THE MAN IN GREY - Reviews (Compiled from LYRIQ - Mensa Poetry Magazine)


I once wrote a poem of the same title but on a completely different theme. I enjoyed this poem since it has a basis in truth and, more noticeably, it bounces along in quite a jolly fashion. I may hardly criticise the single rhyme scheme, having employed this myself in the past, although with 35 lines it did begin to strain a little! (T. Wren)

2. The Man in Grey by Elwood Herring, who has a lot to say about someone who doesn't. A lilting rhythm and subtle (?) sarcasm gives this a rather jaunty, song-like feel (perhaps something to sing at drunken parties?) (M.Reijmann)

... Full of delights, many gleefully clever lines. I do like cleverness in verse. I specially like the diminishing versions of ABDP's name. My vote for this poem reflects what I really LIKE - which is how I think most of us vote. I'm usually, boringly, assessing merit - not quite the same thing? Here, I think, I find both. (A. Claybourne)

My third vote is for Elwood's The Man in Grey with its positively negative toast. I wish there were more of ABDP - can we all have one? (J. Thomas)

Actually, I was having a little dig at myself with this poem! - P.W.