Rhyming Poems
There's a reason rhyme has been central to poetry for millennia — it satisfies something deep in us, a craving for pattern, for resolution, for the pleasure of sounds meeting across lines. These rhyming poems showcase the art of matching sound to meaning, from playful couplets to intricate rhyme schemes.
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The Poem She Won't Read Without Crying
FeaturedI know your name but not the one on your driver's license.
First Morning
FeaturedI woke before you and did nothing about it. The radiator ticked. Your shoulder rose and fell.
Everything She Carried
FeaturedMy mother carried me before I was a person. Carried me in the dark of her own body.
What Being In Love Actually Feels Like
FeaturedBeing in love is the thing that comes after the fireworks—the quiet drive home with the windows down and someone's hand on your knee.
What We Promise
When you stand in front of everyone you know and a few people you don't.
The Wife I Get to Have
Other men describe their wives like cars they've owned too long. I refuse.
The Boy Who Grew Taller Than Me
There was a morning— I don't remember which one— when you walked into the kitchen and I looked up.
Letter to My Father on His Day
You never asked for a day. That's the most father thing about you.
The Poem That Made Her Cry
I want to say the thing you already know but haven't heard out loud—the thing that sits in the back of your chest like a fist that forgot to open.
The Last Walk
We took the same route. Past the mailbox you always had opinions about.
The Friend Who Shows Up
You don't keep score. That's how I know.
To the Woman I Married
I didn't marry the woman I fell in love with. I married the one who showed up after.