for lord byron

for george gordon byron

with effortless
grace u penned
sublime
& untamed
nature.
u poemed up
to noble
heights the art

of folk
& custom.
yr poems,
bonny
epistem-
ologies
of human
deeds
shaped by
nature’s whimsy.
u truly walked,
&
blithely wrote
in beauty.

© Joseph McNair; 2009