Sadly, to me
This thing they call Prose
Is naught but just talk,
And often verbose;
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And the rhymer drew first blood! ..... Try reading Okot P'bitek's song of Lawino. It may really change your view.
Well dear poet This is great Your rhyming skills I highly rate Words you well Manipulate And serve upon A poets plate So therefore I shall not berate or choose to argue On this slate Your talent here Clearly innate And prose with you May always grate And free form make you quite Irate My plea may find you All to late But with me These forms resonate You looked at mine I caught you mate Your comments Did not me deflate So if you ever Contemplate To pen one Bet it's worth the wait! Embrace it It will ne're abate! X
A very tight and exacting rhyming pattern-clever and to the point-With great brevity you got it said and extremely well-I'm with you-write on
To rhyme or not to rhyme, that is the question.......but I liked this little poem lots