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Romance/Love: September 29, 2010 Issue [#3986]

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Romance/Love


 This week: More on Love Poetry
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More on Love Poetry


While coming up with a topic for this Love/Romance Newsletter, I got into a discussion in scroll that went a little like this:

R: I need to write a rhyming love poem that doesn't make me sick to my stomach. How do I do that?

Me: I don't know. All rhyming love poems make me sick to my stomach!

I can probably name two dozen old love poems that rhyme. ("Roses are red, violets are blue," anyone?) They're often featured in romantic greeting cards and Valentines. They're literally everywhere. So, what is it about rhyming love poems that makes me nuts?

It's not so much that the poems rhyme, it's that most rhyming poems these days are just, well, poorly done. Rhymes are usually so obvious that I can guess what word comes next. Because the rhymes are obvious, and because many poets don't use a set syllable count or form, the poems often end up sounding like nursery rhymes. In order for a love poem not to sound cliche to me, it needs to set itself above the rest. A well-rhyming love poem doesn't draw attention to the fact that it rhymes.

Secondly, consider the topic: love. It's something that most of us take pretty seriously, right? When we write a love poem, it's usually to express our adoration for someone we care deeply about. So, why would we write a poem in sing-song verse that sounds like a nursery rhyme? Would you write a nursery rhyme about death or AIDs or Cancer? If someone were to give me a love poem that sounded like a nursery rhyme, I probably wouldn't take him seriously. Again, if the rhyming is done well, then I'd certainly take it seriously. In fact, I'd probably swoon over the poet's skills!

So what about all of those well-known love poems that are written in rhyme? Remember, the one thing they have in common is that they're all old. Rhyming simply isn't in fashion like it was once upon a time. That's not to say that I haven't read well-rhymed poems. I have. But it takes a lot of practice, skill and determination to write a rhymed poem that doesn't sound too sing-songy. It takes even more skill to get such a poem published. We can admire those old poems, but it's not really in fashion to emulate them. Maybe your love likes old-fashioned rhyming love poems. If so, then great! If not, or if you're writing your love poem to send up for publication, then I'd warn against writing one.

Of course, feel free to disagree with me. I expect many of you will. *Wink* I'm a sappy girl at heart, but rhyming love poems just don't do it for me.

For more of my thoughts on love poems, see: "Romance/Love Newsletter (January 27, 2010)Open in new Window.


Editor's Picks

The poems I chose this week are all non-rhyming "love" poems, or if they do rhyme, they are done well.

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How mindless one can seem without true vision.
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A lady wears the colors of her emotions until she wears the color of love once again.
by Aurelio2005 Author Icon

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Free verse poem: When a man truly loves a woman.
by Kactus Berry Author Icon




 
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