Monday, February 16, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Monometer

In the book Leap Into Poetry: More ABCs of Poetry, written and illustrated by Avis Harley, you'll find descriptions and examples of many different poetic forms. This week I want to try monometer. Here's how Avis defines it.

Monometer: a poem in which each line contains only one stress.

Here is an example.

Mosquito

Too near
my ear
I hear
that hum;
Ms. M.
has come
to dine.
How fine
her whine.

She sings
with wings
then stings!

Poem ©Avis Harley. All rights reserved.

I hope you'll join me this week in writing monometer. Please share a link to your poem or the poem itself in the comments.

5 comments:

  1. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FROG
    Stare, leap,
    Eat, sleep.

    (c) Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.

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  2. This was interesting! Not sure I'm up for a frog's life, Charles, though when I'm really tired, just maybe.

    Hearts

    I try,
    try to
    tangle
    my heart
    with yours
    but you
    walk off
    trailing
    threads
    of red.

    —Kate Coombs, 2015
    all rights reserved

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  3. This swing
    has wings
    to fly
    me high.
    My feet
    can’t beat
    this seat
    for thrill
    and sky.

    © 2015 Stephanie Parsley

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  4. Good job, everyone. These are fun!

    Mr. Bill

    My name
    is Bill
    I live
    alone.
    Some people
    think
    I’m quite
    the crone.

    I like
    to chew
    things in
    my maw,
    but most
    of all
    I like
    to caw.

    My house
    is where
    I like
    to rest—
    it’s soft
    and round
    and called
    a nest.

    So, dear
    friend,
    I’d like
    to know—
    have
    you guessed
    that I’m
    a _ _ _ _?

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  5. Winter Monometer

    Snow
    falls.
    Ice
    walls.
    Car
    crawls,
    then
    stalls.
    I
    call
    Aaa.

    All
    thumbs.
    Cold
    bums.
    Truck
    comes.
    Car
    hums.
    I
    come
    home.

    ©2015 Jane Yolen all rights reserved

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