To rhyme or not to rhyme?

[ShazzyB]

Im a HUGE rhymer, I've written poetry all my life, and all of it rhymed

It feels alien to me if a poem doesnt rhyme, and I feel very awkward reading a non rhyming poem......its a sort of OCD i think LOL

Ive only ever done this one literotica type poem

http://www.literotica.com/p/sex-102

as I mainly write personalised poetry as gifts for people.

I dont know what others think of it?

 

[Daddi_DJ]

I really like the poem shazzy! It had a nice flow to it.

 

[twelveoone]

I think that some poets posting their work to Literotica underestimate the work necessary to produce a good poem.

Most successful abstract artists have undergone an extensive course of study into the traditional forms of art and are/were competent at painting, drawing and sculpture before producing abstracts.

Yet how many of Literotica's poets have tried the to create the traditional forms of poetry such as sonnets? I know that many of those who contribute in the Poetry forums have the skills to write strict format poetry even if they choose not to. But a cursory glance through the mass of poetry on Literotica can find poems that make me wince at their incompetence. (Of course that goes for stories as well! )

Communication is a skill that has to be learned and practiced, and poetry should be a precise form of communication no matter how it is structured.

define "precise form of communication"
i would hope for that in an instruction book

 

[ShazzyB]

I really like the poem shazzy! It had a nice flow to it.

thank you, that means a lot

 

[twelveoone]

Im a HUGE rhymer, I've written poetry all my life, and all of it rhymed

It feels alien to me if a poem doesnt rhyme, and I feel very awkward reading a non rhyming poem......its a sort of OCD i think LOL

Ive only ever done this one literotica type poem

http://www.literotica.com/p/sex-102

as I mainly write personalised poetry as gifts for people.

I dont know what others think of it?

wow, ShazzyB, that has a higher score then most of mine.
I knew i should have went for the quick rime.
maybe next time.

 

[butters]

if end-rhymes are employed, i want them subtle enough not to stop me in my tracks and disrupt what the poem's showing me. end-rhymes can be used to good effect, but i believe they're harder to use without detriment to the poem than craftier rhymings.

i tend to prefer a continuity of sound that runs throughout a piece, tying it together, adding a musicality to the lines that amplifies the mood the meaning of the words is meant to create. this, too, can be found in modern and vintage, and is what makes me smile when i eat a write.

 

[Angeline]

if end-rhymes are employed, i want them subtle enough not to stop me in my tracks and disrupt what the poem's showing me. end-rhymes can be used to good effect, but i believe they're harder to use without detriment to the poem than craftier rhymings.

i tend to prefer a continuity of sound that runs throughout a piece, tying it together, adding a musicality to the lines that amplifies the mood the meaning of the words is meant to create. this, too, can be found in modern and vintage, and is what makes me smile when i eat a write.

Agreed and I'll add that end rhymes work best, imho when they're either part of a specific form or when they are varied and not done in a simple repeating pattern. Poems that are "ABABAB," which many people employ to no good effect, sound jingle jangle like greeting card verse. Not always, but almost.