Since we wrote a sonnet variation last week, I thought I continue with this theme. In Avis Harley's book Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry, she include the bite-sized sonnet. This form follows the rhyme scheme of a "traditional sonnet," but it's not written in iambic pentameter. Instead, each line contains only ONE syllable. Here's Avis' poem.
A Bite-Sized Sonnet
House
sleeps.
Mouse
creeps
in
through
thin
flue.
Spots
cheese;
stops.
Sees
cat.
SCAT!
Poem ©Avis Harley. All rights reserved.
I hope you'll join me this week in writing a bite-sized sonnet. Please share a link to your poem or the poem itself in the comments.
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--Jane Yolen
Winter Comment
Ice
makes
nice
cakes.
No
stopping
snow
topping.
Freeze
goes.
Knees
knows.
Sun
fun!
Oh, it looks very hard to me! I like the ice cakes.
Deletereally really hard. :) j
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Talks
shed
vox
pop
for
top
drawer
WONKS
who
want
to
go
pro.
© 2016 Judith Robinson
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
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of
rest
Dad
sleeps
with
hands
on
chest
ball
game
is
on
team
scores!
Dad
snores.
(c) Charles Waters 2017 all rights reserved.
Sounds a lot like my house :) j
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