Do you like rhyming poetry or not?

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Permalink Reply by Callie Leah on September 19, 2009 at 2:45am

I love all poetry. My favorite is the Japanese Haiku. I saw one in a diary book that said:
Five syllables here
And now you've got seven more
And now five. Happy?
I thought it was insulting to people who are passionate about peotry and can write this:
Fall wind is lovely
Summer is terribly hot
But the year goes on
I always thought it amazing to anyone who could write a haiku and still make it rhyme. I write poetry all the time.

Permalink Reply by Kay Elizabeth on September 19, 2009 at 6:07am

I like haiku as well, Callie, although I've never tried writing that myself. I hope you share some of your poetry with the Group here. I love to read poetry. Please do!

I'll post one of mine to kick things off. :)

Callie Leah Dewees said:

I love all poetry. My favorite is the Japanese Haiku. I saw one in a diary book that said:
Five syllables here And now you've got seven more And now five. Happy?
I thought it was insulting to people who are passionate about peotry and can write this:
Fall wind is lovely
Summer is terribly hot
But the year goes on
I always thought it amazing to anyone who could write a haiku and still make it rhyme. I write poetry all the time.

Permalink Reply by Mary Snyder on August 20, 2011 at 3:51pm

I never really looked too much into poetry until last year. I like both rhyming and non and have read poets from both works. My nephew has written non rhyming poetry which is quite good.  

Permalink Reply by Keith Rice on August 21, 2011 at 6:38pm

I suppose I have a rather simplistic view, but to me it seems that unless there is rhyme, it's not a poem. I know the world doesn't share my opinion and I'm ok with that.

Permalink Reply by Cleveland W. Gibson on October 1, 2011 at 10:15pm

I write both types of poetry.

 

Here is a line from a poem I've written for children:

"I am a jungle totem pole, so scared of the night ,when bad things happen, things I can't put right."

Or might it be written as:

 

I am a jungle totem pole,

so scared of the night ,

when bad things happen,

things I can't put right.

So that given me two ways of ending up with two poems yet using the same words. Which did you enjoy reading?

 

Permalink Reply by Abby Mains on October 2, 2011 at 1:53am

I love rhyming poetry! But I am a kid so.....

Permalink Reply by Michael C Bliss on October 2, 2011 at 4:39am

I enjoy a poem that leads me to the authors truth, either by rhyming or just flowing.

Permalink Reply by W.J. O'Neil on October 3, 2011 at 11:28pm

I like either form as long as I can relate to it in some way. I find that rhyming poetry is usually the more memorable form but non-rhyming poetry is more accented towards feeling the emotional flow the writer puts out. Either way if the poetry stirs something in the reader its done its job and should be seen as a success.

Permalink Reply by Kay Elizabeth on November 7, 2011 at 12:03pm

Cleveland, I read my poetry out loud when I can't decide what to do. I like the second way better simply because the separate line spacing gives me more of a pause for breath mentally and would give a child more time to recite it or read along. Can I make a suggestion? I'd change it slightly and make the third line "it's when the bad things happen" to match its rhythm better with the first line. 

 

I am a jungle totem pole,

so scared of the night ,

it's when the bad things happen,

things I can't put right.

 

I've written a children's poem too, and I always imagine how a child would chant it in that delightful sing-song way they have. Take it or leave it of course. :)

Cleveland W. Gibson said:

I write both types of poetry.

 

Here is a line from a poem I've written for children:

"I am a jungle totem pole, so scared of the night ,when bad things happen, things I can't put right."

Or might it be written as:

 

I am a jungle totem pole,

so scared of the night ,

when bad things happen,

things I can't put right.

So that given me two ways of ending up with two poems yet using the same words. Which did you enjoy reading?