I hope you are enjoying our Sunday column, “Poetry from Daily Life,” which provides each week the wit, wisdom, and experiences of poets and authorities on poetry. By offering such a rich mix of voices ...
You’ll probably know a bit about rhyme already as it is often used in poetry. Refresh your memory with this short, fun clip. You can sing and dance along with CBBC's Radzi Chinyanganya if you like!
Rhyming has been one of mankind’s main methods for making sense of the world for eons. Poems, for centuries, were the chief province of rhymed verse. Not anymore. Now rhymed poetry is rare, whereas ...
To me, the flow and rhythm are what make poetry so captivating, and subsequently, I think that rhyming lines can only help that effort. These four poems and excerpts below demonstrate exactly what I'm ...
"I only like poems that rhyme." Or, more drastically: "If it doesn't rhyme, it's not a poem." These declarations of allegiance to end-rhyme sound traditional or even daringly reactionary—fearlessly ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Poetry doesn’t rhyme anymore, and the people demand an explanation. There should have been a press ...