I have lowered my estimation of how hard it is to write rhyming, rhythmically satisfying poetry (no regard to the literary quality of the product). It has become my hobby on my walk to work. Read some Lewis Carroll and try to think along the beat pattern he uses—just garble words to yourself filling in the occasional blank that sounds good so long as you get the rhythm right. Do that for a while and you can start piecing phrases into that mold with some work and iteration. It’s much more fun to just feel the beats than to count.
I have lowered my estimation of how hard it is to write rhyming, rhythmically satisfying poetry (no regard to the literary quality of the product). It has become my hobby on my walk to work. Read some Lewis Carroll and try to think along the beat pattern he uses—just garble words to yourself filling in the occasional blank that sounds good so long as you get the rhythm right. Do that for a while and you can start piecing phrases into that mold with some work and iteration. It’s much more fun to just feel the beats than to count.