Just For You Poetry

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

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.

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

A well crafted fun piece, Ken.

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

This was fun and very clever.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

Very informative and creative.