The Seminar. (poem) by Peter J. Oszmann on AuthorsDen

The Seminar.
by Peter J. Oszmann → (All Poetry by Peter J. Oszmann)
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�Good morning� - yelled the speaker of the seminar, Smiling, posing like an overblown superstar, His hand to his ear, audience response to gauge. As Shakespeare declared once: �All the world is a stage�, Full of actors, characters, full of empty lines And slippery mammals� mostly without the spines� The spellbound audience listened to every word, Promising riches that could fill the whole wide world, In exchange for few hours of work� and a fat fee� Everyone sitting there millionaire would be� �Listening there I could not help thinking all the while, What the holes weigh in a kilo of Emmental� � P. J. Oszmann (2004) � Illustration created in Photoshop (2005) for those not familiar with Emmental it is a Swiss cheese full of big holes� �just like the promises made on the �get rich quick� seminars�

Reviewed by Andre Bendavi ben-YEHU

Reviewed on June 24, 2007

Great imagery and contents in "The Seminar" make it a great lesson, and a poetic wit-wise grand.

In admiration,

Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU

Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara

Reviewed on April 15, 2007

LOL BRAVO! This really is EXCELLENT Peter! Seems you did come out of it the richer; no perhaps not monetary wise, but learned lesson wise...oh yea!!!! I love the cheese reference! Glad I dropped on in and I'll be back again!

~Nikki~

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on April 14, 2007

I love the meataphor... ...so very symbolic and meaningful, Peter. Thank you. Love and peace,

Regis

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Interesting write, but should not be taken in by every preaching you hear. Promises, promises and you turn up empty handed. Enjoyed this.

Be safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Peter,

The only ones getting rich are the ones hosting the seminars, it seems...sad how gullible some people are. Nothing worth getting is easy; if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Spot on perfection!!

(((HUGS))), love and prayer, Karla.

Reviewed by Kimmy Van Kooten

Ah hah! They probably weigh as much as the ones in their heads! LOL!
Enjoyed~
Love and PEace~
Kimmy~

Reviewed by Larry Lounsbury

Quite a good write. I often envy the rustic tenants of yesteryear known as Hobo's. They had so much free time to smell the roses. Perhaps in a way they were gathering precious treasures themselves.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

I hear those schemes on the TV and the radio all the time and just have to laugh as I turn them off...ed