Monday, March 22, 2010

The Problem with Rhymes in Poetry

rhymes drive poems into a ditch;
the remaining words
spinning like the wheels of a car
that has rolled as it careened off
the highway, its erstwhile occupants
trapped inside, unable to speak.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's true that rhymes constrict sometimes.
But it's also fine when words align;
It helps me find some peace of mind.

frizatch said...

I'm all for the car's wheels spinning in a ditch imagery. Good stuff. (But rhyming can work at times...)