[09:55, 12/10/2023] Angela Lansbury BA Hons:
What is a poem and what's fancy prose?
Everyone thinks they're the expert who knows
It's metaphor, image, rhyme and reason
Rhythm and hope, extolling the season
Show life and death, without them, that's treason
Poems should end up with ribbons and bows
I hope this line's strong rhythm clearly shows
Bricks which build poems, not poetic prose
The rhythm and rhyme help you to recite
Good rhymes should be strong, but lines not too long
If you can remember it, it sounds right
But check the grammar so you've done no wrong.
A poem has rhymes you will remember
What's written in March lasts till December
What's learned as a child lasts through life's dips
When needed revives mood, like fish and chips.
-ends-
Humour, passion, reason, the ridiculous or mundane.
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