I do enjoy verbal tennis

wordplay may be a game

outwit outsmart the opponent

is the only aim

lobbing phrases across the net

volley and rally back and forth

no one's a loser and yet

those precious few

who think on their feet

will always win have you beat

Shakespeare is the all-time champ

merely a player with poem and sonnet

through thick and thin he'd go for a spin

and put some English on it

it's fun for all with no balls or calls

and if your serve is up to scratch

unless words fail

at the thought you quail

it's word game set and match