Auden popularized the off-syllable rhyme and many poets do it, but I don't care for it myself. I suppose there are instances where jarring dissonance might be called for, but not very often. I am OK with a three syllable word rhyming with a one syllable word, although the ing suffix is so common it isn't a terribly striking rhyme. I have used it in villanelles and intensely rhymed poems to mute the rhyme a little.
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