Melech Ronny
by Seymour Mayne
King Ronny was loved by all his subjects.
And why, every other monarch
ran into problems?
Ronny the First didn’t issue
declarations,
he published poetry.
But the Prime Minister and his
cabinet members
were definitely not amused.
How can we have a king who is
also a poet?
We know how the Maccabees
came to grief,
ruling while also serving as
priests.
With poets it is even more
extreme.
So King Ronny abdicated…for the
women
he loved. They were all
his Muses
and expected him home
every night of the week,
taking care to perform his
conjugal duties
even though he was tired
from working hard all day now
as a fully employed poet.
(One of the Ronny Someck Poems featured in the upcoming Issue)
(One of the Ronny Someck Poems featured in the upcoming Issue)
Photo credit:
Sharon Katz
Seymour Mayne is a distinguished Canadian author, editor, or translator
of more than 70 books. As the leading international innovator of the word
sonnet, he has given readings and lectured widely on this unique miniature
form. His latest collections include bilingual editions of Ricochet:
Word Sonnets in Spanish and French, Auspicious Calligraphy:
Word Sonnets, in Romanian, and Cusp: Word Sonnets whose
sequences have also been published in French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
editions. His most recent is a book-length offering of new work, Perfume:
Poems and Word Sonnets.
