Job Vacancy (Poet)

[grannyjill]

Thank you, my dear....your suggestions I will accept and use. The full-stop after the 'nose' bit I had noticed...but, for some perverse reason I let it stay!
The Jack Nicholson line was originally 'Jack Nicholson's flair for devil may-care' which I liked a lot with my obsessive love of rhyme - but 'flair' had to go as I needed it for Fred Astaire!
I am so happy this wasn't torn to pieces, 'cos I liked it!

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Not asking much at all really

It's hard to argue with the desired criteria, though instead of a poet who prises open my eyes, I'd want one that shone bright enough to make eyelids completely useless.

Yes, but you're from a different planet than me...my imagination only wanders slightly from the common path...it doesn't go off into the wilderness for miles. I speak of the practical not the magical.

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For Hes

As you can see I've put in the amendments. Do I have to do away with the capital letters, too? I also didn't know what to do with the internal punctuation..I thought it ought to stay.

I realised that by changing 'who' to 'who'll I was forced to carry this amendment down the whole verse - which I didn't like, so I've undone the amendment and put 'to' instead.

I'd love a poet who'll
prise open my eyes
and lead me down untrodden paths
Who'll lance me with words
or tell me funny stories
that make coffee snort down my nose
who is quirky, smart and unafraid
who'll keep me on my toes

The last line I've changed so the rhythm is better and because I liked the alliteration of 'decide to dance'