Get In the Box

. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The POETRY RULES BOX * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * When poets jump into the poetic forms box, poetry will glow. * * Whether writing senryu, clerihew, sonnets or haiku, skills show. * * So, I try to follow rules of form during a poetic creativity flow. * * And I believe that with practice, my writing skills will grow! * * Even when composing free or blank verse, rules in my mind echo. * * Blank verse may not have rhyme, but rhythm is definitely aglow. * * ~ If there is no rhythm, the poem is a written schism. ~ * * Free verse, on the other hand, is where beat and rhyme find zero. * * Is there more in the poetry rules box? I say, “Yes,” good fellow. * * Besides forms rules, there are conventions of grammar to follow. * * I use spell check and grammar check to remove error’s sorrow * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The POETRY RULES BOX * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This Shape poem, written with mono-rhyme is dedicated to Constance ~ A Rambling Poet~ She loves the rules, as do I. © August 20, 2010 Dane Smith-Johnsen