Paul Schneiter Poet Rhyme

Plain Talk--Not

I view it as unseemly to use high-sounding language to make an impression.
I perceive it to be ostentatious to  marshal words vainglorious in succession.

It is a determinant of consternation, if not constipation, to be so assaulted.
Obsessive practitioners of linguistic pomposity presume they are self-exalted.

Whom [note proper objective case usage] do they fathom they are deceiving?
Do they inaugurate imaginations veined by vanity that I am them believing?

I desire a day when poets dispossess themselves of verbiage of pretension
And with exemplary expediency abandon exotic words they need not mention.

Poets aspiring to perfection should endorse this humble verse unreservedly,
Or have their word-overworked works consigned to anonymity deservedly.

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Pashang Salehi June 6, 2016 at 6:52 PM Sorry Paul, I need a universal translator to understand this piece. It is of course my fault not yours.

Alexis Y. October 8, 2015 at 9:34 PM Paul, I agree John , I'm in search for a dictionary. Clever write. Good luck in the contest:-)Alexis Paul Schneiter October 8, 2015 at 9:58 PM Alexis: The poem is probably a little "much," but Casarah said, in effect, to go for broke. Please know I appreciate your comment (as well as your endurance for reading the poem).

CayCay Godwin October 7, 2015 at 3:50 AM An incontrovertibly superlative articulation. A highly pleasurable composition. And, in simple English, I wish your witty-self all the best of luck in the contest ... CayCay Paul Schneiter October 7, 2015 at 8:10 AM Thank you, CayCay. I think you know more $25 words than I do. I should have sought your counsel before submitting the poem. hugs xxx