Short Rhyme Scheme Poems

Sea Sick
Hurried Trip
Slow Drip
Rode Till
Boat Tips
Boat Sinks
Ghost Ship...

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from sonetto tyrrennia  da lentini
little poem fourteen lines
rhyme scheme strict
structure specific
too old for me...

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So it happens
You seem to be
Wonderful
Love the poetry
Love the rhyme scheme
Your stories are great
Id love to buy a book
Where are they?
CS Parker on Amazon.com...

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Happy birthday, Sister Wilma, 
Poets try the Italian verse; 
The rhyme scheme of Terza Rima 
Is interlaced as they rehearse. 

Topic: Birthday of Wilma D. Honrubia (March 19)...

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This piece was inspired by an older gal who refuses to make new friends because of a few previous unhappy ones...so sad.
It has a fairly unusual rhyme-scheme = A-B-C-D / A-B-C-D / A-B-C-D...

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birds wing back to homes
scarlet tint colors the sky
twilight blurs the scene 
a creepy stillness descends,
as the Sun elopes with Light

English Tanka
Rhyme scheme.. 5-7-5-7-7...

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As we
Chase the baubles
Of glee

Perhaps
These shiny thrills
Are scraps

Begin
Seeking treasures
Within

05 Apr 2020
Musette Form
lines 1 and 3 two syllables, line 2 four syllables
rhyme scheme is aba, cdc, efe...

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I must stop eating Snickers
I can’t fit in my knickers
Have less food on my plate
Won’t moan about my weight

08~23~14
Written for Chastuska Me Contest
Sponsored by Dr Ram Mehta
Rhyme scheme AABB
~awarded 5th place ~...

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A lim’rick for a dwarf
Or one who’s feeling terse
Iambic feet
Are short and sweet
In Mad Song Stanza verse

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A Mad Song Stanza is a quintain with 6/6/4/4/6 syllables using iambic feet and a rhyme scheme of xabba....

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There once was a magician in Vegas,
who needed a flat more spacious,
the bunny from his hat,
was peculiarly fat,
stinky farts from carrots were contagious!


Rhyme Scheme: A-A-B-B-A

Date Written: February 20, 2016...

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I Should Just Give Up

By Elton Camp

Limericks I’ve always wanted to write

But I never manage to get them right

The rhyme scheme I’ve got down pat

But that’s not where the trouble is at

They never turn out funny and bright...

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Excercise prevailed best so she had applied,
"Oh goodness, only by an ounce," she cried,
Being in alarm, peered down and wondered,
She now weighed an ounce o'er six hundred.


2020 January 04


RhymeZone
Rhyme Scheme;
a,a,b,b...

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Shatters grief away,
Manages anger and fear,
Invite all the way.
Love it and acquire the sheer
Energy for a good day!


TANKACROSTIC Poetry contest 
Rhyme scheme:  a/b/a/b/a 
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
Date: 18-05-2021
Placed : 4th...

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To reach real glory one must persist,
do not imitate any literary work, resist;
be original and creative,
be unique and try not to forget
that confidence in oneself is very imperative.



Rhyme Scheme: A, A, B, A, B
Syllable Count:  9/14/ 9/ 9/14...

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Promises, promises, lies
Our youth can't find jobs nearby
No new industries arise
Upon dole handouts rely  


Compose: form 

Sponsor: Dr. Ram Mehta
Contest: Chastushka Me
Written: August 25, 2014
Rhyme scheme: ABAB...

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Do They Know It's Christmas

Shepherds from a nearby farm,
heard star sing o'er Bethlehem,
she sang hymns as cops disarm,
three unwise rob an ATM.

2020 December 17
*3rd Place*
Christmas Chastushka - Rules Revised
~~Andrea Dietrich
Rhyme Scheme: abab...

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Presents piled beneath the tree
all are wrapped so skillfully
Santa’s bringing me a pup
how will Santa wrap him up!

November or December Quatrain Poem Poetry Contest

Rhyme scheme AABB

Sponsored by Caren Krutsinger

11/18/21...

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A sleepy day upon the couch:
while little Vivi takes a nap,
I, too, will catch a little rest.
I hope she doesn’t wake a grouch,
or with a diaper that is slap
full of a word you may have guessed.

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A sestet, iambic tetrameter with abcabc rhyme scheme....

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“…and I also need some evocative imagery, a gripping rhyme scheme, astonishing and awesome alliteration, help with my first and last verses, an agent with excellent connections in the publishing world, and…and…a home office with a door. Am I asking for too much?”
...

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*Quinzaine* French word meaning fifteen, rhyme scheme 7,5,3 




                                   poetry, biographies
                                     are you a poet?
                                      can you write?


Jared Pickett
9/7/09
Asavvy1...

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Friendship's grace a sweet token
As a colleague bestows both vase and flower
Scented prose, volumes spoken
Sits on my desk this hour
Bearing kindness and the heart's fragrant power


The actual form is "Lira"
5 lines syllables 7, 11, 7, 7, 11
Rhyme scheme ab abb...

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Limerick humorous
Lively and sometimes rude 
Lack  of  person's concern 
Lines with a strict rhyme scheme 
Laid out    AABBA pattern
Length traditionally 10-10-7-7-10
Light-hearted levity 
 


1/26/2022

Write About A Form Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May...

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 sun spitting fire

hankering to be moistened,

the Earth gapes its mouth

dried up hearts thirst for love’s balm

that evaporates like steam.

Traditional Tanka with the rhyme scheme
5-7-5-7-7

Placed First
A Brian Strand Tanka Contest...

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Spring wakes / soft hues flow

pinks, greens / cast bright glow

Fall starts / long dark rest

Spring sleeps / neath new snow


May 8, 2023

Let Us Rock Five- Wujue Poetry Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzette Richards

Rhyme Scheme: a a b a
...

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Sitting on a tree limb this dark night,

 in silhouette there is a cat of black

before a full and orange moon. No fright

have I.  She's there to welcome Halloween Eve back.


Nov. 2, 2019 for Eve's Good Luck Halloween Poetry Contest
Picture number 2; rhyme scheme chosen: ABAB...

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