Rhyme Prompt One - A Mono-rhyme is a poem in which all the lines have the same end rhyme.
"With apologies to Mary"
Should one be inclined to marry,
my advise is first, to tarry
well before taking that first scary
step to creating your own eyrie,
complete with tiny, beloved fairy,
for too quickly you'll wish for nary
another soul quite so hairy
whose nasty words you'll parry
as you drink another glass of sherry;
at each sip, increasingly wary
of the contrary wish to bury
your own sweet Mary.
Rhyme Prompt Two - Duo-rhyme, a poetic form created by Mary L. Ports, is a 10 or 12-line poem, with the first two and last two lines having the same rhyme scheme, and the center of the poem (lines #3 through #8 or #10) having their own separate mono-rhyme scheme. Each has 8 beats per line. NOTE: Mine has 13 lines. Oops!
"Witness"
Leaning forward, I see you sign
this painting, dark sky, yellow pine:
bright stars reach where I do not know
how to read each painting or go
to some other place long ago.
I cannot paint or write or show
my love another way but flow
around you, still an awkward crow.
Your painting done, you glow
with visions, fingers marked with woe,
for truth, there's only one Van Gogh
who marries art, a perfect line
I cannot measure, yet divine.
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| The Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh, 1889 (Wikipedia) |
