Twisted Traditional Poetry Entries

Twisted Poets

Twisted Poets

Twisted poets
know it’s
our curse
to verse.

The fewer words
to herd,
too slow
the flow.

Still, we must try
not cry;
our fate:
create!

An entry for Round 1, "Invalid Item" 
Prompt: None
Required Form: Write a Minute Poem (The Minute Poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict iambic meter. The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables. The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff).
THE TWIST - Write it in 30 syllables (3 stanzas of 4,2,2,2; 4,2,2,2; 4,2,2,2 syllables.
Line Count: 12