My Poetic Latticework

Summer Heat

Bummer
Summer
Thrilling
Chilling
Sweating in the bummer summer heat,
waiting for a thrilling chilling treat.

Notes on the Tyburn form of poetry ▼

Number of Lines: 6

Rules:
A six-line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables.

The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words.
The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables.

Example:

Death

Blackest
Darkest
Coldest
Oldest
Burning in the Blackest, Darkest night
There in lives the Coldest, Oldest fright

Copyright © 2001 Mike McCann

Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic.

Let the creativity flow from your soul!
Dave
"The Poet's Place "