for Mogens Lorentzen
Taking fun
as simply fun
and sternly
taking sternness
such a one
has not discerned
just which is which
in earnest.
(Piet Hein)
More Poetry from Piet Hein:
- A Psychological Tip (Piet Hein Poems)
- An Ethical Grook (Piet Hein Poems)
- Time and Eternity (Piet Hein Poems)
- Two Passivists (Piet Hein Poems)
- Rhyme and Reason (Piet Hein Poems)
- A Reproof (Piet Hein Poems)