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Short Near Rhyme Poems

Short Near Rhyme Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Near Rhyme by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Near Rhyme by length and keyword.


Premium Member Clerihew Owen W
Poet Wilfred Owen won an MC
dying in France to make it free
Creator of 'near-rhyme'
helping verse in English 'chime'...

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Categories: near rhyme, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member How To Pronounce Coyote
Out west we say ky-OAT-ee"
as it rhymes with po -et-ry
near rhyme is enough 
for those with edges rough 
it’s good enough for us
please join the evening chorus....

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Categories: near rhyme, words,
Form: Couplet
An Apalling Example of Near-Rhyme, Or Pop Poetry I
Lines composed in dejection
of embarrassing rejection
have a tendency to be
even duller than the seeds
of Stalin’s rise to power,
and more ruthlessly taxing,
and on the psyche vexing,
than the whole of the Holodomor....

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Categories: near rhyme, on writing and words,
Form: I do not know?
Inside
The spine of a hedgehog,
The horn of a stag, 
The teeth of an eel,
The dearth of a seal.

Inside us all, the killer whale,
Searching, fishing its bale; 
Settling, cradling the loser,
In a bold, deluded red blazer.

Packing the great white,
Into cheeks’ thatched might,
Squid freezes the past time,
For one more near rhyme.

Avoiding the fiery apex,
Large seals call and flex,
Because our first thought,
Is the other I bought.

Dominique Webb...

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Categories: near rhyme, analogy, animal, i am, nature, psychological, science,
Form: Rhyme

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