Joe Flach Poet Rhyme

Rhyming Words

They dance around inside my head,
Seeking their perfect mate;
Hoping to be the end of lines
In the next poem that I create.

My wife thinks that, too many times,
I pair my words in rhyme;
What would she do, if she only knew
About the chaos in my mind?

I am told that my style is old;
Rhyming poems are out of date.
That may be but inside of me
Rhyming words still procreate.

It’s easy to write a line or two
If rhyme and meter are no concern,
But to rhyme your thoughts like I was taught,
A few more brain cells you must burn.

Besides, for  me, what would I do
With all those words running around in pairs?
I must find them a verse, before I burst
And do some real damage way up there.

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Carol Sunshine Brown January 18, 2011 at 4:10 AM Good morning and thank you for sharing your poetry Joe. It was a pleasure to read your poetry today and I hope you will continue to write. The best to you in your writing endeavors whatever they may be in 2011. Love, Carol

Sidney Beck January 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM lovely...witty....excellent...Syd

Eamon Duffin January 17, 2011 at 10:46 AM Hi Joe. You have summed up my feelings to a tee. I am fed up at been told how I should write and have had several comments about being ,'old fashioned'. I wrote a piece called Rhymantic Struggle on the same theme. Great write. Eamon