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.

"Pint of beer" by Peter Hilton is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.