Wings

A very lyrical offering, Wally!  
 
I think Yeats would approve, especially in regards to form, which he got a bit lazy with.  You'll notice in your choice of inspiration poem, "A Coat", he ended 3 out of 4 consecutive lines with "it" and inserted a 4th instance mid-line.    
 
"But the fools caught it,  
Wore it in the world’s eyes  
As though they’d wrought it.  
Song, let them take it"  
 
If you are going to buy the world a Coke and keep it company - for heck's sake, don't rhyme the same words in a rhyming poem.    
 
I know, I know, where does that bastard Johnny get off being critical of Yeats?!  
 
But that just shows you how serious our evaluations of the entries to these CCComps are, given our willingness to critique those we revere as Literary Legends.
 
Good luck in da judging!

Going back to my Creative Writing course in college (one of my only few electives in a Business major), Yeats was one of the poets we briefly read (the university at that time had the quarter system, which only meant ten weeks of instruction).

It was difficult to really delve into the works of many established and well know poets in short amount of time, so it was pleasant to come back and pull out my old books.

Then I had a mental blockage for several days, until A Coat just seemed to inspire something. You know me and rhymes, so I went along with what felt right. Sometimes I'm a little intimidated with what these greats put out as their work may have a deeper meaning and I miss it.  

It was a great comp. I just wanted to put on my running shoes and race even though I knew there were excellent entries from the very beginning.

''Shoot it down''  critics?  Possible.  That will not stop you from writing good stuff.        Regards, Robert.

Sometimes in the spirit of camaraderie and harmony things might get misconstrued and we're left having to explain. So the poems that don't fly certainly creep up out of nowhere and have just as much effect.