It’s National Poetry Day, and don’t you know it?
I fancy myself as a bit of a poet.
So prepare yourselves, crime fiction fans,
For today I’ll rhyme as much as I can.
“So, what’s the craic today?” You’re probably wondering.
Well, you know that Dec Burke is Stateside a-wandering.
But it seems that book promotion has slipped down his agenda
Now he’s become a grand theft bicycle abettah*!
But not only that, he’s still making waves
Among the American media enclaves
So check out this link to the Seattle News**
Where The Big O gets yet another review.
*Common American pronunciation of ‘abetter’, doncha know?
I fancy myself as a bit of a poet.
So prepare yourselves, crime fiction fans,
For today I’ll rhyme as much as I can.
“So, what’s the craic today?” You’re probably wondering.
Well, you know that Dec Burke is Stateside a-wandering.
But it seems that book promotion has slipped down his agenda
Now he’s become a grand theft bicycle abettah*!
But not only that, he’s still making waves
Among the American media enclaves
So check out this link to the Seattle News**
Where The Big O gets yet another review.
*Common American pronunciation of ‘abetter’, doncha know?
** It's the Seattle Times, but that would have messed with my rhyming. Call it poetic licence.
