03-23-2014, 06:28 AM
(03-23-2014, 06:25 AM)Leanne Wrote: Perhaps we should identify which of these is the more precious to us at the time of writing and make that the one to sacrifice. If we hold to it tightly at all costs, then we're hanging on for our own purposes and not those of the poem.Also, this is just the choice of 2 elements of poetry. I think a fantastic metaphor would trump both
Kill the babies.
Thinking about the rhymes I remembered how many times I wrote a poem with /no/ ideas just the thought of a clever rhyme. I remember when I was on vacation and I was thinking of the cacti/ fact I -cactus/practice rhyme and I ended up writing it and posting it on my phone.

