The simile
is smilingly,
just like a fickle friend
who haunts your brain
with soft refrain
but leaves you in the end
There's metaphor
that cunning whore
who sings her siren song
she'll lie with you,
swear fealty true
'til another comes along.
For sound advice
a great device
is onomatopoeia
tinkling, crashing
screeching smashing
a boon to your career
To personalise
the very wise
will use personification
like 'old man river'
a well known giver
of poetic gratification
Ah...Hyperbole
just has to be
a form that I would die for
(or make that kill)
this ain't a skill
that anyone should try for
The cliché
as we all say
is just a royal pain
a stitch in time
is always nine
so don't say it again
And, idiom's
for idiots
that really is for sure
they just add two
to another few
and still come up with four
Alliteration
in moderation
is seriously sound
it stands alone
to sins atone
and senses to astound
And.....that is it
a little bit
on de-vices poetique
so; use it
don't abuse it
when poetic form you seek
© K R Brandli 03/11/2015