Monostich
A poem in a single line ?
A wonder in one hit ?
The very soul of wit, will you be mine ?
Well, can I make my rusty lyric shine,
Or leaden meter fit ?
But oh, the rhymes, the bloody rhymes !
Those crimes whose chimes aren’t worth the strike –
It’s true, I’ve taken hours sometimes
For just five seconds at the mic.
So a poem in a line, you say ?
I haven’t time for one today,
But here’s a dozen dashed off, if you like…
Rhyming Couplets 