Tuesday Tips: To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme
I’ll be honest with you: I like rhyme. It’s fun, challenging, and can make a poem easier to remember. After all, some very famous and beloved poems have been written in rhyme—think “Annabel Lee” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” That being said, it can be a tough sell to get rhyming poems published in today’s market. Why? Some consider rhyme to be too cutesy or even trite; some dismiss it as “greeting card verse.” Now, I like greeting cards, and many of them have lo