AMOUR

Of all the things on this green earth
and in the skies above,
the dearest things that poets seek
are words that rhyme with love.

Just try it and you’ll surely see,
If you must rhyme with love,
the only words besides above
are dove and glove and shove.

Now you may be more apt than I
to find what rhymes with love.
There are no other English words,
at least that I know of.

That’s why some pen their free form poems
so they don’t have to rhyme.
Then they can use that word they love;
you see it all the time.

Well, maybe if they wrote in French,
in Spanish, or in Greek,
then they could find the rhymes they want,
the ones that poets seek.

If you were using Spanish then
the word would be amor.
There must be many Spanish words
that rhyme with that, I’m sure.

The same is true when speaking French.
(They simply add a ‘u’.)
The French can make amour seem sweet
like no one else can do.

Now you might think you could use Greek,
but that ain’t gonna fly.
I looked up how they spell their love;
it made me want to cry.

‘Cause Greek is not like anything
I’ve ever seen before.
Take my advice and stay with French
and use the word amour.

So take the time and learn your French
when writing poems of love.
Then you won’t have to be stuck with
those rhymes like shove and glove.