This isn’t easy, folks, all this poetry fluff.

You know, using pretty words and all that stuff.

All poems don’t rhyme, I know.

I long to write something deep, but it turns out quite silly
Subject matter, no meaning, just plain willy-nilly.

They don’t all have to be serious, I know.

Needed special words, took out my Thesaurus
Mind insisted on rhyming, what about ‘dinosaurus’

That’s not a word, I know.

Don’t forget the thing they call alliteration
If your poem has none, reviews cause commiseration.

Not sure that’s a word, either.

In each line, you must work to count every darn syllable
Come up short or count's off, you’ll feel really miserable

Okay, okay, that’s the best I could do with that one.

The good poets continually talk about meter.
My brain would only spit out the word ‘peter”

Don’t worry, I’m not going there.

I hope you’ve enjoyed your class for today.
I didn’t even give all my secrets away.

Bet you can’t wait for the next lesson, right?