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Defining, refining, and timing the rhyming
And hours of thought to perfect the fine line-ing
Clerical, lyrical, sometimes, a miracle
To get a line right could feel a bit spiritual
Hoping, not doping, and a lot oh “oh nope-ing!”
But when you are through, there will be no more moping
~J.D. Cromwell
Get a line down, something has to follow.
Toss a lure to a passing muse hoping
that it'll bite. A word fisher that will wallow
in the shallows, flick fly back and forth, hooking
the first weighty idea. We want substance,
settle for fingerlings, if all we apprehend.
A fat muse appears, and we at once
are duty bound to hook it and rend
it fit for public view. That's the problem.
Each idea reduced to maximum readability.
It is found on laugh tracks on redone
comedy, lest one not get the point or defy
good taste, rewriting Henry Potter for illiterate
American audience. Fished out is our fate.
The assistant
At the doctor`s surgery, he had a young girl
training to be a diabetist; she had Chalcedony eyes
that shone brightly as onyx, her skin alabaster
without any blemish, a shy smile played upon her lips
a Mona Lisa unpainted.
I was a witness to perfection a beauty that can`t last
time will wear her down she will get a line between
her pert nose wrinkles around her eyes, of sadness
or laughter one hopes for the latter
Will the world fall into a devastating war and she
a victim of either hunger or radiation.
This didn`t mirror on her face only her glorious youth
and I was lucky to be an observer to the twinkling when
time stood still long enough for me to admire an ideal.
>When I write a poem!
When I write a poem.
I do it just for fun.
I do not mean to cause offence.
Not to anyone.
When I say not to anyone.
I do not mean to someone else.
As reading inbetween those lines.
Not to anyone, could mean to someone else.
Explaining wrong in poetry.
The lines do get quite long.
I might need to write sideways on my paper.
To get a line upon.
Alas, as it is, my poetry!
I know my lines, sometimes, go on and on.
And they do take much poetic thought for me on which to dwell, so now I just overlap and start another line as well.
And if readers do not like it.
Well, let them, go and do better now.
And if you thought I’d say something else, well you were wrong as well.
I do not know what this type of poetry is called. So I make an appeal to anyone reading,if you could tell me what the correct form is? I would be deeply grateful. Thank you. (The Poetry Soup Honorable Mentioned mad Author)
I can’t always remember what I said
So maybe these may be words you’ve already read
But once I get a line in my head
I can’t always remember what I’ve just said
I like to try and entertain with my humour
Brits have no talent – well that’s just a rumour
But once I get a poem in my head
I can’t always remember what I’ve just read
Have I told you this line before
I may be repeating – sorry I’m a bore
But once I get a thought in my head
I can’t always remember what I’ve just said
My dear old mum she has dementia*
She’s repeats herself or loses her dentures
Sadly once she gets a thought in her head
She can’t remember what she’s just said.
26th April 2014
Written for ‘Irritate Me’ Contest
Sponsored by Charlotte Puddifoot
*Mum's dementia/memory issues aren't too bad at the moment this bit is poetic licence, but sadly over time she is getting worse