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Originally Posted by youngwerther  I am an aspiring poet who wishes to conquer all forms, from epic to sonnets to free form and beyond. This is a piece I created when I was at the tender age of 12, and was a crude attempt to reconcile the sacred and the profane. It does have poetic merit, however, and although I was kicked out of Middle School for a couple of weeks I think it was the begining of my Byronic tendencies. So, without further ado:
THE LEGEND OF TODD VERNON AND THE ILL FATED POSSUM
Since his origins in the dawn of time,
The creation of space, of Earth and mankind,
Who was the flower of his noble action,
And the utmost source of divine satisfaction,
That is not to exclude, if I may say the least,
The reptiles, birds, fishes and beasts,
Who given unto nature go about their own way,
Leaving God to concern himself only with man’s faith.
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"mans' faith." You misappropriated the apostrophe. Mans' faith is possessive.
Upon first consideration I had thought as Billy is thinking. Now perhaps it is not so much of a stretch to believe that a 12 year old has written this. Of course boys do mature slower than girls and to think that a 12 year old grasped certain notions put forth within this poem is a bit preposterous. Whether boy OR girl.
I am of the mind that this individual is "pulling the wool" over our eyes. As such when I have time I will do a line by line keyword poetry search. If this poem is influenced or has lines from another poem authored by someone else I would advise you list referances and add credit due to whomever.