Assonance I didn’t think the kid would be big. Bickering about the licking of a stick of cool whip. Steel yourselves for the meat of the green tree’s leaves.   Chiasmus The problem is not how I will take the position, but rather how the position will...

A lost art   Enjoy it now kid, no one cares that you drew cats when you get older Teach em young   You don’t need a phone when you’re still in second grade, go play outside kids     You shouldn’t let tigers have pliers   Everyone knows about tigers, they’re big and they’re strong, but not flyers. About that...

Haiku sex joke   It is difficult to make a decent sex joke with only penis   Only 17 syllables   A Haiku is like an unsatisfying fuck: Already over     Rhyming for show   This is a poem called rhyming for show, it’s blunt force comedy, you already know, and you’ll notice that words get forced in like snow, they’re only...

Pack it. Use it. Stow it. Lend it. Keep it. Love it. Repeat. The smoothest stick for your roughest days. Pop open a fresh stick of cooling, silky relief. Your pocket-sized best friend There for you through thick and thin...

Alliteration: “Suffering succotash,” Sue’s slimy snail said. Cash cows can’t keep their cake. Ready racers run rapidly in Rohan. Allusion: You’ve got some big dreams, but don’t fly too close to the sun. In the beginning, there was only darkness, then I turned on a light. ...

The void   What is this chasm, what is there to fill the void? There is only love.   The heart-shaped throne   Deepest of our truths, our desperate desire, love controls us all.   A year with love   Three months in the winter she lit up my life, though the joy of her presence turned to my heart’s...

INT. close up shots of the JOHN’s face and then JESSICA’s face, each holding for about five seconds while the person looks intently at the camera. We’re made to believe they are looking at each other in a very serious moment. VO of JOHN’s voice...