Sonnet- Sonnet Needs Rhymes Poem by Dr John Celes

Sonnet- Sonnet Needs Rhymes

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Can you a Sonnet write without its rhyme?
Now people want the modern verse that's free;
As ideas get stuck and cramped with time,
A Sonnet's like leafless branches of tree!

A Sonnet's great for men who rhyme too well;
Its beauty lives in metre, rhythm, rhyme;
Yet, it can never run into 'pel-mel';
The sonneteer can write in any clime.

Why abhor rhymes and not a Sonnet write?
Each genre has its rules to comply with;
Why sleep all day and stay awake all night?
Rhyme-play is done by Kindergarden kith!

Why ridicule something you can't do well,
Much things are done by practice, Sonnets tell.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Imelda Ortega Suzara 30 May 2013

Had to search for definition of 'kith' and found it an Old English word; and practise does make it easier!

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