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Frosted Flakes

He can't stop rhyming. His mind races in cadence and timing. Writing muses from within, In both darkness and light, they begin. Put to paper, in one pen stroke, No force edits, and none of the hoke. Modernists may very well blaspheme, Believing they write, in deeper theme. Cluttered words, and punctuation on a page, As if contortion, should serve as the gauge. A rhyme might accidentally appear, but only in likeness, feeling quite 'impure'. A well-known Frosted poet, left readers stunned; This poem's title may find you, unknowingly punned. This Flake will write, as his mind dances, Until proven otherwise, he'll take his chances. 7/26/2017 Relatively new to PS, this first poem tried to poke fun at modernism. I grew up with poems that rhymed. I was surprised by the number of free verse poems and their popularity. Being on PS has allowed me to broaden my idea of poetry. I've learned that Free verse is universal, while rhyming is limited by dialect. The best lesson I've learned is that less is often more. It is surprising how a three, line 20 word poem can say so much. I'm still a rhyming addict...

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Date: 9/6/2017 12:00:00 PM
Clever title, fun write about writing. Love in your comments how often brevity says more...free verse is universal, rhyming is limited by dialect. How true! Congratulations on your win in my contest, Michael!
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Michael Vacek
Date: 9/6/2017 10:09:00 PM
I forgot to mention my naivety in penning this poem. There is so much more to poetry than rhyming couplets.
Date: 8/17/2017 10:49:00 AM
Well versed and well written with quatrain form. Well done! Keep on keeping on.
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Ronald A. Williams
Date: 8/19/2017 8:56:00 AM
Amen, the gifts of the Lord are without repentance.
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Michael Vacek
Date: 8/17/2017 3:17:00 PM
Thank you. I can't seem to shake the writing bug. With your background in theology, you will appreciate it when I tell you writing is a gift that I really enjoy using. It is fun to try and tackle some of the looming personal issues with a rhyme as well. This one was for fun.
Date: 8/6/2017 11:03:00 PM
A fabulous poem, Michael. Congrats on your win.
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Michael Vacek
Date: 8/17/2017 3:14:00 PM
Thank you. Geraldine Taylor has a good thing going with the creative anthology series. Promptly communicating and putting poems together in a collection.
Date: 8/6/2017 3:36:00 PM
Nice rhymes Michael, I really enjoyed the insightful play on words, the first time I've seen your name, so congrats on a fine write and win!
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Michael Vacek
Date: 8/6/2017 9:20:00 PM
Thanks John...only been writing seriously for a month or so...Never knew writing could be so enjoyable...
Date: 8/4/2017 7:57:00 PM
It's GREAAATT liked your enginnuity of word play ryhtm was a little off. Still you kept a good beat.
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Michael Vacek
Date: 8/4/2017 8:29:00 PM
Didn't catch that play on the first read. I know what you are talking about with the rhythm...I tweaked it a little bit.
Date: 7/31/2017 1:27:00 PM
Fine write Michael, liked this for I can't get enough rhyme! Well done!
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Michael Vacek
Date: 8/4/2017 8:30:00 PM
Try as I might, I can't get away from the rhyme. Thanks Gordon.
Date: 7/31/2017 12:26:00 AM
Well Written. :)
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Michael Vacek
Date: 8/4/2017 8:30:00 PM
Thank you
Date: 7/26/2017 12:05:00 PM
This is fantastic, welcome to poetrysoup.
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Michael Vacek
Date: 8/4/2017 8:31:00 PM
It's good to be here...

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