The United Nation poet!

I am the United Nations poet!

The United Nations has one poet!

I know it! I know him…

Though many do not know it, me, him, and her…

I inquire; doesn’t the UN require many, more?

I am the United Nations poet!

I believe…

I must defer to Kofi for prose and diplomatic pose…

And, though I can scarcely dance,

I do court UN romance…

Words rythme for me, in every clime…

While Gertrude gasps, “a rose is a rose is a rose”.

David rasps, a poet is a poet is a poet…

Kofi and I propose,

Peace wilol with peace increase…

Hymns, his, hers, my puns may cauyse a stir…

a pun for fun, poems of the UN…

For more than a score of tears,

In whom, I added wealth to health…

In FAO, I gave erudition to good nutrition,

And in UNESCO, I even showed dedication to education,

Prefering “learning to be”…

In UNICEF, with familiar planning, scheming & screaming.

I complained, i proclaimed, I explained

“Every child a wanted child”.

David Inkey, The United Nations poet, 32104