Poetry that does not rhyme is simply quite absurd
It cannot hold a candle to the metered rhyming word
To find the words and syllables to make the verses flow
Is often times a daunting task, as rhyming poets know
When the perfect words appear there’s not a sound that’s sweeter
Than gentle rhyming verses in a smoothly flowing meter
Like the revered bards of old that wrote the rhymes of ages
They dance in perfect cadence as they waltz across the pages
Free verse on the other hand is simply a disaster
Scattered bits of jumbled words a chimpanzee could master
Although I did find use for it I really have to say
When I ran out of toilet paper just the other day
I really haven’t figured out what hurts my stomach worse
A bout of diarrhea or a dose of free styled verse
Now I don’t mean to sound too harsh or stir up a big fuss
Someday the poor non-rhymers may become as good as us
Gold trophy winner
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..trying to work on it though.)I've not been on this site too often...but i've only really read about people disliking rhyming poetry. (im sure they would change their mind if they read some of your stuff though
I greatly admire those who can write rhyme and still manage to preserve reason. It might be true that many poets (or, if you prefer that, "poets") writefree verse because they can't find the perfect words, and therefore write free verse to avoid the awkwardness of forced rhyming. But then there are the poets who just can't stop the words flowing out of the tip of their pen, rhyming or not, they come and they mean something, and they touch people. But maybe free verse shouldn'tbe categorized as poetry, but form a whole new genre of literature, just like Christianity first was considered a jewish sect, to later become acknowledged as an own religion.
Don
