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This is not a Sonnet (Sonnet)
by Paganini JonesI dont like writing iambic pentameter
with its two legged, lumpy old feet.
Ive heard too many bad recitations
to consider that old form a treat.
I just happened to write these three verses
and another that just wont be increased
from two to four lines, so Ill end with
a couplet. And then this bad poem will cease.
But I dont claim that this is a sonnet.
Its just happens to have fourteen lines.
So dont let the line-count mislead you -
not that nor the fact that it rhymes.
Bald rhymes are quite nasty and vastly worse
than even quite badly composed free verse.
2003.04.12 04/12/2003 Author's Note:
Still not quite right... It's the couplet that I want to include but doesn't quite fit wherever I put it in...
Posted on 11/14/2004
Copyright © 2024 Paganini Jones
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 11/15/04 at 12:16 AM Honest in its playful expression. To me, message always matters more than form, though form at times helps to deliver a message. Excuse my ingnorance, but can you IM me a layman's terms description of imabic pentameter? Is it like a heartbeat rhythm??? |
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