A Poem about Poems

 

                          

                      A Poem about Poems

                       I can write couplets any time,

                       Two lines and then a rhyme.

 

                       But having so much I want to say

                       I'll need more lines than just two.

                       So, my poems in quatrains I'll write

                       Four lines and two rhymes might do.

                       Or maybe I'll write poems in free verse

                       There are so many stories to tell

                       But there must still be beauty within

                       As in prose that is written well.

 

                       Free verse is easier to write

                       because there are no rules 

                       that other forms require 

                       and it's not easy for me to obey.

      

                       Iambic Pentameter may be the way 

                       Counting syllables and feet is the norm

                       Two rhymes, five stresses, five beats to 

                        build each line

                        A poem with steps and rules that must 

                       conform.  

                                             

                       I just can't do it, rules are hard

                       It's not easy to keep time

                       I'll write poems just the way I like,

                       Always with rhythm and rhyme.