Saturday, November 21, 2015

R. K. M.



Lives there a man in our town,
A humorist of great renown,
Whose modest name I’ll not put down,
              But R. K. M.
A jolly poet too is he,
A joker of a high degree,
Whose fount flows on unceasingly,
              This R. K. M.

When first I thought of writing fun,
I bought the comics one by one,
To see who led in verse and pun,
              ‘Twas R. K. M.
And now the years have rolled away,
No one has downed him in the fray,
For in the comics still today
              It’s R. K. M.


Nov. 21, ‘96
Camb. Press,
Nov. 28, ‘96


Munkittrick, Richard Kendall. An American poet and humorous writer; born in England, 1853; died in 1911. He was on the editorial staff of Puck, New York. He published: ‘The Moon Prince,’ for children; ‘The Acrobatic Muse,’ a volume of humorous verse.
http://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/4491.html




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