{"id":610,"date":"2016-09-29T11:38:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T11:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=610"},"modified":"2016-09-29T12:01:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T12:01:47","slug":"any-time-is-time-to-rhyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"Any time is time to rhyme!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you probably know, I love to rhyme.
\nI’ve had this passion for some time…<\/em><\/p>\n

See what I did there? Anyway, I take the view that rhyme is like most things in life, the more you practise it, the better you get. That’s one of the reasons I write a monthly poem for my newsletter readers, it’s a good way to keep my hand in.\u00a0(By the way, if you are not already a subscriber to my free newsletter, Dogpigeon Post,<\/em> please complete the box in the sidebar and I’ll put you on the list.)<\/p>\n

I have found, the more I write in rhyme, the more I think in rhyme, and have recently taken to keeping a kind of ‘rhyming diary’ – the equivalent of an artist’s sketchbook – of rhyming thoughts as they occur. In particular, over the summer, I produced a series of \u00a0‘beach rhymes’ which I have been sharing on my Peta Rainford’s Books Facebook page.<\/p>\n

I thought I’d gather them all together and put them on this blog. I am not aiming for Poet Laureate with any of these. As I say, I am just sharing my sketch book. These are my rhyming doodles.<\/p>\n

Beach rhyme 30\/7\/16<\/p>\n

We three
\nBy the sea.<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 31\/7\/16<\/p>\n

Sinky sand,
\nSinky hand.<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 31\/7\/16<\/p>\n

Fab
\nCrab.<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 5\/8\/16<\/p>\n

The day we drove
\nTo Steephill Cove…<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 6\/8\/16<\/p>\n

At low tide:
\nNowhere to hide…<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 7\/8\/16<\/p>\n

Today I’m on a horse,
\nOf course.<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 9\/8\/16<\/p>\n

Sun
\nFun<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 16\/8\/16<\/p>\n

Ridges of pain!
\nWon’t go shoeless again.<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 16\/8\/16<\/p>\n

Mermaid
\n(Drawn with a spade.)<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 23\/8\/16<\/p>\n

Don’t scorn
\nThe prawn!
\nHe’s not a whimp.
\nHe’s just a shrimp.<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 26\/8\/16<\/p>\n

Not a single sole
\nWithin this shoal.<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 4\/8\/16<\/p>\n

Soggy
\nDoggy<\/p>\n

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Beach rhyme 28\/9\/16<\/p>\n

Ahoy!
\nA buoy!<\/p>\n

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