Rhyme & Reason

By luigi_pagano

Wed, 13 Nov 2019

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4 comments

I want to write poetry

but I don't know how.

I scratch my head

and I knit my brow.

When I read the rules

I see that the metre

is measured in feet
and I get confused.

Why not in yards

or maybe in knots?

The basic measures

I have always used.

And I have to confess

that I'm bamboozled

when told that stress

is what counts most.

Notice the difference

between da-da-DUM

and DUM-da-da

or you are dumb.

One has to decide

when to use the dactyl,

when the anapest

and hope for the best.

If iamb and trochee

come into the equation

I'll quit writing rhyme

in desperation.

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Comments

My thanks to the editors for

Permalink Submitted by luigi_pagano on Wed, 2019-11-13 15:25

My thanks to the editors for the current bunch of cherries.

the only dactyls I know about

Permalink Submitted by Di_Hard on Wed, 2019-11-13 17:54

the only dactyls I know about are pteradactyls :0) Will have to google, and anapest and trochee. Yet again one of your poems teaches me something new!

The only way I know, Di, is

Permalink Submitted by luigi_pagano on Wed, 2019-11-13 18:27

The only way I know, Di, is because I kept being told that my poems weren't consistent with one or the other or I was not using them in the right way.
Somebody said, "forget the rules" and that is what I'll do.

Warm regards, Luigi x

Hi Kevin, you are so right.

Permalink Submitted by luigi_pagano on Thu, 2019-11-14 09:31

Hi Kevin, you are so right. Sometimes we are intimidated by what literary luminaries say.
Quite often, acting on instinct and disregarding conventions can release one's imagination to better effect.
Kind regards, Luigi

P.S. Congratulations on your latest Pick of the Day.