poetry

is just me or does it seem that the only poems that win awards are the ones that rhyme?

not that they are not great poems, because they are. im not trying to diss anyone here. but they all seem uniform when you all have line 2 and line 4 rhyming.

I agree 100%, a poem dose not have to rhyme but no offence to anyone but the poems that rhyme do sound better unless you know what the person is trying to say.

I find you can read some really great poems without rhyme and then you can read some not so great ones without rhyme

Its the same with the rhyming ones

But behind every poem is a meaning

And it's different with each different poet

I think ALL poems are great in there own way

Wings*
Em

I did notice that a lot of the work on here is rhyming poetry.I've wrote quite a number of rhyming pieces but much prefer free verse.I have nothing against rhyme, but like many of the zine editors(in both the major publications and the small literary zines) will tell you, if you are going to do a rhyming poem it has to be outstanding.Which I agree with-there are so many cliched rhymes in poetry it is hard to write a really good rhyming poem, something fresh or with unique rhyme schemes/unusual word rhymes, etc..I have come across some poems on this site that are exceptions though, some where the thought, imagery or emotion surpass the rhyming cliches.And I have been real impressed with some of the traditional rhyming forms by some of the poets on this site-some of these are truly phenomenal.Simple rhyming poetry(as opposed to the tougher structured and traditional forms as well as good free verse) just seems the easiest to start out with, easier to write, which is why I believe it seems so popular.It's always good to branch out, to try different forms and styles, find one's strengths, be it rhyming or free verse or some other form, but never hurts to broaden one's horizons and try something different.