Should poems rhyme
With meter and time?
Or are they good - even
If they don't?
A story I'll say:
T'was yesterday,
That Sam our poet,
Who did also know it,
Decided to recite,
For his sons' wedding night,
A poem -
So very bright.
Yes bright it was,
It was because,
Although it did not -
- Could not -
- Would not -
Rhyme,
It was still genius -
But one thing at a time.
So Sam our poet,
Went to the stand,
And stand he did,
With paper in hand;
He stood some more,
Amid looks galore,
His eyes how they darted,
Before he started!
Then start he did,
And the crowd went wild:
"He speaks like a child!"
"He speaks like a child!"
His eyes vainly looked,
For a friend which could,
Save him from the sitch,
With zero a hitch.
What happened next,
I can't really say,
Because they threw
Chairs
Tables
Glasses
And the whole crowd left
And
Never came
Back again
To hear our
[By now no longer poetic]
Sam speak.
So what do you think?
Is expended ink,
Only goodly spent,
If it has a flow,
Like a river so slow?
If it has taste,
And is not made in haste?
Or is it good even -
If it
Ends
Like this?
are you trying to prove a point?
ReplyDeletesome poems are good when they dont rhyme, and trying to write the same thing in rhyme would ruin it.
some poems that rhyme are great.
either way, this one is nice. even if it is a poem about a poem.
A joking point, yes. I do however think that most people who write non-rhyming poetry are incompetent in that field, whereas rhyming poetry is simpler.
ReplyDeletemost people who write rhyming poetry do it because that's the only kind of poetry they know, and can't write for the life of them. it ends up being amateurish and stupid.
ReplyDeleteI will speak for myself when I say, non rhyming poetry has a depth and element to it that you cant reach while trying to find a word that rhymes with 'thinker', for example. it's like trying to fit words into a box and they just dont fit.
non rhyming poetry has a freedom to it.
I happen to think rhyming ruins a lot of things.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. But not everybody knows how not to rhyme.
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