I grapple with the question of rhyme all the time- do I forgo the perfect because it does not rhyme? It’s just about the single most difficult decision to make. It often becomes style vs substance choice.
I know what you mean! I use rhyme so often now, and I think those difficult words tend to structure themselves into usable spots in the flow of lines. But even that often creates syntax changes, so then it becomes the same story...
Really enjoyed that "persistent perpendiculars"
Glad you did--It was intriguing to watch the word choices shift subtly once I switched to prose. :)
I grapple with the question of rhyme all the time- do I forgo the perfect because it does not rhyme? It’s just about the single most difficult decision to make. It often becomes style vs substance choice.
I know what you mean! I use rhyme so often now, and I think those difficult words tend to structure themselves into usable spots in the flow of lines. But even that often creates syntax changes, so then it becomes the same story...
Between the rhyme and rhythm, it’s a tyranny that very often kills the message I began with.
Absolutely beautiful, Amy. Truly wonderful. I hope you are feeling a little easier.
Thanks so much, Lynda! I've had some good days lately and have been cramming everything I can into them! :-P
Nice prose poem and haiku. Of the ‘ku, I prefer the second.
Thanks much! I preferred the second one too--more showing, less telling...
What a fantastic play on an everyday object, i really felt like you painted many pictures of the world around it and on it.
Thank you--it's a very busy pole! ;-)
The pole is definitely a living part of that landscape ... and so are you, whether the woodpeckers agree or not.
Wonderful poems, thank you.
Many thanks! I quite agree, and the woodpeckers will just have to get used to me! ;-) They're opinionated little critters!