A TOURIST'S POETRY

A TOURIST'S POETRY

 Naive, vacationers into trouble pry,
even in Rome, Romans to outdo try.
Tourists cunning away guides scare,
alas, their dirty linens only to lay bare.

Ignorance of the law, not an excuse,
a man caught in sin, yet this pleads.
A wrong foot leading crime breeds;
outcome hardly difficult to deduce.

A reading habit invaluable stands,
do not books by covers alone class.
Travels, hand in hand, with facts go,
only in word banks do these grow.

Poetry books in lyrics classy flowing,
facts sourced rhymed, away tucked,
prose to language of the gods elevated,
level creative new agenda allowing.

No field of study the mind enriches
like the lofty heights by literature 
over, not a few millenia, attained,
poetry's content evolution, no less.

Reach, prime factor in today's deals,
by words soothing spiced, delights,
and, as salesmen wax more poetic,
so will their outings get less chaotic

Trade, per force, tourism paths links,
raison d'etre of business, flourishes,
better ties nations binding, threads,
folklore by poetry woven, spreads.

 

Lagos
April 10, 2012