Cheesy Feat

A poem written to disprove G.K. Chesterton’s assertion that the poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese

From time immemorial cheese has appealed

To poets inspired to please,

There are poems by Claverley, Kipling and Field,

All attributing tributes to cheese.

Chesterton, too, in his critical Song

Against Grocers, augmented these three,

Making four, and by adding my name to the throng

I make five – with my Homage to Brie.

Be it Brie, Cheddar, Cheshire, Romano or quark,

Or any cheese churned upon Earth,

We poets, imbued with that magical spark,

Have awakened the world to its worth.

So Chesterton, missing the wood for trees,

Was clearly mistaken, you see,

Since poets have never been silent on cheese,

As this poem proves. Q.E.D!