Mystery and Crime Poetry posted April 1, 2024


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by SimianSavant


Insane
Profane
Mundane
Lo mein


Green plantains are insane profane stains
Planting lies in mundane lo mein brains





Tyburn poetry writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
Write a six line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables.

The first four lines rhyme or near rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables.

Example

Sowing
Hoeing
Growing
Mowing

Planting gardens, sowing, hoeing grounds.
Sunshine keeps all growing, mowing mounds.



Note to CEC: the word "lo mein" is an open compound word, not requiring a hyphen, and is considered to be one word (not two).

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Do you need more convincing of the supremacy of bananas over plantains?

This is entry #16 in the Plantain series.

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