I agree that the term "light verse" cannot encompass everything witty and/or amusing. I don't want to give names bc I don't have their permission to quote them, but one prominent poet told me when I sent him about six or seven samples of what I've written (poems that have gotten laughs at readings), "That's not light verse."
Quincy has also told me, "What you do isn't light verse." I imagine they mean it has a dark or satiric quality. The upshot is I don't know what to call it--if anything.
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