Tasty Carrot Juice (Epulaeryu)

Sweet baby carrots for me Setting my heart free Swimming in low calorie Sipping with ice, nice! Sweet taste with no waste Succulent— Juice! © Joseph 7/4/07 © All Rights Reserved The “Epulaeryu” poem is about delicious food and drinks. It consists of seven lines with thirty-three syllables. The first line has seven syllables, the second line five, the third line seven, the fourth line five, the fifth line five, the sixth line three, and the seventh line has only one syllable which ends with an exclamation mark. Each line has one thought relating to the main course. The Epulaeryu poetic form syllable count is 7/5/7/5/5/3/1. It has corresponding lines built around the main course, and concludes with the ending line expressing the writer’s excitement and feelings about the meal. The Epulaeryu form was poem was invented by Joseph Spence, Sr.