12-19-2015, 08:33 AM
I genuinely love rhymed poetry. It's always been my belief that in a good rhyming poem, one should not even notice the rhymes. I don't see that there's a real division between rhyme/non-rhyme, simply because to me, rhyme is just another tool to be used (properly). Sadly, there are a lot of tools using it 
As for "anyone can write funny poems", I'm going to have to go with no on that one too. I'm not trying to be contrary, but I do recognise a significant skill involved in comic poetry, just as in comedy movies or books. I don't really separate things into categories though. It's very possible to have a hilarious poem/book/movie that also has a decent level of profundity.
Light comic verse does indeed work better when it rhymes. I love nothing more than a limerick, or a vile sonnet about bestiality (wait, where did that come from?). They're my writer's block poems (because there's no such thing as writer's block, that's just an excuse to be mopey and shite). Serious stuff requires serious editing, attention to detail, exactly the right word in exactly the right place, no cliches, no heavy-handed metaphor -- and I guess that's the problem. Some people just like to be beaten over the head with the bleeding obvious. I won't mention the nationality of this particular gentleman, lest it reinforce a stereotype that certain nations just don't understand or appreciate subtlety...
As for "anyone can write funny poems", I'm going to have to go with no on that one too. I'm not trying to be contrary, but I do recognise a significant skill involved in comic poetry, just as in comedy movies or books. I don't really separate things into categories though. It's very possible to have a hilarious poem/book/movie that also has a decent level of profundity.
Light comic verse does indeed work better when it rhymes. I love nothing more than a limerick, or a vile sonnet about bestiality (wait, where did that come from?). They're my writer's block poems (because there's no such thing as writer's block, that's just an excuse to be mopey and shite). Serious stuff requires serious editing, attention to detail, exactly the right word in exactly the right place, no cliches, no heavy-handed metaphor -- and I guess that's the problem. Some people just like to be beaten over the head with the bleeding obvious. I won't mention the nationality of this particular gentleman, lest it reinforce a stereotype that certain nations just don't understand or appreciate subtlety...