Earlier this week I posted a zeno about my sore back. (If you don’t know what a zeno is, read this post over at Today’s Little Ditty, but the chief characteristics are the syllable count (8,4,2,1,4,2,1,4,2,1 and the way the one syllable lines must all rhyme).
I said at the time that once I’d written one I would probably write more, and I was right. Here’s another.
The Puppy
We have a new pup, Theodore.
He’s a little
Murphpup, who is NOT the dog in the poem.
ball of
fluff.
We all love his
tiny
wuff
but not the way
he chews
stuff.
(Sally Murphy, 2014)
When was the last time you tried your hand at writing a poem? Why not try a zeno, for Michelle’s challenge, or just for yourself?