It was great and I'm grateful for the chance to listen to my students recite poems to me.
Here is the Task One poem for today :
Siren Song
This is the one song
everyone
would like to learn: the
song
that is irresistible:
the song that forces men
to leap overboard in
squadrons
even though they see the
beached skulls
the song nobody knows
because anyone who has
heard it
is dead, and the others
can't remember.
Shall I tell you the
secret
and if I do, will you get
me
out of this bird suit?
I don't enjoy it here
squatting on this island
looking picturesque and
mythical
with these two feathery
maniacs,
I don't enjoy singing
this trio, fatal and
valuable.
I will tell the secret to
you,
to you, only to you.
Come closer. This song
is a cry for help: Help
me!
Only you, only you can,
you are unique
at last. Alas
it is a boring song
but it works every time.
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