For God's Sake: rhyme time | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

For God's Sake: rhyme time

Writing poetry is difficult. It is more than inartfully shoehorning in a word at the end of a phrase that rhymes with the last word of the previous phrase. Here I am describing my own clumsy attempts to join in my wife’s creative jam. A poem should verbally paint a scene or image that stirs an emotion then plumbs its depths through skillful rhyme and faithful meter. One of the most cherished gifts I received from my seminary education was instru…

For God's Sake: rhyme time | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

Writing poetry is difficult. It is more than inartfully shoehorning in a word at the end of a phrase that rhymes with the last word of the previous phrase. Here I am describing my own clumsy attempts to join in my wife’s creative jam. A poem should verbally paint a scene or image that stirs an emotion then plumbs its depths through skillful rhyme and faithful meter. One of the most cherished gifts I received from my seminary education was instru…