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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.
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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.
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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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