Rhyming at any cost

I dislike forced rhymes. Rhyming is just another tool that poets have to express themselves, but often poets feel like they are required to utilize it.

My poems are all rhymed, mainly, because it comes natural to me. I have tried writing poems without a rhyme scheme, and found they didn‘t flow as well as I would like them to. I use the usual aaaa or abab in all my poetry. I am trying to steer away from that in hopes to expand my writing ability. I have a long way to go, but I am trying my best.

expanding is good, but if you have the ability to rhyme and keep it sounding good (without becoming trite or stereotypical) then more power to you.

If you need help writing without rhyme, then just write in pragraph form. Still set it up as a poem, but use complete sentences and proper structure. Plenty of people have done that. Sylvia plath did it, and so did Bukowski

I just write, don't think I ever force a rhyme intentionally.

I welcome comments that are meant to be of help but I have many that say "this sux" or "I didn't read it but it sux" or "this makes so sense." Though I don't make threads complaining about that, being that I am in a POETRY site I do find those comments to be immature and extremely inappropriate.

I've made my poems rhyme forced and unforced. I don't want to make millions or become famous...I write because I LOVE it not to be the best. If one thing I have written relates to someone else in a way and they get something from it then that is well enough for me. I don't need to be told the rhyming and structure was perfect. My writing is mine and to me that's all that counts.

i think that whatever comes...just write it down..it will probably turn out beautiful :)

danielle, the main reason as we know to why ancient poems rhymed were not necessarily to make them sound better, but to help the bard remember them. In ancient times, like the days of Homer, bards and poets didn't really write down their stories and poems. To help them remember their stories and poems they made the endings of the lines rhyme.

Besides, it isn't the rhyming scheme or no rhyme that makes the poem great. It is the imagination and creative idea behind the poem that makes it great.

Sometimes i slip and don't rhyme. lol but i try my best to make it sound good. And i love rhyming poems so.. Yeah lol

i agree sometimes the force rhyming brings the poem down and makes me not like it as much. i like poetry with a sence of flow to it that keeps my attention, when i started out i forced it sometimes but i am try to grow as a better writer which is why i joined a poetry club in hopes of honest opinions on of how to improve.

My Ryhmes Come Natural, Their Never Forced At All, I Feel As Though Everyone Has Their Own Opinion On How Their Poems Should Be Written Or What Ryhming Scheme Appeals To Them (If They Choose To Use One At All)....xoxo-Nikki-xoxo