Get In the Box

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              *                             The POETRY RULES BOX                                  *

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              *      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     * 

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              *                              The POETRY RULES BOX                                   *

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                               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

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 8/31/2010 8:10:00 PM
Wonderful write. Congrats on your win in the contest. Dan C
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Date: 8/23/2010 6:00:00 AM
Congratulations on your win Dane Ann in Constance~A Rambling Poet's~ contest "What Are The Rules Again? ". Love, Carol
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Date: 8/22/2010 3:26:00 PM
Cool layout! Congratulations on your win! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 8/22/2010 1:31:00 PM
Nice one, Dane Ann...Great fun with this tribute to the role of rules. Dan C
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Date: 8/22/2010 10:45:00 AM
I loved this contest..had such fun with it and I love youBOX..congrats..BG
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Date: 8/22/2010 10:15:00 AM
Congrats Dane Ann on your number one in the 'rules' contest ... enjoy ..ciao..with luv.. am married now..luv..
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Date: 8/20/2010 2:41:00 PM
wow,, this was cool lol,, enjoyed this one..P.D.
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Date: 8/20/2010 12:00:00 PM
i have one rule. make them know that they have read poetry from a real poet. but i do agree the rules should be followed if you use a perticular style. other wise what's the use of naming them. great observation. yours john
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Date: 8/20/2010 10:43:00 AM
Beautiful, Dane Ann, soup mail in a moment~~
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Date: 8/20/2010 9:19:00 AM
good one. i often like to write poetry that has a fixed syllabol, rhyme, line, or word stipulation. so i can appreciate this poem of yours.
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