‘The British Museum’ and Other Poetry by Guy Graybill

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The British Museum

The best sources repeat it, unending,
For the scholars in every lyceum:
Many art works, of nations unlending,
Can be found in the British Museum.

There are statues and weapons and baskets,
Which could fill the entire Colosseum;
Plus, amphoras and armor and caskets.
All are found in the British Museum.

They stole art works on every excursion.
Each success earned a joyful “Te Deum!”
All the booty, Egyptian or Persian,
Was displayed in the British Museum.

Japan’s block prints are not found in Nippon;
So, there’s no need to go there to see ‘em.
Tho’ they capture Japan’s scenic beauty,
They reside in the British Museum!

There’s no doubt, if the Britons had found one—
A preserved, ancient peritoneum—
Though the practice may seem an unsound one,
It would lie in the British Museum!

Since old England has slowly been dying,
It will soon need its own mausoleum.
Then we’ll learn, though without really trying,
England’s now in the British Museum!

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peritoneum: the serous membrane forming the lining of the abdominal
cavity or coelom in amniotes and some invertebrates, such as annelids.

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Frosty Apples

Herewith a verse;
Concise and terse:

In Wintry time,
My pomes all rime.

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Guy Graybill is a retired educator whose half-dozen non-fiction books have been published in the U.S., with one being published in England.  His rhymes have appeared in varied sources in the United States and England.  He lives in Pennsylvania.