Stephen Parker Poet Rhyme

Bartered Quill

Considering me a talented, aspiring shill
My muse loaned me a feathery quill
Brokering her wisdom, leasing her skill
With embroidered frills each barb with beauty did distill
Lithographer's vision, a graceful dividend to reveal 
Depreciating vane my artistic license to  bill
Hollow shaft gilded so her availing light can the vacuum fill
Inky reservoir with inspiration did instill
A deep well with literary devices did rill
Ideas streaming from strained cavity to the mind's tip with zeal  
Burnished hues, sharp tones aesthetic notions to congeal
A precision valve appended vagaries to swill
An automated inkblot defibrillating patterns to spill

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Stephen Parker August 9, 2011 at 10:14 PM Thanks for your kind comments, Carolyn.

Carolyn Devonshire August 9, 2011 at 10:00 PM You've gone far beyong being an "aspiring shill," Stephen. Haven't heard from you in a while and it's great to read your words again. Very close to a monorhyme -- some might even call it that because reveal and bill do sound quite a bit alike. Love your "artistic license to bill" line. Best wishes, carolyn