(spoken word version of this poem with percussion
can be heard at michaelkamaupoetry.com)
i'm writing this poem as proof
that i love to write RHYME
critics must know that i enjoy setting up the next sentence
to syncopate in rhythmic TIME
with the previous LINE
the end result must sound enticing enough
to please the listener's subconscious state of MIND
yes, i can write other types of POETRY
lyrical CHEMISTRY is the KEY
my rhyming LEGACY is DIRECTLY
connected to my personal style of CREATIVITY
i love utilizing rhyme with my nouns, adjectives and VERBS
poetry depend upon WORDS
much like branches from trees coexist with BIRDS
the art of a humble poet
represents lyrical fruit, vegetables, spices and HERBS
first, i extract an 'idea' out of the 'atmosphere',
put ink pen to paper and WRITE
afterward, sometime late in the NIGHT
i sit at my outdated computer and carefully TYPE...
print and practice, so that when i began to RECITE,
it'll all come out RIGHT
my 'style' is what cordially invite readers to stay for a 'while'
only an eighth grade education is needed to UNDERSTAND
i may never make the best seller's list,
raking in more than a hundred GRAND
i rhyme when i write, not just because i want to
and not just because i CAN
i rhyme when i write, because that's who i AM