Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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A Poetry Month Challenge Tag
Today's Poem Challenge: Write a poem where each line is seven syllables - each stanza a triplet that must rhyme, and use no contractions, on the topic of love.
Seven Little Syllables
Seven little syllables
Triplets are acceptable
Use no word contractable?
How could anybody write
Poems of love with rules so tight
This may keep me up all night!
Think girl, think. There is a way
Scribed within the proper way
Seven syllables to say...
Roses red and posies blue
Ribbons, candies, love songs too
Shall I draw a bath for you?
Shred that poem, tear and crumble
Needing other words to mumble
Gads! Makes my stomach grumble.
Must be more than spoon and June...
Kissing underneath the moon...
Doe eyed lovers sigh and croon...
That is simply pathetic
Schmaltz! Very unpoetic.
Try again, or forget it?
One more try before I quit
Seven syllables of whit
No contractions...triplets yet!
Seven syllables for you
I simply say what is true.
I love you, you love me too.
There! I did it! Look, look, look!
Even though, all night it took
I should have simply read a . . . (damn)Ok, I now tag:
RedHairedCelt TimsHead Gojake twoberry greenray somewittyhandle paoguy118 Silver_Alexis
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Comments (7)
*sigh* Witch!
Ok ok ok ok!!! Must think. You're far more clever than I, sweetpea.
It's written.
I'll add it as an edit to today's post.
Ack! "Can't" coulda been "To."
Coupla times I wanted to use "every" but it's ambiguous whether that's two or three syllables and I dared not use "ev'ry." Interesting that you used "poems" as a one-syllable word and I used "poem" as a two-syllable word.
I'm glad you enjoyed my effort, and I need no other prize than your love.