An Essay on Rhyme and other verses

There are no thoughts too deep for words.<br> No. Every word that helps us frame a thought<br> Is made of thoughts in turn made up of words<br> Conveying thoughts constructed out of words<br> That ride on thoughts that are a net of words<br> Between whose lines we read a million thoughts<br> That can be captured, just, in precious words<br> That spiral down to depths that challenge thought. <p> This selection of verses by the editor of Snakeskin webzine is is tribute to, and celebration of, the power of words. George Simmers enjoys playing with a variety of poetic forms, from the verse letter to the square limerick. Most of the poems in the book are powered by traditional metre and are enhanced by the pizazz of rhyme.