When I Heard the Poetry Open Mic by Owen Townend (An Open Mic Riff Poem 3)
When I heard the poetry open mic, When a poet, performer, went up on stage before me. When I caught their rhymes and quick puns, delivered at volume with props, When I, standing in the doorway heard that poet finish with much applause in the bar room, How quickly I turned to flee, Pints in hand and in need of a wee, Round the other way, back to the boys and laughed about all that bohemian noise. This is a shameless parody of When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by the American poet Walt Whitman, which you can read here .