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Books The river rhyme was invented by poet and anthologist William Rossa Cole, and promoted through competitions in early issues of Light Quarterly. Quoted in that magazine, Cole describes the loose form: 

"The only specifics are that a body of water be mentioned in the first line, and that there be rhyme and meter. Any rhyme scheme is acceptable, and any meter. There can be four lines (usually), or two or six. The last line must have a pun, a wordplay, or some silliness."

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River Rhyme [Thames]
by Edmund Conti

Sailing on the River Thames
I said to Clyde, Let's look for dames.
It's called, said stuffy Clyde, The Tems.
OK, I said, let's look for fems.

Dry Run
by Joyce La Mers

The L.A. River's concrete banks
Bear proof along those arid flanks
That taggers are exploring ways
To dam a river with paint phrase.

 
When in Dublin...
by Charles W. Pratt

Drinking water from the Liffey
Is, to put it mildly, iffy.
My advice is, don't tempt fate:
In Dublin, take your whiskey straight.

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© 1994 Edmund Conti, Joyce La Mers, and Charles W. Pratt respectively, from Light Quarterly

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