Binfield’s Baddest Bantam Boy
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem
When Pope devised heroic couplets, they
Were like the weapons of the day men walked
With by their thighs. Their rapiers’ display
Was more than that. His couplets sharply stalked
His prey, poor other poets, yes, of course,
And politicians, yes, of course. Once his
Heroic couplets hit their mark, their source
Became a target. Hatred from the dunces
Attacked by them produced recurring threats
Against him. Pope weighed just about an ounce
Since he was four foot six. None placed big bets
That he would win steel bouts. His big dog Bounce
Was his companion when he strolled along
In case some enemy proposed a prong.