Since we wrote a sonnet variation last week, I thought I continue with this theme. In Avis Harley's book Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry, she include the bite-sized sonnet. This form follows the rhyme scheme of a "traditional sonnet," but it's not written in iambic pentameter. Instead, each line contains only ONE syllable. Here's Avis' poem.
A Bite-Sized Sonnet
House
sleeps.
Mouse
creeps
in
through
thin
flue.
Spots
cheese;
stops.
Sees
cat.
SCAT!
Poem ©Avis Harley. All rights reserved.
I hope you'll join me this week in writing a bite-sized sonnet. Please share a link to your poem or the poem itself in the comments.
2 Comments on Monday Poetry Stretch - Bite-Sized Sonnet, last added: 12/29/2016
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<br /><br />Much harder than one thinks<br />--Jane Yolen<br /><br /><br />Winter Comment<br /><br /><br />Ice<br />makes<br />nice <br />cakes.<br />No <br />stopping<br />snow <br />topping.<br /><br /><br />Freeze<br />goes.<br />Knees<br />knows.<br />Sun <br />fun!<br /><br /><br /><br />
Oh, it looks very hard to me! I like the ice cakes.