Gatsby, old sport, though he schemed,
Was lacking in blueblood esteem.
He dazzled a dame,
But never could claim
The greenlit American dream.
Tag: poetry
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Attributed to the 12th-century Persian astronomer-poet Omar Khayyam and translated in five editions across thirty years by scholar Edward Fitzgerald, the rambling Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a great read to this day…
There once was a poet who said
That God’s work goes over his head.
So why not relax
With a drink and some snacks?
For fate makes no sense, then you’re dead.