A few years ago, I discovered the poems of Dorothy Parker. I was hooked on them since.
Parker’s veracious wit, sarcasm and satire were drew me into her poems. I stumbled upon her a few years ago on the Internet. The first poem I’ve read by her is entitled “Resume,” which opened my eyes to how rhyming could really strike a revelation within a person, really throw them into something unexpected.
“Resume”
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp;
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.
I’ve read that in this day and age, to write rhyming poems don’t do as well as free verse. I know it’s often said that a poem doesn’t have to rhyme in order for it to be a poem, but apparently in this day and age, anything goes.