{"id":4031,"date":"2023-11-26T20:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=4031"},"modified":"2023-11-28T19:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T19:40:40","slug":"how-to-write","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/h-poems\/how-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Write"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> How to Write<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on July 30, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nI used to think that poetry was just about the rhyme<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I didn&#8217;t really know about the flow<br \/>\nSome verses that I stopped to read would somehow fail to chime<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A part of art was missing from the show<br \/>\nBut then I learned di DUM di di and meters such as these<br \/>\nAnd finally I understood the way to make words please<\/p>\n<p>You have to hear the meter like a tune inside your head<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I like my rhymes to flow like Devon cream<br \/>\nThen fill the &#8220;DUM&#8221;s and &#8220;di&#8221;s you heard with words you should have said<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And then you&#8217;ll have a poem like a dream<br \/>\nThe meter doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s regular and strong<br \/>\nA sweeter beat will keep your readers bouncing right along<\/p>\n<p>In English there are many ways to word a perfect phrase<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 So bend each line to make a perfect fit<br \/>\nUse language from these modern days, I think you&#8217;ll find it pays<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Then see that no infinitives were split<br \/>\nYour message will be memorable if rhyme and flow are right<br \/>\nSo take the time to be sublime, you&#8217;ll reach the highest height<\/p>\n<p>A soft and gentle meter makes a love-song seem serene<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A bouncy flow may make a reader laugh<br \/>\nStaccato beats are eerie and can set a horror scene<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Then doleful trochees tell the aftermath<br \/>\nSo rhyme away your stories with a rhythm and panache<br \/>\nAnd everything you write will make a more impressive splash!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Write by cricketjeff on July 30, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved I used to think that poetry was just about the rhyme \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I didn&#8217;t really know about the flow Some verses that I stopped to read would somehow fail to chime \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A part of art [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9706,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4031","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7478,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4031\/revisions\/7478"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}