I am trying to write a poem which expresses my feeling about people taking their shoes off when they come into my house. Does anyone know where I can go to get help with this?

So far I have come up with:
Come inside
Have a seat
Take the shoes
From your feet

and that is it. I have a bench for peope sit down on and a shoe rack beside it for them to place their shoes. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Many thanks
Nina

Maybe you should ask Dear Prudence or Miss Manners about this one. Personally, I like to keep my shoes on when I go other people's houses, but that's just me.

I'm not sure if i understand what type of help you need?

Do you wish to continue with the poem you've started?

Is this going to be a sign that you put up in your home?

Would you like me to write some lines, like

"please have a seat and sit on the bench
take off your shoes, think not of the stench"
or
"use the rack
you'll get them back"

If your feet smell and your nose runs, you're built upside down !

see, Talia, you took this question in a totally different way than I did...I'm baffled as to the nature of the "help" needed !

You and I won't be going to Nina's house anytime soon !

I'd throw a 'please' or two in there if I were writing it. Other than that, it looks okay.

Also, I wouldn't depend on people reading the sign- I'd just ask them to please remove their shoes.

pam

Politeness is the glue that holds society together !

Take the shoes
From your feet

Quite right. And if any are on your knees, leave them, please.

You're the bee's knees !

'and help to keep
my carpets neat/sweet'

Come and be
barefoot among us
with athlete's foot
and toenail fungus

ANOTHER WAY TO GO:

Find ANY poem about feet and/or shoes, and underneath that just write: "Please take off your shoes before entering." Next to a selection of socks and slippers, if you want to be the Host(ess) with the Most(ess).

This one comes to mind:

    [But] four young oysters hurried up,
    All eager for the treat:
    Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
    Their shoes were clean and neat --
    And this was odd, because, you know,
    They hadn't any feet.

(from "The Walrus and the Carpenter")