Notes About The Poem

NOTE: Footles is a 'hybrid' innovative sequenced  footle variation that has developed over the years (since 2009)alongside the original definition.

A footle is a two line ,2 syllable verse with an integral title-Light Poetic verse form,witty,pertinent,topical etc (technically a trochaic monometer and not necessarily in rhyme).

Forties Footles

Five stones
   school caps
pooh sticks
  film flicks
short back
           and sides

mangles
 oil cloth
   braces 
 plimsole
dripping
           and toast

satchels
  school milk
cut-throat 
    razor
 coal fires
      and draughts
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Rolland Avatar
March 11, 2023 at 7:04 PM
this seems like memories resurging, ex.quisite penning have a good sunday yann
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