THE BEAR IN THE TRUTH

Celebrating East African Writing!

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There is truth in beer,

So said a peer;

A statement so modest -

It forgot to be honest.

The truth from the beer,

I wish not to hear;

A gift so fleeting -

It leaves my teeth gritting.

The truth is the beer,

Is but a hidden gear;

A ploy with a link -

Under the guise of a drink.

The truth and the beer,

I find so very near;

I must see through the froth -

To the bear in the truth.

©Marth Arimi

Discussion

simple, effortless(short for this rhyming business),like another sip of tusker malt!

Posted by maaca | June 7, 2010, 4:52 pm
good use of rythm, please lets agree once and for all; rhyme doesn’t necessarily do justice to a poem; not even to the rythm

Posted by chrispus | June 11, 2010, 12:42 am
i am from the school of thought that rhyming on poetry is like dancing in the rain. So much better

Posted by koko | June 24, 2010, 5:09 pm