TONY THOMAS
Tony Thomas was born in England in 1939,
and is a retired bureaucrat living in Brisbane,
Australia. He has an Australian wife, two
adult daughters, a dog and a cat. He holds
a degree in economics from the University
of Queensland. His interests are catholic,
and include: writing fiction, poetry, and
political diatribes to the newspapers. Other
abiding interests include political and social
philosophy, with occasional forays into logic
and the foundations of mathematics. His politics
are left wing anarchism, but his activities
are restricted to the pen rather than the
sword. Tony is actually a well known poet,
writer, mathematician and logician of some
stature, though he modestly complains that
on the contrary, he is not only obscure -
but unknown, and should probably be described
as such. On this website his prose pieces
and poems attract an increasing number of
regular readers - so I reckon he is wrong
for once - enjoy. ( Editor.)
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THE WELSHMAN'S VILLANELLE
by Tony
Thomas.
Don’t listen to the Welshman’s villanelle,
It could sap your fertilising powers,
Although we know it’s written very well.
Even Americans say they think it swell,
And suggests the fall of golden showers;
Don’t listen to the Welshman’s villanelle.
This poem short in length will cast its spell,
And bring about the fall of faulty towers,
Although we know it’s written very well.
Don’t invite the Welshman to your hotel,
Lest crying into his beer he glowers;
Don’t listen to the Welshman’s villanelle
All night he’ll rage and scream like Hell,
Giving ladies leeks instead of flowers,
Although we know it’s written very well.
With bulbous nose and rounded bum he’ll yell,
Until every one around him cowers,
Don’t listen to the Welshman’s villanelle,
Although we know it’s written very well.
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villanelle ,vi-lu'nel
- A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza andforming a couplet at the close
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