My poems seldom rhyme. To me
it seems contrived frivolity.
Pushing literary toes
into narrow shoes just shows
clever, well-turned rhyming tricks
meant not for skill, but merely hicks
who hold a cowpoke's doggerel
more meaningful than good ol' Bill!
Dashboard Cooper (aka D.B. Cooper) disrespected contrivance in all its forms. Sometime in 1989.
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Reporter, editor, photographer. Eighth grade teacher of English and computers. Actor. Quality assurance professional for pharmaceutical manufacturing. And always a writer.
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Love this “Pushing literary toes into narrow shoes just shows” and your use of enjambment.
Very many thanks, especially for going this far back to find and read it!