Born To Rhyme

With my words I love to play
rhyming everything I say
inside my head words squawk and rage
'til they're released upon the page.
It fills my heart with pure delight
to watch them growing as I write.

Oh how I love to make words rhyme
arranging them in metered time
until I have a perfect line
it sends chills up and down my spine
and I am blessed with endless joy
to use this gift that I employ.

Some of the things I write about
I know must leave some minds in doubt.
"Not good enough" some must claim
but that's ok I feel no shame.
I'll still write the way I do
and to my heart I will be true.

My knowledge of great works is small
in fact I don't know much at all
and I would never dare profess
to be a gifted poetess
'cause when it comes to poetry
I write just what comes naturally.

Born to rhyme, that is my game
and that is all you'll hear me claim.
To me this game is so much fun
it is my picnic in the sun.
It may sound lame or even sappy
but that's all right it makes me happy!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


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Date: 5/11/2024 6:56:00 PM
Very nice! I believe poetry should rhyme. Every time someone questions my love for rhyme, I ask two questions: (1) How many rhyming poems have you memorized? (2) How many free verse poems can you recite or have memorized? Keep rhyming. It takes a special skill to do well. Zim
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Date: 1/27/2009 2:49:00 AM
And it makes me happy to read it...Great and wonderful you, and your poetic abilities as a true poetess, with real harmony. ZZip ZZam thank you Mam...smiles...I really do love it lady...thanks for sharing what comes so natural to you. Lawrence in Lou. Ky.
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Date: 1/26/2009 7:25:00 PM
lovely work hunny!
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Date: 1/16/2009 12:20:00 AM
Smile~What a lovely revealing of your poetic and melodious mind dear lady!~"Hello Gifted & Precious Robin!"~I hope that You are doing well dear!? I have missed You, truly~for I have always loved Your writing and Your beautiful love-filled heart!! I have been away but I am back now, and glad to see "Your Beauty" still here!!~"My Love To You Always, John!"~"Sweet Dreams!":)
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Date: 1/15/2009 12:43:00 PM
Thanks for allowing me to smile with this one. Nice use of rhyme for an uplifting poem. Enjoy your writing! Karen PS I'm leaving you a comment in your soup mail.
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Date: 1/15/2009 8:33:00 AM
You and I think alike on this subject of writing poetry. I know my limits in the talent dept, compared to so many gifted artists that we all know and love, but all that matters is if it comes from the heart. Your poetry rocks, Robin, because it comes from your heart. Your heart is a wonderful source of inspiration to us all. ~ Love, Carrie
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Date: 1/15/2009 7:16:00 AM
The only one ya gotta make happy is YOU!! Have faith and confidence in yourself, and to hell with your detractors! Love and hugs, Keith
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Date: 1/14/2009 5:01:00 PM
Love your attitude, love your poetry! You keep on keeping on and we will be reading and loving it! Gotta do what makes you happy, and truly when you make yourself happy you make others feel the same way too. It's contagious! Love, Shar
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Date: 1/14/2009 4:32:00 PM
Woohoo!!! As Sean would say, Write oooooon, lady! Yeah! I agree 10000000%. Write what comes, that's what I do, good, bad, subjective - whatever, do what you do, and love it, rock on poetess, rock on. :) i love your rhymes...I'm like that too, I feel like Dr. Suess much of the time, I think in rhyme alot. lol Love, me
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Date: 1/14/2009 2:41:00 PM
a wonderful way to say it. a great write. thank you for reading my poetry and for your comments.
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Date: 1/14/2009 2:22:00 PM
This is perfect, it tells it like it is....and you do have a beautiful gift...always, Christy
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Date: 1/14/2009 1:10:00 PM
This is lovely Robin and who wouldn't like what you write. You write with beauty and a heart driven by love, wanting to be set free. The poem rhymes sweetly just like the the hand that penned it. Great job Robin.
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Date: 1/14/2009 12:57:00 PM
wow this poem is soo true about you, no wonder your your poetry is soo beautiful....whatever comes to you, you write. I love the lines" it fills my heart with pure delight,to watch them growing as I write"......Maryam
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Date: 1/14/2009 12:21:00 PM
Gosh whatever makes you happy can't be all bad. I smiled all the way through this Robin and writing what comes naturally is why your beauty shines through. Very nice. Laurie
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