Thread: Last and Least

last and least
the little beasts
who fight for our attention
cannot attain
their longed-for fame
and pass on without mention

first and best
the doubly blessed
those haughty lords and ladies
will first and best be
‘fore the rest
to pace the floor of Hades


Note: This is an old, old piece of mine. It's already appeared in print, but I'm always willing to re-edit. If it works for George Lucas... oh, wait...

I love the rhythm and pace of this and I especially love the first stanza, Jeff.

Thanks, Gumby.

I like it just as is. It reads like one of those little gems that you find in an old book with a nugget of wry wisdom in the stanzas.

Same as those above me... I enjoyed it, no changes needed.

Have you no mercy, sir? Font, font, font. If I have to put my glasses on, the font is not reader friendly. Initially, I stumbled over S2, L4, but I believe it was more me than the piece. I think the repetition of first and best threw me a bit, but after multiple reads, it rolled wonderfully. My only nit is the caps, you abandon them at the end of S2, I think you should either keep the caps throughout, or take out the unnecessary ones for the sake of consistency. Wonderful little nugget of truth, my dear.

Thanks all!

Lisa, all the problems you mentioned stemmed from me pasting from an old Word doc that had not yet been edited. So, bad font and weird caps. Anyway, I appreciate you mentioning it because I posted without realizing it retained those flaws. Will fix them right away.