Auden's Time

In the sixties in my prime
Before I discovered rhyme
And felt the yearn for the warmer clime
That was back in Auden's time.

Auden then was showing his years in gray
And he had known a better day
Yet he was famous and so well known
And still in a class of his own.

With words Auden had a way
And in his works he lives today
Surely a poetic great
And he was never second rate.

In the sixties he was greatly admired
And a new generation of poets by him inspired
And though since he died three decades gone
His fame in his literary works live on

And though I was not an Auden fan
I too now admire the man
Quite a genius one might say
And respect to him one ought to pay.

In the sixties I recall
My passion was gaelic football
Before I discovered rhyme
That was back in Auden's time.