Poets and Bananas

Cary John Franklin's whimsical setting of this poem by Wendy Cope was one of the highlights of the last Chanticleer concert I went to. (If memory serves correctly, they opened the second half with it.) So how fun is it that Kurt Elling recorded it for Man in the Air, singing all of the parts? Audio sample here. I myself am also very fond of poets and bananas! Am I a poet? (Or am I a banana?)

The Uncertainty of the Poet
by Wendy Cope

I am a poet.
I am very fond of bananas.

I am bananas.
I am very fond of a poet.

I am a poet of bananas.
I am very fond.

A fond poet of 'I am, I am'-
Very bananas.

Fond of 'Am I bananas?
Am I?'-a very poet.

Bananas of a poet!
Am I fond? Am I very?

Poet bananas! I am.
I am fond of a 'very.'

I am of very fond bananas.
Am I a poet?

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I myself am also very fond of poets and bananas! Am I a poet?

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Bananas of a poet!
Am I fond? Am I very?

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also very fond of poets and bananas!

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