I'm one of those blokes an addictive rhymer and one might say that I am hooked on rhyme <br />And many would see that as unproductive or in other words a simple waste of time <br />I've been penning verse since I was twenty seven and that was thirty four years ago <br />And I've written over six thousand and five hundred pieces yet for my efforts don't have much to show. <br /> <br />From an old quote 'a hungry belly game' is versifying and truer words than these have not been said <br />If I depended on verse for to feed me of malnutrition I would be long dead <br />Still in my brain the jingles keep on jingling and I'll be a rhymer till my dying day <br />And if I were one who yearned for fame and fortune I would give penning doggerel away. <br /> <br />This penning rhyme is an adictive habit and though rhyme and verse and such is hard to sell <br />For many years to rhyme I've been addicted you well might say it has me in it's spell <br />Back in my prime years when I was ambitious I had these dreams of fortune and renown <br />But when I moved south I left my dreams behind me in that green country side by Millstreet Town. <br /> <br />I'm one of those blokes an addictive rhymer and though from rhyme I do not stand to gain <br />I write because the lust for rhyme is in me and as an addictive rhymer I'll remain <br />And I'll be a rhymer till the reaper take me for the lust for rhyme in me remains quite strong <br />And I will always be a rhyming fellow for I have a great love for rhyme and song.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rhyme-of-an-addictive-rhymer/
