Summary: A poem I wrote for the Man In Black’s birthday.
Rated: K+ (260 words)
What Do You Want in a Man?
What do you want in a man?
Do you want him tender and sweet?
Or fiery and savage
Or striking or average
Or one who will sing you to sleep?
What do you want in a man?
Strength or power and fame?
Or money and wealth
Or full of good health
Or a man with gargantuan frame?
What do I want in a man?
I want Shakespeare and poetry fair
I want loving and simple
A man who is gentle
A man who is tender with care.
What do I see in this man?
Something deeper than many it’s true
He is good and he’s studious
Both valiant and serious
And someone with nothing to prove.
What do I see in Adam?
A man loyal to family and friend
He is handsome and manly
witty and handy
A man who will stick till the end.
So what do you see in Adam?
Is it something beyond the outside?
Is it mercy and honesty
stubbornness, quality
Something so very alive?
I hope these are things that you see
When you gaze on this wonderful man
He is all that I’ve written
And more, if you’re smitten,
Take a look at him, you’ll understand.
Un dollar en or à deux faces Adam / Pernell, bref un homme avec toute sa virilité.
Tu es bien poète toi-même, Monique! Bravo!
Merci, j’aime beaucoup vos écrits. Avec toute ma sympathie et un bonjour de la France.
Adam is exactly that and so much more. Great poem!
Aww! Thanks, FCMGirl!
What talent! He is all the things you wrote and much more besides. He is such a fascinating puzzle to reason out and even then, there is always one more layer, one more door to open! Great job!
Thank you! Even though I’m a Joe-gal, there’s something about Adam that just draws me to him.