I used to think that poetry was just about the rhyme
I didn't really know about the flow
Some verses that I stopped to read would somehow fail to chime
A part of art was missing from the show
But then I learned di DUM di di and meters such as these
And finally I understood the way to make words please
You have to hear the meter like a tune inside your head
I like my rhymes to flow like Devon cream
Then fill the "DUM"s and "di"s you heard with words you should have said
And then you'll have a poem like a dream
The meter doesn't matter if it's regular and strong
A sweeter beat will keep your readers bouncing right along
In English there are many ways to word a perfect phrase
So bend each line to make a perfect fit
Use language from these modern days, I think you'll find it pays
Then see that no infinitives were split
Your message will be memorable if rhyme and flow are right
So take the time to be sublime, you'll reach the highest height
A soft and gentle meter makes a love-song seem serene
A bouncy flow may make a reader laugh
Staccato beats are eerie and can set a horror scene
Then doleful trochees tell the aftermath
So rhyme away your stories with a rhythm and panache
And everything you write will make a more impressive splash!
A contest entry
- Just Rhyme II by shewalksintomine.
1550 points, ended August 10, 24 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me honestly what you think, good or bad.
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Terrific Lesson -- THANK YOU
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Creative that you've written a poem about how to write a successful poem. Your meter and rhyme both seem to be dead-on (though if they weren't, I guess we wouldn't have gotten a proper lesson)
Thanks for entering and best of luck! -
Bon boulot ...
and a pleasure to read. Good luck in the contest.
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I guess I won't be as glowing in my remarks as the rest have been, but that is not to say that I didn't enjoy the poem. It only LOOKS like a jumbled mess; it reads easily and practically flawlessly. Well done.
Thank you for entering my contest. Good luck to you. Please refrain from rating or replying to any comment made by me or my lovely and wonderful cojudge(s). -
An another nice poem from you Jeff...!
Its most certainly very nice - a good rhyme about rhyme!
And yes very educational too!!
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SMAO
Good work poet. Simple explanations simply and poetically put.
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Poetry 101.
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A rhyme about a rhyme ... now, that's good thinking and very educational ... Thank you!
Nothing to complain about, can't fault it, rhyme and rhythm perfect in extralongameter.
All the best in the contest.
Sue
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Hurray. A lesson in verse, and one I sorely needed. Bookmarking this to remind myself when I get back to writing [poetry that is]. Glad to say business has picked up here, and am busy writing advertising.
Write On!
jIM
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I'm very gald there are no parts in here that even pretended not to flow. No accent problems. They're fine in other poems, but I think it's impotant to the message here for it all to be undenialby flawless. Brilliant.
Throw me a quick example of 'Staccato beats', if you have the energy - Not sure whether I've heard of them before.
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I once wrote a poem called "Rhyming About Rhyming" which focused on the rhyme aspect of a poem, but it doesn't touch this piece as far as being educational in both the message it tells, and the why it displays those virtues in the lines of the poem. This poem is truly a gem, in wonderful form!!
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As always sounds alot better then reading lol
Lovely job here.
Good luck
Love you
Tory
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