My apologies to Walt Whitman:
http://www.poetry-online.org/whitman_o_captain_my_captain.htm

And also that I have not the ability to keep his meter and rhyme in my devotion. (We’ll blame that on my grief.)

Oh, for the uninitiated – this poem is dedicated to David Tennant, the tenth actor to play Doctor Who. He is sadly being replaced next year.

Ah, but tis hope! I was a bit cynical when Tennant replaced Eccleston but behold!! I love Tennant. Let’s hope the next one fills the part as well.

Hilarious and really well done tribute to the old-school poetry, turning it into loving sort-of fan-fic. Ah, and I do love me some Doctor Who!

It would have been funnier if you’d kept closer to the rhyme and meter, but still worth a chuckle. By the way, Whitman despised “O Captain, My Captain” because people preferred it to his free verse. Frankly I think most of his free verse is a pretentious bore, but there are people I greatly respect who adore all his work, so what can I say?

My wife isn’t happy about David Tennant leaving. I don’t like the look of the new Doctor. We’ll see.

I can’t bear to lose fair David either… this is a fabulous tribute!

that is you mask keeping it positive

I wish he wasn’t going. I think he’s the best by far. David Tennant is amazing.

If he found out about this amazing poem I bet he’d stay on. :) Awesome job.

Oh this is also awesome.
So…. So very awesome.

As to its not matching in meter and rhyme, there are character limits. Some lines had to be changed.

And I’m not a fan of rhyme in general, either.

I enjoyed this poem a lot. It reminds me of me! I love DT as The Doctor but I don’t think MS will be able to ever replace him in my heart.

Well, at least we still have the unaired specials…