Rhyme & Reason

Cherry

By luigi_pagano

Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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7 comments
 
I want to write poetry
but I don't know how.
I scratch my head
and I knit my brow.
 
When I read the rules
I see that the metre
is measured in feet
and I get confused.
 
Why not in yards
or maybe in knots?
The basic measures
I have always used.
 
And I have to confess
that I'm bamboozled
when told that stress
is what counts most.
 
Notice the difference
between da-da-DUM
and DUM-da-da
or you are dumb.
 
One has to decide
when to use the dactyl,
when the anapest
and hope for the best.
 
If iamb and trochee
come into the equation
I'll quit writing rhyme
in desperation.
 
© Luigi Pagano 2019
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Comments

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

My thanks to the editors for the current bunch of cherries. smiley

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

the only dactyls I know about are pteradactyls :0) Will have to google, and anapest and trochee. Yet again one of your poems teaches me something new!

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

The only way I know, Di, is because I kept being told that my poems weren't consistent with one or the other or I was not using them in the right way. 
Somebody said, "forget the rules" and that is what I'll do.

Warm regards, Luigi x

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Brilliant, Luigi!

A couple of weeks ago I took out Stephen Fry's book for only the second time since reading it. And last night we were asked to analyse our technique (which is a reasonable request on a creative writing course). I embarrassed myself by saying I just go into a kind of trance and out it comes. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. I couldn't write a line after reading Fry's book.

Parson Thru

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Hi Kevin, you are so right. Sometimes we are intimidated by what literary luminaries say.
Quite often, acting on instinct and disregarding conventions can release one's imagination to better effect. 
Kind regards, Luigi

P.S. Congratulations on your latest Pick of the Day.
 

 

 

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

I agree. Going to read your latest.

Parson Thru

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Just read your comment on my lates, Kevin. Great to know you weren't disappointed.

Cheers, Luigi.