws in joining or connection; I rate his verse ahead of mine, Which is to hail it as perfection. If you don't know his lyric stuff, I beg of you to blow a dollar; To you who know I've said enough— I needn't emphasize my holler. P. S. The book is large and fine. ("The Laughing Muse," by Arthur Guiterman) and contains that deathless line, "I hope to God a lion bit her." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEAF HOUSE AGENT by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE CHANT OF THE VULTURES by EDWIN MARKHAM MISPLACED SYMPATHY by CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS MYRMIDONES: THE WOUNDED EAGLE by AESCHYLUS IN EXAMINATION by RUPERT BROOKE FAITH AND SCIENCE by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK |