Happy New Year in Verse

Do I repeat myself?  (Yes, but I'm making a specific reference here.)  Haven't I already shared my new words to "I Leave My Heart in San Francisco"?  I can't find them anywhere.  As for my happy new year in verse, it's too long for a blog, but I can give the last four stanzas and explain tomorrow why I wrote it.  (What made you do such a thing?)

‘T was Manfred Wolf’s column that got to my gut.

Resonating  with me was the Dutch way, “Hmmm, but…”

He also had insights on some Slavic ways

That  are like Slavic students and some of MY days!

‘T was the day before New Year’s with poem unfinished

And hopes that her friends would hear from her diminished.

Sir Harvey would be there in no time at all,

So if she were to finish, she’d better not stall.

“What have I left out of this trite too-long verse?”

She wondered re-reading, which made the case worse.

They say the best loved words are “Now I conclude,”

So that’s what I’ll do.  May our hearts be imbued

With the spirit of hope, gratitude for what’s here.

And in conclusion A HAPPY NEW YEAR!