<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414925" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Who stands with me?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">True poets write in meter.<br>Not because they think it’s neater<br> but because the flow is sweeter<br>When their words are read aloud <br>as they perform before the crowd.<br> Their poems pass the acid test.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Prose writers do not choose to rhyme.<br>They see it as a waste of time.<br>Although their word choice is sublime.<br> Without meter it is prose, <br> not poetry as they suppose.<br>Their definition I contest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poetic prose it’s plain to see.<br>Can not be classed as poetry.<br>I can accept you disagree.<br>I know I have a biased view<br> I think I am entitled to<br>Decide which one I like the best.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I choose meter every time<br>Preferably with lines that rhyme.<br>I find such poetry sublime.<br>Though I enjoy well written prose.<br>Each to his own I must suppose<br> So write the way that suits you best.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am old fashioned I admit<br>and not one whit ashamed of it.<br>I do not find rules inhibit.<br>Free expression of my views<br>They merely mean I have to choose<br> the words that will express them best</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Free form, free verse, poetic prose.<br>Are methods other writers chose <br>as being fit for their purpose.<br>To rebel against fixed form.<br>Which was regarded as the norm.<br>Just to be different from the rest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But fashions change and now free form <br>Must be regarded as the norm.<br>I see no reason to conform.<br>I choose to write my poetry<br>In the old way that pleases me.<br>A lonely voice raised in protest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The wheel of fate will slowly turn<br>Metered poetry will return<br> and well deserved plaudits earn.<br>I hope I live to see the day.<br>when classic poets can display.<br>That fixed forms can outshine the rest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Monday,06 December 2010<br>http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414925" data-title="Who stands with me? de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="True poets write in meter. Not because they think it’s neater but because the flow is sweeter When their words are read aloud as they perform before the crowd. Their poems pass the acid test. Prose writers do not choose to rhyme. They see it..."></div> </div> </div>

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