| 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.
For example:
Myself by Marion Gibson
Sowing
Hoeing
Growing
Mowing
Planting gardens, sowing, hoeing grounds.
Sunshine keeps all growing, mowing mounds.
Example 2:
Rhymetender by Yancy Lee Dalton
Minor
Kinder
Finer
Rhymer
Caretaker of minor, kinder rhymes.
Tender heart of finer, rhymer times
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