Our critic A.O. Scott marvels at the power and paradox of a sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience, about self-control, about the need to conserve ...

Couplets are the most versatile form of rhyming poetry. Whatever your mood or your message, you can start with two lines that rhyme and add other rhymed pairs if you need them to complete your story.