Ingrained in your pathology
apology
does not compute
thus you dispute;
beneath your animosity
pomposity
decides the source
of your discourse;
my good sense says without a doubt
you just struck out
the games been called
friendship forestalled.
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| Writing Prompt |
Write a Minute Poem. 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.
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) |
Author Notes
Thanks to marlak25 for the artwork.
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