Minute Poetry

Write a Minute Poem for this contest. The Minute Poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict iambic meter. The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables. The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff

Here is an example. "I Need Someone" by Linda Newman

I need someone to hold me tight (8 syllables | A Rhyme)
Through dark of night, (4 syllables | A Rhyme)
Who won't go 'way (4 syllables | B Rhyme)
At break of day. (4 syllables | B Rhyme)

Someone whose love will mend the seams (8 syllables | C Rhyme)
Of broken dreams, (4 syllables | C Rhyme)
And give me back (4 syllables | D Rhyme)
The trust I lack. (4 syllables | D Rhyme)

For love, it holds the magic key (8 syllables | E Rhyme)
To set me free, (4 syllables | E Rhyme)
To heal my soul (4 syllables | F Rhyme)
And make me whole. (4 syllables | F Rhyme)

The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.

Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Wednesday, March 11, 2009.

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