I agree with you about family activities dying in most households. We don't watch much television but we do play a board game while having our evening dinner meal. It encourages us to eat slower and to have interesting conversations.
It did get me thinking though. The Beatles trip to America (la reconquista?), George's interest in South Asia (and 'strange' instruments like the sitar), John's relationship with Oko... all very new and strange at the time. England was just opening up.
My thoughts:
You can drop 'the cost' at the end of line 5. (line's a tad long)
Yes, he-who-should-not-be-named really won't face himself and admit that he might, just might, be wrong. (line 8)
I don't think of the courts as belonging to Biden (no suggestion as to what word to replace it)...
...and I really don't think it's political as much as the wannabe martyr cries that the prosecution is persecuting him. Yes, he's a loathsome loser. Yes, he keeps on lyin'.
They were sometimes cast in the role of 'blunt object' in a murder mystery (the only thing you can murder with a smartphone is a person's reputation).
At my age I'm becoming less protective of my privacy; but, recent world events have brought to light the need for more privacy, not less. Nations are becoming very protective of their image, and journalists or even common citizens with an opinion are the target of their wrath.
Video of Floyd's murder was appropriate imho; but, mere finger pointing to destroy another's reputation (or false accusations like Giuliani did) is NOT.
I gotta say I am in agreement with everything you said. I too am okay with near rhymes unless I am going for something like a true English Sonnet or other proper poetry. Then I try much harder to find exact rhymes.
I don't bat an eye when it comes to the plural/singular rhyme.
Awkward word order: like you said, happened a lot in my early poetry. I try not to do that these days.
Meter? I feel like if a poem is going to rhyme, it ought to have good meter as well. They seem to go hand in hand in my opinion. I'm a little more critical when it comes to meter, especially with poems with required meter.
Sight rhymes? Uggg! I don't get it! But a lot of the "old masters" did it.
Forced rhymes? I say it falls under the adage: First you need to learn the rules before you can break them. With your experience... you are definitely allowed to force a rhyme.
"The Language of Anger and Outrage" could be an interesting treatise of the early 21st Century. The culture DEMANDS !!!! and social media reflects this and perpetuates it as well.
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