Inflicting ones doggerel on ones friends is rarely nice. This should get me banned I know. but the discussion did recently turn to wives approval or otherwise regarding our Love affair with PIC. Also given the recent Valentine days celebrations it seemed to me that although our memsahibs may disapprove we still have their best interest at heart.

Thus it occurred to me that when chastised there's another poetry, so turn to your love and appease her with the best the Bard could say on love in his beautiful sonnets, Just follow the link below to choose one.

http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/Valentine02.php

I think they’ll like it, especially if learnt by heart, well at least a couple of well-chosen lines.

But if that doesn’t work for a laugh turn to sailor's doggerel

POET Appeasment

My love is like a red red rose’ by Burns

tis nay Shakespearian Sonnet.

for there’s a POET that I know

with wealth untold to profit

and when the NASDAQ light doth glow

and markets rise as promised

that wealth, my Rose, on thee bestows

a Merc with golden-light upon it.

with profound apologies

sulasailor