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An Essay on Rhyme and other versesAn Essay on Rhyme and other verses (book)

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There are no thoughts too deep for words.
No. Every word that helps us frame a thought
Is made of thoughts in turn made up of words
Conveying thoughts constructed out of words
That ride on thoughts that are a net of words
Between whose lines we read a million thoughts
That can be captured, just, in precious words
That spiral down to depths that challenge thought.

This selection of verses by the editor of Snakeskin webzine is is tribute to, and celebration of, the power of words. George Simmers enjoys playing with a variety of poetic forms, from the verse letter to the square limerick. Most of the poems in the book are powered by traditional metre and are enhanced by the pizazz of rhyme.

LightLight (book)

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This is an assortment of verses (mostly light) including poems, parodies, the words for a cantata, and some bits of utter nonsense. It includes two long verse collaborations with that master of sardonic rhyme, K.M.Payne.