In his love of poetry one who did rejoice <br />And i do like his poems as they have their own voice <br />John Betjeman's his is a legendary name <br />His poems they live on to his enduring fame. <br /> <br />For his joyful verse he became famed and known <br />John Betjeman he had a style of his own <br />Like a musical river his verse race along <br />He surely was born with the gift of song. <br /> <br />The life from his body it may be long gone <br />But the poems of John Betjeman are living on <br />His poems say more of him than mere words can say <br />About him he had such a beautiful way. <br /> <br />From penning verse one who derived so much fun <br />He gave to the World 'Miss Joan Hunter Dunn' <br />One of the many joyful lyrics to flow from his pen <br />He was not one of the most serious of men. <br /> <br />To the major poets he is one who belong <br />And his voice in his poetry one cannot get wrong <br />His poems so well written a source of delight <br />That lovers of poetry do love to recite.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/john-betjeman/
