Poems must rhyme

when i first read the poem at the start, i was convinced martin was being ironic i mean it sounded so stilted and it basically proved it'self to be wrong by trying to rhyme

That was mean to say poems have to ryhme because if you force it ryhme it doesn't have that same feeling to it anymore. The person who would read would get a feeling you're like this control freak or something. My poems don't ryhme and there is nothing wrong with them. Writing poems is a way to express your feelings and if you force it all the meaning to it will be lost. Poems don't have to ryhme to be a poem!

Just because they don't ryhme doesn't mean that it didn't take a long time to write.

i think a poem can be written in any style or form it just depend son what you like..there are no limits or boundaries to what you enjoy doing!!

OMG you are so freaking lame amrtin. poems don't aklways have to ryhme. and if they don't it doesn't mean that it's worthless or that it's a story.

Someone already said this. Freeverse is actually the stuff that doesn't have to rhyme. But that's pretty much under the catagory of poetry now.

So I have to say,

Shut Up.

thats stupid poems never have to rhyme so shut da fuck up saying that is a crime u freak

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lol i agree

lmfao okay.....you think that while we are all writing better peoms and getting better rates...you can keep with the sucky rhyming peoms...

face the fact that poems don't have to rhyme lest the writer wants them to ... if thats a problem deal because thats just the way things are

I do get a better meaning from a poem if it actually rhymes because it does look like a story. But I disagree that if it doesnt rhyme, then it's not a poem. You have to be an excellent writer to write a poemt hat doesn't rhyme in my opinion. But then again, I can't do that soooo.... :)

poetry has all different kind of ways you can write them...

poetry does not always have to rhyme...

By definition from the American College Dictionary copyright 1953 on page 935, Poetry is the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
And rhythmical in the The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright copyright 2000 is denoted as, Of, relating to, or having rhythm; recurring with measured regularity.

As a result, you can now see that poetry is the art of rhyhmical composition, which contains some sort of rhythm. In order to have rhythm you dont necessarily have to rhyme! if a non- rhyming poem has a flow and rhythm to it that can be seen or heard throughout the poem. Then it is a poem non the less. I personally love poems that rhyme, but I myself can usually be found writing poems that don't rhyme but have that rhythm of beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts, which gave me exciting pleasure while writing it.

hey poems definately dont need to rhyme so go read some of mine they dont rhyme and they're pretty good so yea

I think as long as the poem has somekind of "beat" to it, it's fair to label it as such. But since poetry is freedom, one cannot technically set rules on what or what is not a poem - the idea of restricting poetry goes against the concept of poetry..thus, anything written to describe emotion, vision or sense is in fact a poem - unless one chooses to label it otherwise.

Damn Martin why it gots to be like that
I see what sayin but it sounds like you hatin.
Some times I rhyme and sometime I dont it doesn't make me or any one else any less of a poet. But your flow is hot I like your style

Laney

hmm.. i can see where your going.. i understand your theory... i too, think poems should rhyme, but ONLY when the poet wants it too.. i for one, like to have my poems rhyming most of the time.. and NO it does'nt have to be everytime... because poetry is about your imagination and how you feel... which doesn't have to rhyme... a poem should make you realize, and inspire you to write more!! lol.. and when it comes down to it, poems that do rhyme do take some time.. because you have to find words tat rhyme with other words which should make sense, and fit into the previous sentences... which sounds hard.. altho sometimes it is.. but when they dont rhyme.. the mood, changes, to seeing a picture in your mind.. as if your walking through that image.. same with rhyming poems, altho non-rhyming gives you the better image... and besides, what should it matter?!?! poetry is poetry.

To me, Rhyming poems flow better. But it still depends on what the writer wants. Not all poems have to rhyme

I agree with you that if you make your poem rhyme it shows more time an effort, I like to make mine rhyme, its fun :). But I also think you dont need to rhyme them all the time, if the poem is well-written it doesen't really need to rhyme.

Poems can be free versed or rhymed. Personally free verse is better because they are no rules and words are easily found and expressed.

All poems shouldn't have to rhyme. Poems is more of a scence of feeling. In my oppenion writing should come from the heart and should have some feeling to it. It shouldn't just have to rhyme and not to rhyme shouldn't be a crime.

Horseshit (just my views here)

All the Best
Sondos

Whats so horsehit about it. It is true. Writing in rhymes is just of writing without feeling. It old and it has no feelings and style.

not all poemz hav 2 ryhme

Sigh, rhyme is a technique available for use.

Poetry can contain any rhetoric device the author whises to use. There are no rules.

What I found funny, is that this post thread was done rougly 2 and a half years ago, and we failed to realize that it has been bumped, maybe it's because it is an contreversial issue that has us all in our seat.

Let it go already.

I'd hate to upset you hunni but poems don't have to rhyme. Personally I think that it might give it more of a flow and make a person want to read it more. but...If you are letting out your feelings and your for real instead of making something up then that is all that matters!

It dosn't have to rhyme! who ever made up that rule? it does sound nice when you rhyme it though but you dont have to.

A poem doesn't nessacaraly HAVE to rhyme. it only makes some poems sound better. Did you know that "Jack and Jill" is a poem? It's one of the greatest nursury poems of all time. But yet, it doesn't rhyme. Really, It depends on the TYPE of poem that you're writing. Does that make sense?

I agree and disagree....some of the greatest poets such as Wilfred Owen (a little favourite of mine) to even modern day poets (Ogden Nash) use rhyme and I think the fact that rhyme is used shows the level of thought and complexity that has gone into a poem. This is not always the case. Also on the other hand free verse...poems that are scrawled down on a napkin in the heat of the moment or are shouted out in the middle of the street...spur of the moment...poetry that hasnt been tied down to a rhyming scheme can be just as good- it depends...
Hahaha since where was Jack and Jill one of the greatest nursery poems of all time?

Poetry is a set of verses consisting of emotion, custom format and usually some kind of metaphor.. And yet it can be none of these

Rhyming is a skill to do well- especially without compromising content, but it isn't necessary to all poems. I can think of many favourite poems I've read that do not, and they are just as skilled and esteemed, in my opinion.

I often write poems that rhyme, but feeling the need to vent today I wrote one that didn't. I was told that I needed to work on the rhyming... Blah... I thought it was stupid. That's all I have :)

It doesn't really matter whether you ryme or not. I prefer ryming poems but I don't really write like that. Sometimes it is REALLY hard to find words to ryme with depression, suicid and so on and so forth.

Why isn't this locked yet??
The 1st post is dated 2004...2 years ago

martin that is so true, poetry without rhyme is just so B.S
i think it should not call poetry if it don't rhyme.

Thats a load of rubbish...i personally prefer poems that rhyme but sometimes poems that do not rhyme have the most emotion...and your post is a prime example of how some people that try to rhyme end up talking a load of rubbish because they concentrate so much on the rhyming words they don't worry about the content of the poem.

i've obviously just noticed that i am talking to myself because this person probably doesn't even come on anymore!

You could have at least written a GOOD rhyme in order to fight your argument.

Stupid.

-Elysium.

Sorry, but this is a stupid topic. Rhyme is not important, in some poems it is best not to rhyme, especially if you can't rhyme well.

Poems dont neccessarily have to rhyme to be good
ive written plenty of free verse
personally i dont say my poems are good i let other people decide
i have a few on my profile
have a look.
Sarah