Point of View
Fish in aquaria appraise us
With slow and sidewise looks,
Glad that we're behind the glass
That bars our nets and hooks.

Prosody
The Old Formalist loves to answer
Positively with an "Okey Dokey,"
Smiling in his knowledge that he's employed
A dimeter using the age-old trochee.

Lament: English 101
Teaching undergraduates
Is really, really hard.
One asked the other day
If the Light Brigade's Charge
Was on Visa or on Mastercard.