Countdown
Twelve is the number of months we journey through;
time sprints by, it's true
Eleven sounds for the first line - I reckoned
five for the second
Ten is the count of either fingers or toes;
do cool things with those
Nine Greek muses sometimes seize my pen's control,
whisper to my soul
Twelve is the number of months we journey through;
twelve full moons to view
hundreds of poems, too
~~~
Eight is the count of legs on spooky spiders;
creepy web striders
Seven - lucky number represents perfect;
complete, no defect
Six sides on every cell in the honeycomb;
queen bee's drippy home
Five point emblems on my country's cloth symbol;
there's fifty - nimble!
Eight is the count of legs on creepy spiders;
or four Foo Fighters
sipping rum ciders
~~~
Four Gospels depicting Jesus Christ, the Son;
God's beloved One
Three in One: the focus of church history;
holy mystery
Two is the number which is highly thought of
by couples in love
One is the top spot trophy seekers pursue,
not content with two
Four Gospels depicting Jesus Christ the Son
the conflict he won
risen like the sun
Lipogram
A lipogram is a composition from which the writer systematically omits
a certain letter or letters of the alphabet (in this case, the letter 'a').
Half-Eleven
Shout out to Soup's own Nina Parmenter, creator of the Half-Eleven: An eleven-line poem consisting of four rhyming couplets and one final rhyming tercet (three-liner).
Syllable counts and rhyme scheme as follows:
11 (A)
5* (a)
11 (B)
5* (b)
11 (C)
5* (c)
11 (D)
5* (d)
Then a closing tercet of EITHER:
11 (A) (Exact repeat of line 1) 5* (a)
5* (a) ~ OR ~ 5* (a)
5* (a) 11 (A) (Exact repeat of line 1)
[*5 syllables is best, but the odd sixth syllable is allowed in these shorter lines if you deem it absolutely Poetically Necessary!]
With sincere thanks to Nina!
written 3 Sep 2020
Post Comments
Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.
Please
Login
to post a comment
Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a
Premium Membership.
