….or it could have gone this way….(How to make write II)….

Somewhere still inside resides a spark
Of inspiration: should it see the light?
The doggerel’s bite much tamer than its bark,
Let slip the pups of war to mock the fight.

The origin’s invariably a rhythm
(And not, as you’d suppose, a simple rhyme)
The fun is then to find some long words to go with’m,
Whilst keeping half an eye upon the timing.

Quotations next: you gotta have a few
(The literati, (bless ‘em!), need their smile.)
So welcome! well-thumbed friend, the ODQ;
Help me pretend to be that bibliophile.

Line breaks also feature on steve’s check
List: I’m told it’s infra dig to need a
Break at the end of each phrase; you might wreck
The metre for the discerning reader.
(steve clears his head and gently starts to hum:
de dum, de dum, de dum, de dum, de dum.
Aaaah! That’s better!)

Okay, that’s rhythm, rhyme, some quotes and line
Breaks all in order – stir fry in a pun
Or two: relief! The damned thing’s done!