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# A Wayward Word
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/a-wayward-word/
- Published: 2022-05-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: A wayward word snuck right into my poem took residence, refused to even budge You've seen their kind -- to love them is to know them a word you cannot rhyme with -- what the fudge! But if it says exactly what I want t...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

A wayward word snuck right into my poem  
took residence, refused to even budge  
You've seen their kind -- to love them is to know them  
a word you cannot rhyme with -- what the fudge!  
But if it says exactly what I want to,  
how can I change it just to make things fit?  
Not matter what I try, and what I've gone through...  
Admit defeat? It's tempting, just a bit.  
Occasionally, I'll rewrite completely,  
make orange the new black just so it rhymes.  
I love it though when poems work out neatly,  
and I avoid committing verbal crimes.