The following is something that Little Proclaims and I came up with a few weeks ago. It’s more of a performance piece really. I’m not sure it translates to the page too well. But I’ve transcribed it anyway, because content is content. You’ll have to imagine the performance but if it helps, imagine the lines…
Category: Poetry
A Cinquain About Monday
Monday Most hated day Because of work mainly Bank Holiday Mondays are fine But sparse
A Sunday Poem
According to 80s hit ‘Manic Monday’ (Performed by The Bangles but written by Prince) Sunday is a ‘fun day’ Perhaps when juxtaposed with Monday Sunday is a fun day But I spend most of Sunday Worrying about Monday So it is not a fun day Anymore than Saturday is a fatter day Although I tend…
A Haiku About Not Living Life To The Full
Weekends are always Full of opportunities And I squander them
A Haiku About The Futility Of Optimism
That Friday feeling A sense of hope just before A vapid weekend
A Poem About My Main Function As A Parent
I tell my child not to jump on the bed Instead she prefers to jump on my head She has the most adorable toes Though less endearing when kicking my nose But sometimes she does give my head a rest And chooses instead to jump on my chest My daughter is a little jumping bean…
A Haiku About The True Villain Of The Working Week
You survive Monday Only to discover that Tuesday’s even worse
Blank Verse About Why I Don’t Really Like Blank Verse
‘Tis time to try my hand at writing verse The kind that lacks a rhyme but still attempts A rhythmic beat maintained by counting sounds A form as prevalent as it is dull Iambic pentameter without rhyme Might be akin to cake without icing Or birthdays without any cake at all Perhaps as bad as…
A Quatrain About Rain
There are very few things in life That give the same level of strife As the metaphorical pain Caused by a whole weekend of rain
A Tanka About How The Seasons Influence My Viewing Habits
October is here With it are the first signs that Winter is coming So the rational response Is to binge-watch Game of Thrones
All Aboard The Quatrain
A stanza or poem made of four lines And alternate rhymes not hard to maintain Such simple rules are the only confines Which is why we love a simple quatrain
A Cinquain About How To Write An Acceptable If Unspectacular Cinquain
Cinquain It has five lines There are other rules too But the main rule is just five lines Simple
An Epigram That May Not Actually Be An Epigram
And so to write an epigram To show what a tremendous wit I am High upon the pedestal I sit And you can see I’m full of… …something that rhymes with wit
An Ode To Odes
I’m partial to an ode It’s not hard to see why Though it follows a code You only need comply With rules about the rhymes And it’s quite a simple scheme Though easy to get wrong Which we all do sometimes But the ode still reigns supreme When it can be sung like a song
A Haiku About When It Is Time To Stop Writing Even If All You Are Trying To Write Is A Haiku
Although I am tired I still managed to write this Perhaps unwisely
A Tanka About Tanks
When condemning tanks As just brutal war machines One often forgets The fact that tanks also make Some lovely homes for goldfish
A Poem About How To Rhyme When Writing A Poem
When trying to rhyme, it isn’t a crime To use the same word twice Or thrice or quatrice Quatrice is not a real word But it isn’t all that absurd To make up words If you poetate with a valid license But never poetate without a license Otherwise people won’t be able to tell That…
A Haiku About The Benefits Of The Brevity Of Haikus
Some people dislike Overly long poetry I understanza
A Tanka About A Tankard
Is there a vessel More noble than the tankard From which to drink beer? It does seem doubtful because Most glasses have no handle
A Haiku About A Sociopsychological Phenomenon Rubbing Salt Into The Wound
Failure is just a Self-fulfilling prophesy So it’s all your fault
A Sonnet About Writing A Sonnet That Is More Pentametric Than It Is Iambic
To write a sonnet well is no mean feat It is a testament to rhyming skills Without overlooking a rhythmic beat That endures for no less than fourteen lines Though iambically it may be flawed A pentameter can be maintained thus So one should not find oneself overawed Even Shakespeare had need to break the…
A Tanka About Writing A Tanka
Writing a tanka Is a bit like writing haikus For three lines at least Then you add another bit And one more line to end it
A Villanelle About Trying To Write A Villanelle
I wanted to improve my poetry So I tried to write a villanelle I thought it would be easy The first stanza went quite well But I slowly began to see It was difficult to foretell How successful I might be Whether I could really excel Or was this form beyond me? I knew I…
An Ode To Writer’s Block
Today I lacked a muse There was nothing to inspire I searched the room for cues To lift me out the mire But of writer’s block cures There was not much to choose Nothing to light the fire So my writers block endures
A Haiku About The Morning After Feeling Without The Fun Of The Night Before
I drink less beer now But my toddler ensures that Hangovers endure
A Haiku About Getting Slightly Older
Late nights and parties Were once my weekends but nowI doze in a chair
A Haiku About the Limitations Of Haikus
I have much to say But seventeen syllables Can be reductive
A Haiku About Problem-Solving
A problem if shared Is not always cut in half Sometimes it doubles
A Haiku About Time
Often when time flies Certain assumptions are made But deadlines aren’t fun
Happy Hour Is Over
The laugh of a childA charming sound but betterDuring daylight hours
A Friday Haiku
Haikus on FridayAre tonally more upbeatThan Monday haikus
