Clifford Villalon Poet Rhyme

Tailgating Poetry

  Head and tail, front and back, beginning and ending, starting and ending, top and bottom, left to right (or right to left), bumper and fender...

  There are so many forms of poetry that we have known or familiar with, but we can do another type of poetry where we can start writing with any word and end each line with a different word and in a different format. (It can also be done by starting and ending each line with the same word).  Each ending word in every line will be the starting word for the succeeding lines.  I call it "Tailgating poetry."

  Tailgating is not all about parody couplets or writing humorous poems in light verse.

  Below is an example of tailgating poetry using simple words, not highfalutin:

Parents we love and hate at times 
  Times we never skip of driving around
Around every spot or corner we throw some dimes
  Dimes we scatter and play like toys in silence or sound

Sound dips on memories we sleep on or forgetting
  Forgetting how bad or well we end finishing 
Finishing any act or scene we created
  Created the way we thought was best without being hated

Hated for being different,  cold or bizarre
  Bizarre like villains on cartoons that devour
Devour and leaves a scar on a frozen mind
  Mind of a watcher,  just watching and unwind

Unwind from chains and closed doors that haunt 
  Haunt and hounds from actions we flaunt
Flaunt and daring parents and peers we daunt
  Daunt and regret telling an uncle or aunt...

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