Revisiting Rhyme

Why do so many poets writing today shy away from rhyme? Maybe it?s because they?re afraid it will make their poems sound trite or old-fashioned. In fact, knowing how to rhyme subtly and skillfully can achieve quite the opposite. In this workshop, we will examine the many different rhyming strategies available. We?ll even talk about rap music and what we can learn from it. Discussing what distinguishes a ?good? rhyme from a weak one will lead us to some conclusions about what rhyme can add to a poem and how it can be used to make your poems both more memorable and more musical.