Since When Is It A Crime To Rhyme?

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. - Thoreau

many times

i've asked myself why i'm so inclined to rhyme

well, twice a day a twelve-hour clock points to the same time

it takes two nickels to equal a dime

having to use repetitive motions because you're not allowed to speak when you're a mime

the more orders you place with amazon the more sense it makes to get prime

two "i am's" are greater than one "i'm"

it takes more than one piece of dirt to make grime

more than one piece of anything hanging in the wind to make a chime

you need thick plus messy to create slime

there are eight hundred keys for lime

besides

since when is assonance a crime

Author's Note

"When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

Well I had to look up assonance, so now I get it; It's never a crime to rhyme; I wish I could do it more often... this a a clever spoof on rhyming and I like the words you chose to rhyme and each line is clever and actually means something...well done!
Best, B

[Pete]

thanks for making me smile today betty. you should be rewarded with a shower of confetti ... :)

[Betty Hermelee]

You're very welcome Pete
Best, B

[willweb]

Thankfully it is not a crime to rhyme or I would have more citations that I had poems. That would be a lot of citations. Nice one my friend.

[Pete]

thanks ww. let me know where you are so that when a cop stops i can give them the drop on you. there once was a man from nantucket ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

"the more orders you place with amazon the more sense it makes to get prime"
Long live Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez...

[Pete]

thanks sir sami. i think jeff wants to start shipping packages beyond the realm of earth which is why he went up in a rocket. i wish he'd stop it ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! I love it. He might come back just for his big money

[Sami Khalil]

"it takes two nickels to equal a dime"

[Pete]

... soon, if not already, new generations won't even know such things because we've essentially become a cashless society ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well said.

[Sami Khalil]

I love it. Whimsical and full of rhymes. Now, your poem is worth more than a dime; we'll put them on the Antique's road show (just kidding). Now, I have a question: Did your muse ever rhyme???

[Pete]

... next up for auction we have this rhyming concoction. to bid or not to bid is your option ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Brilliant........

[Pete]

thoreau wrote a poem called 'the thaw' with an abcdcdefef rhyme scheme ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Good to know .