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I Can’t Stand Rhymes!
by A. H. LaVigne → (All Poetry by A. H. LaVigne)
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I wrote the following sarcastic poem because I don’t try to rhyme when I write.
This in no way should be taken as a put down to those who
can create beautifully rhythmicly rhyming poetry.
It’s just that I can’t stand a rhyme for the sake of itself.
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I Can’t Stand Rhymes!

I can’t stand rhymes,
Just for the sake of filling time(s),

Like “Oh what a feeling,
When you’re dancing on the ceiling,”

That stuff makes me sick
It cuts me to the quick,

Oh, and “Tinsel falls from little hands
Reindeer meet a new snowman”

But I can’t really really stand,
It makes me want to kill that band.

And what about church hymns too?
They make me feel like…like....I got the flu!(Whew!)

They think they can rhyme a word like “again”
With a word that doesn’t really rhyme like “pain” my friend,

Did that Rhyme?
No? Okay, well one more time.

I had a little doll
I hanged it on the wall
And that’s all.

See? I too can do it! It’s easy as pie!
So now it’s time to say goodbye.

But before for I do, I leave you this…
There is beauty in rhymes; it’s just that a lot miss.


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Reviewed by Sandi Schraut
Reviewed on August 9, 2006
I understand about why you feel the way you do but depending on the poem I believe a rhyme can set a tone or a mood sometimes that A free verse could not do, so like most things I prefer free verse ...except......... Sandi

Reviewed by Susan Sonnen
Reviewed on August 9, 2006
I know the feeling. I suck at rhyming! But I do enjoy the occasional beauty that someone might write....aargh! Those two last words rhymed!

Susan

Reviewed by Silvia (Reader)
Reviewed on February 27, 2002
Absolutely agree with you...
Great stuff.

Reviewed by Sharon Williamson (Reader)
Reviewed on February 27, 2002
I agree with this....I also got a good laugh.
Sometimes it does...sometimes it don't.
Thanks for sharing.
Sharon;)
thanks for your kind words on my work.

Reviewed by (Reader)
Reviewed on February 27, 2002
as someone who writes both ways, i appreciate this. if the rhyme happens, fine but when you write nonsense to make it rhyme, it loses an awful lot

Reviewed by Caldwell Phillips (Reader)
Reviewed on February 27, 2002
I got a laugh out of this. ;) Sometimes, I feel like a rhyme, sometimes I don't. Janet


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