the Rhymer's Lament

[Alan]

Niceness :D

As a rhymer, I can't tell you how many times I've thought of things along the line of "my…what rhymes with postal"... sometimes I have to redo a whole line or stanzas just because of it.

[Dew]

scrumptious! I loved it! I loved even more how you lampshaded your reuse of words BY reusing them. LOL...that was brilliant. I love the saucy edge that runs just under the pseudo apologetic tone. awesome awesome awesome! - dew

[Riordan]

As a rhyme lover myself, I can really relate with the problems you've described in this very fun poem.
You nailed this by showing every problem in the rhyming book.
Well done!

[dwells]

So glad I found this gem HE, and "coastal" always works for me :) Just sayin'...
You are exactly write about all the free verse that seams to bee proliferating lately. I've herd of a few legendary debaits on the subject; by some of the "grates" - sew I'll not ad more fuel to that fire.
Thanks for the mood lift my friend, and well done, cheers always! - Dan

[Balustrade]

So what line divides between conforming and not conforming? Do we write for ourselves or for others to thrash us down? Just wondering.... :)

[Wes Corona]

A rhyme in tyme,
Brings a smile for awhile.

He said this whilst wearing his best Cheshire Smile.

[SirFleshwound]

Yes, there is an element of snobbery amongst those who believe education and knowledge of poetic form has everything to do with something being recognised as a poem or not. Being uneducated in this department, if I like it, I like it. And I like yours. Congrats on the spotlight!

[Josie]

Thank you for putting into words some of the frustrations one may have trying to write poetry, especially the work in trying to find the rhyme you want. I noticed that your poem was easy to read without the help of punctuation. I have to admit that some poems are hard to read without punctuation, but you have the talent to arrange your lines to assist the reader. Congratulations on the TPS Spotlight.

[A.k.ChaosDream]

toaster. poe stall. go stir. no stir. no sir-e.
poetry rules ? aint nobody got time fo'that !
i tried a sonnet once... my x was y i did it ...
she changed her name into gonnet pretty fast, tho
grATZ on the spotlight

[Forestdawn]

hoboelite:

Who cares about the rules of poetry. That's for challenges, to ourselves and wordsmiths. I love a great challenge myself. But also enjoy free verse or whatever pops out of the heads of the writer. And that's why we are ALL here. To have fun with words.

Congratulations for being in the Spotlight! Greatly deserved.

[inflames]

I adore this. Great flow to this. Congrats on the Spotlight!