Beware of fear that rhymes like dear
Similar to deer but not even near
Beware of tear also rhyming like dear
But fear and dear sound really queer
Beware of pain rhyming like brain
Similar to insane contradicting sane
Beware of again rhyming like vain
Rhyming like again but nothing to gain
Beware of crow rhyming like snow
Similar to glow but not like glow
Beware of bro rhyming like foe
Similar to crow of snow with a claw
Beware of night rhyming like sunlight
Similar to light rhyming like moonlight
Beware of white rhyming like blight
But night and light yet fight
Beware of day rhyming like today
Similar to grey rhyming like everyday
Beware of astray rhyming like away
Fear more of yesterday opposing today
Beware of blink rhyming like think
Similar to wink somehow in a link
Beware of brink rhyming like shrink
But fear or a brink from where you can sink
Beware of me rhyming like enemy
Similar to see much close as we
Beware of thee sounding like glee
But more of enemy for we can never be
Beware of time rhyming like chime
Similar to prime sounding like grime
Beware of crime rhyming like rhyme
But never sublime it with a dime
Beware of cupid rhyming like kid
Similar to amid away from grid
Beware of forbid rhyming with skid
But most of cupid rhyming to stupid
Beware of heard, dreadful word
That looks like beard, and sounds like bird
And dead: its said like bed, not bead
For goodness sake, dont call it deed.
Watch out for meat and great and treat
They rhyme with sweet and straight and debt
A moth is not a moth in mother
Nor broth is in bother, broth in brother
Author notes
Option 1
TEARS
i donno if u find this happy but maybe funny or to cheer u up a bit
i don't know what is this it just flashed in my mind so i wrote it. i thought its worth sharing i hope u like it
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Very Cheering!
This is a fine commentary on the inconsistency of English.
I am fluent in no language except English. I have studied Greek, Latin and Spanish, and there is the occasional irregularity in each of these. By comparison, however, English is either a garden of undisciplined weeds, or a wildflower meadow of irregular breeds. (Sorry, couldn't resist!)
For me, your poem became progressively more entertaining as I approached the end. The second to last verse is my favorite.
Your phrasing does reveal syntax and the occasional misplaced word of someone who is not a native speaker of English. When I read the English language poetry of such writers, I am humbled by my limited knowledge of other languages and charmed by the possibilities they reveal in mine. As you become more adept, you may decide what is charming or just incorrect.
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bro you know i love this poem!
it makes me want to keep on reading and reading....
i love the word plays and how you put everything together. anybody can do that but not a lot can do it perfectly like you did!
congrats bro.. that's one of my favorite pieces
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wow, I think a lot of thought went into all these words to create this....and that's ...wow!
I found some of this quite amusing as some words do sound so much alike but mean almost the opposite.
The last 2 lines are amusing - you really do have to wonder how some of those words came to be used when they have no connection to each other.
Well done. Quite Interesting!
good luck in your contest.
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Excellent
I think you did a great job when you wrote this, and it is something I will share with my children, since I am teaching them to also enjoy poetry. Thanks for sharing, and good luck in the contest.
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The rhythm is good and the warning through out word play is super.
Well done and good luck.
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im sorry that its a prewritten poem im so glad that you liked it personally among all this poem i like the last 2 stanzas the most becoz it has a linguistic phonetic play
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awsome
this is the best poem i've ever read, you did a great job. -
yes i like it,very uplifting and cheery. thanks
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