Great poems! And I learned something that has bothered me forever: what's the meter for a blues? Thank you very much! (oh dear. Does this mean I actually have to try one myself? Lordy, I hope not!)

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)