Just a short diversion from poetry itself but using the content of words to entertain, 

with some connecting identities in the letters.  For example -

DESPERATION = The rope ends it

THE MORSE CODE = Here come the dots

SNOOZE ALARMS = Alas no more z's

SLOT MACHINES = cash lost in me

A DECIMAL POINT = I'm a dot in place

ELEVEN PLUS TWO = Twelve plus one

DORMITORY = Dirty room

ANIMOSITY = Is no amity

PRESBYTERIAN = Best in prayer 

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Anybody got any others?