Norman Rowland Gale

Here you will find the Poem The Amateur Photographer of poet Norman Rowland Gale

The Amateur Photographer

Beware of those who slyly pilch 
In many cunning ways; 
Beware of little lyres that filch 
From undisputed bays! 
Beware the tumbler's beaded brim, 
The ass in fiercer fur; 
But most of all beware of him 
Who makes my pen to stir-- 
THe Insecure 
And Amateur 
Implacable Photographer! 

Beware lest, thieving for your thirst, 
An earwig's in the plum! 
Beware of folly, gay at first, 
That later makes you glum! 
Beware of pits when stars are dim, 
The tooth of vagrant cur; 
But most of all beware of him 
That makes my pen to stir-- 
The masterful 
Disasterful 
Implacable Photographer! 

Beware of angling in a stream 
Whose trout are not for you; 
Beware of trusting in a dream 
That's gone before the dew! 
Beware of truckling to a whim; 
Of folks that always purr; 
But most of all beware of him 
That makes my pen to stir-- 
The premature 
And Amateur 
Implacable Photographer!