Poetry Stretch Results - Bite-Sized Sonnets

The challenge this week was to write a bite-sized sonnet, one in which the rhyme scheme of a sonnet holds, but each line is only one syllable. Here are the results.

Julie Larios at The Drift Record left this one in the comments.

Poem Written to a Friend Upon Reading Huizinga's HOMO LUDENS

Poets on
play-grounds:
words sound
like song
& sing ping-
ponged rope-
rhymes, hop-
scotch. Bring
the ball
(sonnet
on it)
& if small
bees sting—
look! Swings!

Pratibha from Of something 'n' Everything left this poem.

Closed
eyes
Posed
Smile;
Free
soul
flees
alone;
Dark
skies
call
lights;
Hope
born.

Stephanie from Sparble left a poem in the comments, then the revision on her blog.

Jane Yolen also left a poem in the comments.

How to Write A Poem

Insight
Now.
Write
And how.
Butt.
Chair.
What?
Where?

Heart
Pains,
Art
Gains.
Bleed.
Read.

© 2009 Jane Yolen

Julie Larios came back and left a second poem!

Spring
comes,
brings
dumb
trees
words
("leaf",
"bird")
and
then
lands.
Again,
green's
queen.

Allegore at Life Allegorical shares a poem about the Tar Heels.

Carol at Carol's Corner left this poem in the comments.

Son
slams
door
grabs
pack
sets
chin
Squares
shoulders
Strides
into
soul
jail.

Greg K. from Gotta Book also played along this week.

A LITTLE ROMANCE

Date
One -
Great
Fun.
"He's
sweet."
"She's
neat."

"Likes
art!"
"Bikes!
Smart!"
Kiss.
Bliss!

Dianne White shares two bite-sized sonnets.

Avis Harley, who inspired this stretch, sent this poem our way.

WORDS

You
need
to
read.
Wise
homes
prize
tomes.

How
thought,
now
caught,
brings
wings!

© 2009 Avis Harley

Lisa Chellman at under the covers shares a poem entitled Downturn.

Where's my poem this week? Still struggling to get out of my brain, actually. I promise I'll post it as soon as it finds it way out of the maze.

It's not too late if you still want to play. Leave me a note about your poem and I'll add it to the list.