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Potluck Discussion Meter (iamb)

Potluck

My friends will join for feast and fun
when work is done.
There're smiles galore
can't ask for more
throughout the years, fierce friendships reign
in joy and pain.
Their laughter best
an easy quest.
A favored dish is brought to share,
prepared with care,
a taste delight,
let's take a bite.
          ~~Judi Van Gorder



Notes: ▼

12 lines
Prompted by "Tools of the trade: Iambic Meter"  
The Minute Poem is a 60 syllable verse form, one syllable for each second in a minute. The theme should be an event that is over and done completely, as in a minute. Since the dominant line is short the effect is likely humorous, whimsical or semi-serious. It was created by Verna Lee Hinegardner, once poet laureate of Arkansas.
The elements of the Minute Poem are:
         1. narrative poetry.
         2. a 12 line poem made up of 3 quatrains.
         3. syllabic, 8-4-4-4-8-4-4-4-8-4-4-4
         4. rhymed, rhyme scheme of aabb ccdd eeff.
         5. description of a finished event (preferably something done is 60 seconds).
         6. is best suited to light verse, likely humorous, whimsical or semi-serious.