by Bill Shields
There once was a man named Paul, who worked in TV and could have made quite the haul
He decided on a whim this was not the life for him and he could bring more to the ball
He told his good lady Stephanie, that the Pacific Northwest was his destiny
So he packed their Dodge van and headed north with a plan
to set up a website called CC
He knew there were others, who loved cars like their mothers
To them this apostle, would spread the gospel called CC
Curbside Classic would be thy name,
Respect and good humor the game
He wanted good people like him who loved all cars without sin
He worked hard at his task with his face all aglow
making this wonderful world we know
Many heard of his fame and to Oregon they came,
To hear the wisdom of the man named Paul
There is Joseph and Joe and JP
The trio of J’s who brighten our days with their masterful wordplays
Then there’s Jason, who keeps our pulses racing
With the spine tingling stories of Grandpa Albert in his glory
Bet that was a twist you completely missed In MY story!
And young William from the land down under,
Whose maturity in writing steals everyone’s thunder!
And of course the incredibly cool Mr Saur,
Who lives a life I could really adore
If not for the fact that his wonderful life makes me feel old and a bore!
There are many others I could mention
Who deserve as much attention
But my typing finger cramps
So I must head back up the ramp to Brother Paul
Who you will recall is the illustrious, divine wondrous leader of us all
So now that my midnight scribble
Has been typed up with some class
And I’m done kissing a**
I will say goodbye til my next fib(ble)!
Bill Shields…”the poet, who don’t know it!” LOL!! 🙂 Great job!
Very nice! Might I even call it epic? 🙂
It is nice to be referred to in some form of poetry that is not a limerick.
THANX Bill ! .
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-Nate
Thumbs up 🙂
This is undoubtedly the first polite poem to ever contain my name. Thank you!
It also appears you have the right talent to do a full CC in rhyme (or some poem variation).
Aw shucks. A bit of hyperbole there, but that’s all part of a good fib(ble). 🙂
Thumbs up.
Very nice poem.
Of course, when it comes to the presence of Joseph, I wonder if it refers to me or Joseph Dennis.
Brilliant!
LOL..my thoughts were on both of you but be darned if I could rhyme Joseph X2.
So I improvised with Joe and Joseph.
I leave it to you guys to decide who’s who !?
Well, I am humbled that I’ve been mentioned in your poem. I didn’t think I had that much of an impact.
Excellent work, please help yourself to another slice of pie and scoop of ice cream!
Nicely done, sir!
Hopefully you will continue to regale us with rhyme, whose meter is a fine way to pass the time.
So previous reports that Paul is in fact the Man from Nantucket are to be ignored?
D’awww, this was sweet, Bill. I don’t think I’ve ever been mentioned in rhyme before!
Well done!!
A question … the ” Curbside Classic .com isn’t on the doors any more? unless there are two??..
It’s still there, but only on one side. There weren’t enough letters in one kit of these stick-ons to do both.
I knew it had to be the truck, does explain it. I was sure I saw it then turned back for second look ( my wife was driving..??..) and not there.
No we aren’t moving to Eugene but helping daughter move to Seattle area.
There are seriously a lot of older “CC”s still on the street around here. I would not have believed it. We have no tin worm in Texas but you have older cars (depending on the model) that make any CC collector envious.
There are certain exceptions that are obvious to the owner of a non molested semi-vintage -becoming rare collectable car that I have not yet seen on the streets out here car, but I saw a 4 head light cavilier yesterday…..my wife thinks… no has been confirmed that I am crazy to want her to pull over to take pictures of…I will work on that.
Oh yeah I guess I need to change that… Jon (not) in Texas..??
Thanks for all the kind words, guys.
And Paul… perfect picture!