In a dilemma
With regard to the nature and scope
Of poetry
Whether the lyrics poems
Or not,
What to do
With
The songs he has
Whether into the domain of poetry
Or not,
He thought,
Thought and reflected,
Wavered in decision,
Took time to brood over
And to conclude
With regard to his acceptance
Of the Nobel Prize for poetry
For the songs to be sung
And heard
Showing allegiance to
The American song-writers
Whose songs he still hums by,
Relating to the folk, jazz, blues
And myths Hindu, Jiudaic, Biblical.