General Poetry posted October 3, 2017


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The always trying Tyburn form

Don't Put Your Faith in Apples

by Ogden


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Tyburn poetry writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
Tyburn

A six line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables.

The first four lines 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 #1:
Death

Blackest
Darkest
Coldest
Oldest
Burning in the Blackest, Darkest night
There in lives the Coldest, Oldest fright

Copyright © 2001 Mike McCann

Example #2:
-Mindless Love-

Loveless
Hopeless
Darkness
Mindless
Dead heart feeling Loveless, Hopeless mind,
True loves to the Darkness, Mindless find.

Copyright © 2004 Peter A. Rosado

Example #3:
Myself

Sowing,
Hoeing,
Growing,
Mowing,
Planting gardens, sowing, hoeing grounds.
Sunshine keeps all growing, mowing mounds.

Copyright © 2004 Marion Gibson

Example #4:
Diana

Willful
wistful
playful
peaceful
she can have a willful wistful day
yet she has a peaceful playful way

Copyright © 2004 Diana Dalton


NOTE
The title refers to the adage, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." The author recommends the poem's lady physician instead.
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