This is a night when my eyes close,
but I don’t doze.
I count some sheep
and try to sleep.
My music plays a lullaby,
and still I try
to get some rest;
a pointless quest.
It's best I use this time to write
throughout the night.
When I can’t snooze,
I'll wake my muse.
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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. See an example and more details in the announcement. |
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Minute Poetry
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