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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7, 2002 Community o By Sam Jackson Okay pards, who came up with all the words having no rhyme mates? No - well how many of you came up with 10? - five? Here is a partial list from the Poets Craft Book; amongst; avenge; revenge; bulb; film ; porch; wasp ; breadth; depth; eighth; fifth; forth; ninth; sixth; width; wolf, too many to list here, so, if you are having no luck at all finding a rhyme mate for a particular worcTkeep in mind there may not be one! If that is the case, dont tarnish your work with something close- - go back and change the word , even if it the verse. means re-writi- ng Using correct rhymes I had listened to cowboy poetry but a short time, when it became evident there were areas that could be improved! What better method than the time tested good old American way Competition!! Enter: Cowboy Poetry Rodeo, and these Lyrical Legends columns have been written for the same purpose. The genre of cowboy poetry is no different than any other enter- tainment media: Quality improves audience grows. By becoming better poets and entertainers, the message is fiilff! in fact the majority, is not written to rhyme at all. I have no problem with that my quarrel is with those who compose works that is meant to rhyme, but does Some words, called eye rhymes are spelled alike and look alike, but pronounced differently and are not rhymes at all - earth hearth ; cow! blow ; not. finger ginger! singer. Another I recently came across an ex- often seen but definite no-n- o is cellent example of how not to attempting to rhyme words endcompose rhyming poetry The ing in n with those ending in m Still another failure is try story line was acceptable, however that quality was quickly diluted as the author proceeded to break every rhyming rule in the book using such rhyme mates as steep feet; soogans I wagon; hot! knots; swells I hell; flared! stares; control! go; down! pond; last crash; side! alive; peek! trees; snow snow; side alive (again); trails! tail; side! side; ranch! chance (close, but no cigar); and finally; fast grass. (Note: just as some folks have the misfortune of being color blind , so too, there are the rhyme deaf among us, which could be the case here. However, even mwmmrmtmm that handicap should not keep a good poet from putting out acceptable work as a simple way around the problem would be asking a peer for a critique prior to publishing. It would certainly make things easier on the ear of the average cowboy poetry fan. Rhyme deals exclusively with sounds and has nothing to do with spelling. Correct rhymes ttfflewm 10 mmttjMr. Excellent Service Free Estimates New Show Room - In Business for 7 Years .. Call CHRIS or VALEEN 6 or (435) 61 (435) 467-22- 1 6-2- 21 mediocrity in versification More dos and donts: Never use a rhyme word twice in a poem. Never try to use identical words as rhyme mates, and something worth mentioning again; when using a word difficult to rhyme-to- , change the word, even if it means changingthe entire verse. d Many successful poets use rhymes such as; satin flat in; Quentin went in. Last but not least, heres an easy to follow rule When writing cowboy poh etry, forget using cuz it jist aint needed in fact in most cases not recommended. Write your poetry in the same dialect as if you, or your story characters, were doing the talking. Contractions such as aint, cant, Ive, gonna canbe used whenever necessary for diction, authenticity and correct syllable two-wor- good-Englis- count. One final word for those of you who might still have doubts as to whether going the extra mile to use the correct rhythm, meter, to; heard by a wider audience, gaining accolades as well as affectcan either be spelled alike: ate! ing pocket books. With that said, lets talk about plate! mate or differently; ate rhyming. Many types of poetry, strait! freight. , ing to rhyme a singular word with a plural. An example: measure treasures. Seeing near rhymes used by most song writers does not make them acceptable in rhymed poetry as you dont have the music to hide miscues. To quote from The Poets Craft Book; Slovenly rhyming is one of the sure signs of syllable count and proper rhyming is worth it. Carefully read the works of Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson and Robert Service. Well wind things up riext weelc by discussing first verse design; the main body of Roughing-ou- t the poem; Ending with a verse that pulls it all together, then how to effectively edit your own work. Thanks for your time and remember that you are all welcome to attend the Western Legends Round-u- p Cowboy Poetry free workshop at the Old Barn Theater in Kanab, Utah, at 9:30 a.m., August 22 and the Cowboy Poetry Rodeo competition on Western Legends Cowboy Poetry Contest August 23 and 24. For more information go to Stan Tixierfrom Eden , Utah was a big money winner at last years Western p Round-uwww.westemlegendsroundup.com Cowboy Poetry competition. Legends 6 625 N. Wyler Street Hildale, UT 84784-160- 1 flooring questyahoo.com vj G i InZn 0 NEW BOOK by President Gordon B. Hinckley in this coupon and receive J Offff any purchase! 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