Poetic de-vices!

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ken.brandli
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Poetic de-vices!

Postby ken.brandli » Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:48 am

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

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby Stella » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:24 am

loved this , wonderful rhythm and rhyme i was singing along to it to be honest on the second reading..
think i enjoyed the naughty metaphor most of all. :D

My first read today and i am smiling hugely...thankyou

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby Tom Balch » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:55 am

A well crafted fun piece, Ken.

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby stevenstirk » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:12 pm

This is really clever, and decidedly original Ken . Loved the rhyme and flow, and went dashing for a dictionary. Bravo!.

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby Cindy » Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:41 am

This was fun and very clever.

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby Joseph Anderson » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:02 pm

A unique presentation which covered all the bases extremely well. Just a learning experience for me.Great title

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby denysruak » Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:13 am

An utter, de-cidedly de-vilment of a penning here. Ken! And perhaps playing the de-vil's advocate to de-bate the de-finiteness of what is de-filement or de-scriptive or de-fective or is di-sastrous or de-xterous or de-funct or de-ficient or de-?????? when de-construction of a presented poetic penning is played out. Oh, you dexterous scribe, you!
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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby denysruak » Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:26 am

A di-stracting di-scursiveness de-tected in the above comment - please de-lete the 2nd 'is'. Thank you.

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby ken.brandli » Mon May 18, 2015 8:37 am

Thanks for the fun comments, folks. This was fun to write.

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby Nightmute » Thu May 21, 2015 10:39 pm

Love the playfulness and the sound advice found herein, sir!

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby Fay Slimm » Sun May 24, 2015 3:49 pm

Loud Applause for this unique and cleverly informative verse on writing Ken - - methinks your pen had fun with all those de-vices me - - - - a smile every line for such wit. Great read.

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Re: Poetic de-vices!

Postby Seema Chowdhury » Fri May 29, 2015 4:05 pm

Very informative and creative.


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