General Poetry posted August 19, 2020


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A Peppered Pickle

Unsatisfied

by Debra White


Greed

You want what someone else's got.
That thing's so hot! You need it now
to feed your ego, hit the spot
'til your next 'must-have', anyhow.

You covet ev'rything you see -
Unsatisfied you'll always be.


 



Deadly Sins writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
Write a poem that involves one of the seven deadly sins


I chose the deadly sin, greed, to write my poem about, which is otherwise known as avarice or covetousness.

A Peppered Pickle (Dolly's Poems)

Introducing a new poetic format for poets to infuse with their imagination.

Pick a subject for the first word which should be one syllable only. Describe your thoughts about the word in four lines using the rhyming format below with internal rhyming. Then the closing couplet should conclude thoughts on the subject. Seven lines, written in iambic tetrameter.

a,
x x x x x x x b
x x x b x x x c
x a x x x x x b
x x x x x x x c

x x x x x x x d
x x x x x x x d

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