A Musing Poem

[redbud]

                               A Musing Poem

When I’m in the mood for rhyming I am really only miming
  Thoughts emerging from the dungeons of my soul;
And I must incarcerate ‘em so I write them down verbatim
  ‘Cause they’re quick to break the terms of their parole.

Once the thought’s in my possession I examine its expression
  To determine if its worthy of my pen;
And unless I really hate it I can rehabilitate it
  Till it echoes what I’m feeling deep within.

But to me it is the meter that makes rhyming come out neater
  So I treat the rhythm as a music score.
And I scribble down beside it, “If it isn’t right don’t write it,”
  As a principle that I can not ignore.

Then I scrutinize each letter as I strive to make it better
  Till my poem begins to sound the way it should;
And I publish on a forum, and if folks do not ignore ‘em
  I consider that my poems are fairly good.

                                                               Bud Morris

My apologies to the poet that I borrowed the idea of "Miming"
thoughts from. I can't find the piece to credit the originator.

[ARTHUR KELLY]

A poem about writing poems - cleverly expressed with brilliant rhythm and a fantastic rhyme both internal and external....greatly enjoyed,

Yours in poetry

Arthur Kelly

[carousal]

Interesting poem, I particularly liked the double rhymes. As the man said. To rhyme is easy to do badly but dammed difficult to do well. Congratulations you made it, well done and welcome Bud.