When we write poetry, we need to find the just right words to say what we want to say. Poetry usually uses fewer words than prose (not-poetry) and so there are language tools we can use to get our words to work how we want them to. These tools are called literary devices. One of these devices is alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial sound.
ANTS
Ants,
admiring an amber,
are amazed at an ancestor
appearing almost alive,
all anxious angles and
alert antennae.
An Aesop ant?
Advisiong an audience about
achieving aims and ambitions?
An ant as ancient as Allosaurus?
Actions arrested ages ago?
Albeit an adornment,
as ambered ant
arouses
awe:
“Ancestry” as Art.
by Avis Harley