D.W. Rodgers Poet Free verse

Susceptible

I am too susceptible to poetry
a perfect metaphor 
wakes me from stupor
and a clever rhyme
takes me to the sublime
while an elegant elegy
drives away my lethargy
but a mismetered sonnet
makes me hot under the bonnet.

Yet for all these wonders
I struggle to be free
and usually draw a blank.

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Joseph P. DiMino January 29, 2018 at 8:17 PM :)Very well done. True, blank verse has its appeal. D.W. Rodgers January 30, 2018 at 11:25 AM Thanks Joe, sometimes playtime works. In fact blank verse is sometimes more work than it's worth.

Maria Williams May 2, 2017 at 11:02 PM Clever verse Dave - just don't draw a blank look forward to your next poem. D.W. Rodgers May 3, 2017 at 12:31 PM Thanks Maria, one of those times when the first line came and the rest was play. And I always have to look up the difference between blank and free verse.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 17, 2017 at 4:28 PM I love this, especially the bee under your bonnet for the mismetered sonnet ;) 7! D.W. Rodgers April 17, 2017 at 8:09 PM Thanks Maureen