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Question: Does anyone else write poems on this ridiculous topic!?
To me, poems, however long or short, must rhyme and scan!.
If they don't, they are just manipulated prose!.
I have written lots of six-liners and longer works, on this very same topic!.
At least the subject amuses me personally - read on !


Some dogs are scruffy -
Some are neat!.
Some are fierce,
While some are sweet!.
But every type of dog eats meat
And drops its bowels in the street!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
i thought the poem was sweet and have some much rhythm and beat!. And it was about dogs it was short and straight to the point!. I give you an A+!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know if there is a poetry policeman/woman, but I hope not!.

You wrote "To me, poems, however long or short, must rhyme and scan!.
If they don't, they are just manipulated prose!."

I disagree and I hope you are not the police and here is my poem that refuses to conform to your criteria!.

I write bad poetry
so you say
where is the power of your imagery
In fact, where is your imagery

I write bad poetry
Can't you understand
I won't conform to your demands
Suddenly struck I write
but don't expect rewriting
Rhyming is an impossibility
so please don't bully me
And reasoning, you want sensibility
but that 's not my way
really, do you need more convincing
I write bad poetry
and if I laugh at convention
that's my happiest invention

I write bad poetry
and you insist on knowing why
and what for
rebel that I am still
I hope you will understand

I write bad poetry for me and dare
dear youWww@QuestionHome@Com

well no i haven't written poetry bout dog poo, but hey!

your poem does rhyme but your internal metering is off

Some dogs are scruffy
Some dogs are neat
Some dogs are fierce
Some dogs are sweet
But each and every dog eats meat
And dumps it's load all o'er the street!.

now i've lost the rhyme!. ho hum

dogs sweet and scruffy
snuff at your feet
dogs fierce or mean;
they all eat meat
and all have owners who leave the sh*t in the street

or

Dogs are of many types
sweet and mean:
they all poo in the street, just the same


and my haiku version (losely rendered)

dogs, like people
come in all sizes:
warm poo steams in the street


but to me, poetry doesn't need to rhyme or scan, tho i agree it can be very clever when it does!.

now i've written 3 poems bout dog poo!.

euugh must wash head out!.

;)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Your poem doesn't scan - your syllables are all over the place!. 5/3/3/4/9/8!. You need to have a pattern!. For example:

Some dogs are scruffy,
some are so neat!.
And some can be fierce -
others are sweet!.
But ALL dogs eat meat
and 'dump' on the street!

'Though still not perfect, it has more order to it!. 5/4/5/4/5/5!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh, you are such a treat
yelling to keep the beat
all the while loving "odes"
to your dog's loads!

Frank the Gastank has not been around for awhile!. He is probably reloading!. When he appears, you best be ready, cause when it's unloaded it's odoriferous!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Emptying their bowels in the street
Isn't so bad, in fact it's a treat!.
I'd rather scoop it all up from the road
Than from any floor within my abode!.
A bit fierce, scruffy dogs can still be sweet;
But highest on my list: they MUST BE NEAT !!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would suggest empties its bowelsWww@QuestionHome@Com