A poem of Jest



How did I, yet again coerce
myself into submitting verse
What subtly entered as a test
now has me striving towards the best
I should have known, by coming near
that you would charm my way in here
And though annoyed by right should be
I find myself in utter glee
of likely having failed my test
but successing in a poem of jest
Such humor after taxing days
doth chase away the moody grays
A polychrome of rainbow hues
creates a pink from out of blues
A lifting of such spirits fine
does overcome this mood of mine
Propensity to see such light
perhaps will fill you with a fright
So joy have I, did you coerce
myself into submitting verse.
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Submitted on December 26, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aAbbcdeebbffgghhiiaA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 618
Words 122
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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