[Brian Allgar]

Originally Posted by Roger Slater

"Clothes" has many rhymes, doesn't it? At least according to rhymezone.com

Yes, but Rhymezone is notoriously unreliable and slipshod. They seem to think that "froze", "nose", "owes" and countless others all rhyme with "clothes". (Ironically in this context, they also think that "elbows" rhymes with "clothes"!) Well, not in my speech they don't. As far as I know, the only rhyme that includes the "th" sound is "loathes".

[Ann Drysdale]

Yes - naughty Herrick (whenas in silks etc.)...

[Catherine Chandler]

Can we invent words?

[Jerome Betts]

Oaths, Brian? Or is the plural unvoiced?

[Melissa Balmain]

Hi everyone,

I can see, from a number of your questions, that I should have been a bit clearer about what we're looking for... Per Jayne's excellent suggestion, I have edited my original post, including a bunch of examples that I hope will help.

Melissa

[Jayne Osborn]

Originally Posted by Melissa Balmain

Hi everyone,

I can see, from a number of your questions, that I should have been a bit clearer about what we're looking for... Per Jayne's excellent suggestion, I have edited my original post, including a bunch of examples that I hope will help.

Melissa

Thanks very much, Melissa. I feel a bit less of a chump now!

Jayne

[Jerome Betts]

Brian, seems that both voiced and unvoiced pronunciations of 'oaths' are current, so would rhyme with BE 'clothes' and 'loathes'.

[Brian Allgar]

Originally Posted by Jerome Betts

Oaths, Brian? Or is the plural unvoiced?

You could be right, Jerome. I had overlooked that one. I think it's pronounced with a hard "th", but I can't be sure, as I never use the word. Which is odd when you consider how often I utter oaths directed at Bill Gates, Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, and many others.

[Brian Allgar]

Melissa, the Light standard submission page specifies a maximum of five entries. It also says: "We try to respond to submissions within 10 weeks, though it may sometimes take a bit longer, especially for snail-mail submissions. Please let us respond to your submission before you send additional poems."

I'm currently up to twelve pieces, several of which are merely couplets. Should I stick to the submission guidelines, or is there a way that I can submit the whole batch?

With best wishes,
Brian

[Roger Slater]

Originally Posted by Brian Allgar

Melissa, the Light standard submission page specifies a maximum of five entries. It also says: "We try to respond to submissions within 10 weeks, though it may sometimes take a bit longer, especially for snail-mail submissions. Please let us respond to your submission before you send additional poems."

I'm currently up to twelve pieces, several of which are merely couplets. Should I stick to the submission guidelines, or is there a way that I can submit the whole batch?

With best wishes,
Brian

I hadn't seen that. I've also written about a dozen so far, all of which are quatrains.