Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Lehrer

Polysyllabically aggressive rhymes
Are very difficult to hold together
Even at the best, most lyric times
Over calm seas and under balmy weather.
Even to try requires a facility
Trained with much study, undertaken dutifully
And honed until it reaches an agility
Which can result in poems written beautifully
Or, sadly, utter trash, too often comical
Or oozing with excessive sappiness.
Even the best are over-anatomical,
Far too precise to bring much happiness.
Too often Latinate, they're used too zealously
That, as a treasure, should be guarded jealously.

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