''Oh, That Rule''


Since I was a little girl, I have been writing poems and stories, 
     my grandma encouraged me to write my sadness in a journal;
and I did, and then I wrote stories about my cat and mom's flowers,
          I would start writing with no plan, the words would come tumbling.

As I got older, I learned about forms and rhyming and rules,
     and of course, the requirements for syllables in certain poems;
I can handle the rhyming rule, but that syllable thing is so restrictive,
          see, I am a rambler, I like it when my words just fall from my pen.

My writing is an avalanche of emotions, sometimes very sad,
     and I want no borders, no walls to hold me back, restrain me;
so, I wrote you this verse, oh yes, for I could use lots of wordy words,
          oh, that syllable rule thing was begging to be broken, and so I did.

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September 20, 2016


Poetry/Verse/"Oh, That Rule"
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