On Rhyme

I have heard many a time

That poetry should be in rhyme

But how can this be, the words you see

Must be selected one at a time

But of this I do not fret

For I do now make this bet

That free verse when used instead of rhyme

Will not be a crime

Although the first I prefer

Your style of writing do not deter

For what comes from the heart, must be a part

Of any poem I refer

(2005)