Poems to Read

Here is the preamble to my Apologia--i.e., preface:

Since writing the following, an esteemed contemporary informed me that
the Baconian Theory was conclusively disproved in 1989.  However, I have
yet to verify this information—which I do not contend.  In fact, I would not
be surprised to learn that Shakespeare is indeed the author of the works in
question, for—as the Apologia will attest—this is what I have maintained
all along.  

Be that as it may, I chose not to delete that segment because—insofar as I
am a poet with the same surname—my view of the theory is unique, and,
moreover, because it establishes my objectivity.  My sole regret is that I
was not more prolific.  The sage King Solomon counsels, “...be admonished: 
of making many books there is no end....”  On that note I conclude my career.
Easier said than done!  Even now I am bewitched by the achingly-beautiful,
soothingly-supernal, sad-sweet warble of my muse and my daemon insists
on ink as anodyne.

Melie Bacon
meliebacon@yahoo.com