Roy Schaefer was one of the best rhyming and meter poets I’ve ever known. He passed away 12 years ago – and today would’ve been his 82nd birthday. His book, Songs from my Poet Tree was self-published in 1994 and will hopefully be reprinted by his family some day.
This tribute was written shortly after his death.
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Here’s to you, Roy – you are not forgotten!
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He was the poet
who made it seem easy
to write clever rhyme
sometimes deep, sometimes breezy
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with well-metered sentiments
and humor too
he immortalized everyone
he ever knew.
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He wrote about butterflies,
poppies and love,
he wrote of the troll
and the skunk and the dove.
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He wrote of the sea
and he wrote of the moon,
he wrote of the snail
and the deer and the loon.
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He wrote of the past
and he wrote of a dream,
he showed us that some things
are not what they seem.
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And so he will live
in the world’s memory
harvesting words
from his dear Poet Tree.
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(c) 2000, 2012 Betty Hayes Albright
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Update: June 20th – I googled Roy’s name and found a link to one of his poems, for anyone who’s interested: http://a-poets-haven.faithweb.com/AsIWoodBe.htm
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I would post some from his book, but would probably need permission from his family since they’re copyrighted.
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