A Poem on Poems

If you sit by chance to write a poem,                 

  With a pen, paper, and a thousand ambling thoughts,     

Here are a few types that’ll assist you,             

    In writing a poem of immense value.

When you wish to phrase all your thoughts,         

    Free from rhythmic limitations,                    

   When you wish for a boundless form of expression,     

 The free verse will lend you a hand.

If you want no rhyme,                            

 But a five, seven and five,                           

The haiku’s your pal.

When you want it all to rhyme,                    

   Be it a ballad or a pantomime,                      

 The rhymed poetry will always be on time,             

   To bring in your poem a lyrical design.

When you want to make your readers chuckle,         

And your expression to be rhythmically whimsical,    

   The limerick will amuse with quintessence,           

  To all its readers immense,                      

Making the verse worthy and laudable.