Sometimes, the poet can
be a grand maestro
w/the pen in his hand
A Leonardo of
lyrics and rhyme,
strike up the band
By: J.N.R Dutton
Tag: rhyme
Easy Mark
Jamie was walking home one night alone in the dark
he looked like an easy mark to some thug w/a blade
in Riverside park, but the thug soon found out
he was gravely mistaken…
When Jamie fought back the thug couldn’t take him
When it was all over the thug walked away shaking
The thug life is one error he won’t be making again
since Jamie taught him a lesson
By: J.N.R Dutton
Coherency
Sometimes I read things written w/literally no coherency
Passed off as poetry, it’s always irritated me
There should be at least some sanity
In the words put to the page
I understand not every poem will rhyme
Sometimes even mine don’t,
but there should still be some kind
of stable flow, these days though
it seems like some people
try to pawn off disorganized
schizophrenic thoughts as art
I can’t pander to it, I won’t
By: J.N.R Dutton
Something Cool I Discovered
I’ve recently begun to find
That the more I write
The more I train my mind
To think in patterns and rhyme
I still can’t do it all the time
But that’s alright
By:J.N.R Dutton
Mind’s Labyrinth
Not everything a poet writes
Will always perfectly rhyme
because sometimes those
can be hard to find
Seeking one can be at times
Like a scavenger hunt
Through the labyrinth of the mind
By: J.N.R Dutton
Micro-Poetry:Phoenix
Image by Mystic Art Design from Pixabay
He’s risen so many times
like a Phoenix from the ashes
Yet it seems like somebody
Just keeps striking matches
Burning his world to the ground
He hopes one day his peace may be found
By: J.N.R Dutton
Rain & Rolling Thunder (Poem)
His heart beat, racing,
sounds loud as rolling thunder
His tears fall like rain
There’s so many days
that he just has to wonder
Why so much pain?
How much more can I stand
before I go truly insane?
By: J.N.R Dutton
Blues Fan (Poetry)
I believe music ought to
speak to the very depths of you
That’s one reason why
I am forever a fan of the blues
With it’s rhythms & rhymes
and hard luck stories and truths
©J.N.R Dutton,2020
The Poetry Of J.N.R Dutton 