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I love rhyme.



Sometimes even forced rhyme is telling me something about the discipline of the soul,

trying to make its own music,

harmonizing the echoes of the universe ...



It is telling me about the soul that brings the far-off mountain within reach,

by calling out in expectation of the distant answer ...



Do you know the Muse called Rhyme?

Conventional she is, yeah? SMILE ... Nope.

Lady, Lunatic or Lover - Lingering, Lurking or Longing.

That she may be.

Draped in coyness or daring in nakedness.

Ah! Now I have your attention GRIN





Rhyme does not have to be end rhyme.

Rhyme words may be at the beginning of sentences.

It may be rhyming vowels or rhyming consonants ...



Rhyming words may be sown all over the poem,

like the delightful August flowers of Namakwa Land,

that stretch of Heaven here in my homeland, South Africa.

Or it may be used in a subtle manner,

like the exquisite orchid blooming in the shade on the top of the Drakens Berg.



Free verse is not at all about NOT rhyming.

The 'rhyme' may be alliteration ...

or a refrain waiting for its echo ...

or the visual form 'answering' in repetition ...

It may even be whole phrases rhyming ...  



The true poet may dive into hydrophytic dreams and depths

in seemingly shallow water ...

by gently flipping around with rhythm and rhyme ...



The best way to write free verse of extraordinary depth and beauty

and inherent structure,

is by understanding and mastering the rhythm of rhyme.

Yes: rhyme enhances rhythm ... and vice versa.



Free verse is never fragmented prose.



Free verse is the sublime mirror of the memory of rhyme.



Free verse is not for lazy or bored poets.







Myra Lochner

07.09.2002