James T. Sapp

English-speaking peoples have historically loved the short lines and rhymes of iambic tetrameter (8-count syllabic verse). Its easy rhythm and singing lines flow easily and smoothly off the mind and tongue and are instantly recognizable as poetic form no matter the content. I believe the majority still do. This is borne out by the large number of successful advertising jingles and particularly by the massive amounts of musical lyrics that continue to blossom in almost every genre, every year, using this form.

To this old-fashioned reader, rhythmic rhymes will always be the tastiest tidbits of poetry, no matter the pounding on our ears of the popular myth that rhyme and meter are dead.

For those who share my tastes, I humbly present the following collection of books (in no particular order) of rhyming poems and stories which contain some adventure, some spookiness, some beauty, some imagery, and some touching tears for the reader's reflection.

-JTS