Aye,Aye, and a Mistress

Writers wrong readers with wiles Please protect poetry and prose From flagrant fraudulent fancies Of overwritten odius odes. A related collection of poetry Now can be published at whim. The author just needs lots of money, Hubris,and perhaps a few pencils or pens. Once the selection is published, Layman will fawn at the elequent jewels, Of eight words of lithe, flowery meter, Grouped together by formal,old rules, You and I know better,we can't be fooled. Another anthology appears Boldly boasting ballades Can't construct cinquain Ditto deconconstructing didactic Easy efforts elevate essentially Fabulous flippery, fun, fauxmance. Give gifts ,gaity, glory Hide hyperbole ,hail honesty Ignore idiosincricy Jubilant jeweled jots, Krielle knowledge, Luminates lovers learning. Masters manage monoku No one notices nonsense Only ones own oratory Presents problems personally Quatern quixotically quizes Rhymers,readers, royalaires. Simples statements said softly Translate terse tense truthfully Unless unabridged Villanelles vex vaguries Written without wordiness Yes,you yearn, yearn yonder Zee's zero For Deb's Challenge A A and a Mistress Brenda Atry