A Modest Proposal

The thing about a kenning is,
it should be obvious.
No explaining your
transferred epithet
or that transposed idea.

So you can't just cobble it,
with two incongruous words:
a flailing jet could
just be a hosepipe,
or a tap, gone haywire.

And another thing, if I may:
leave thee and thou
and wouldst, or most inversions
in their own context,
you are not Tennyson.

But, there is a place for poesy:
of course there is, just
make it understandable
- especially if your
subject is yourself.

Rhyme and reason, they must go
together for so many.
And well they should,
but not for the reason you think:
you need a reason for the rhyme.

On the other scribbling paw,
thou couldst ignore this notion
and even write methinks.
But I think thou wottest well
forcing any rhyme just stinks.