A Poet's Lament
Or Something Like That
Free verse, shmeeverse, give me structure!
Don't just vacuate some duct your
Brain engages with your hand, and
Declare it great, and call it grand!
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Meter matters! Where's the timing?
Are you capable of rhyming?
Let me feel the "thrum" of iamb
In your words, Dear Sir or Madame!
~
If you'd call yourself a poet,
Please, at least attempt to show it!
Any child can throw together
Strings of words without a tether.
~
Bind the lines with grace and splendor.
Bless them with the rhymes you render,
And imbue them with a rhythm...
….
…..
…...
Oh, hell...
Mind not the p's and q's of rhyming.
Let your words flow like water
Over the rocks of ages,
Freely,
Naturally,
For the soul is without structure.
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I've been playing with this little satirical piece for quite a while. Time to call it done! Thanks for Reading!
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Dana Crandell
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Comments (6)
Definitely find value in both and am most comfortable operating somewhere in the middle! Loved this satirical rant!
As someone who finds rhyming difficult I felt duly chastised... until I breathed a sigh of relief at the end! Quite a surprise it was.
*runs and hides from you* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love the 2 halves of this rant! even if I feel called out lol! brilliant tho and glad you shared it, sir!
Very nice. Sad to say a lot of the rhyming poetry I find on Vocal has serious problems with meter. Every time it reminds me of the Paul Simon lyric, from one of my favorite Simon and Garfunkel songs, "Kathy's Song": "I don't know why I spend my time Writing songs I can't believe With words that tear and strain to rhyme"
I liked your rant on proper procedure and then free versing for fun. Well done