The Disused Canal;

[waitingforgodet]

Regarding a rhyme scheme or not: Sometimes, Billy, it is good to attempt something that you're not into, because by doing it, say in the Disused Canal, what happens is that the exercise offers you an added flexibility and arsenal, so to speak, that otherwise you wouldn't think of, and more importantly, it allows the poet to grow hugely. What's interesting about it too is that sometimes the entire (but not always) premise of the poem changes, whether good or bad, better or worse or simply different emerges when you do it--jim

when i started writing poetry a lot of what i did was rhyme. after a while i just moved to free verse
i do always try and use at least two or three poetic devices when i
write and sometimes i do use end rhyme as opposed to internal rhyme.

Billy, I can't think of any exercises for their own sake. I can only suggest them when I see the possiblitity within an existing work. But Thank you.

jim




here's one
we do have a poetry practice forum where people can can put forward an exercise.
being someone who tries to answer every post in the poetry section means i'd take part should you pose an exercise there