Day 27 ~ 2015 Rictameter Poem for #NationalPoetryMonth "30 poems in 30 days"

Day 27 ~  Let’s Write a Rictameter Poem

OK, another poem that focuses on the number of syllables per line. It doesn't matter if they rhyme of not. Here is the pattern for a RICTAMETER POEM ~

A rictameter is a nine line poetry form. The 1st and last lines are the same with the syllable count as follows:

   

       ~  line 1 - 2 syllables - same as line 9

       ~  line 2 - 4 syllables

       ~  line 3 - 6 syllables

       ~  line 4 - 8 syllables

       ~  line 5 - 10 syllables

       ~  line 6 - 8 syllables

       ~  line 7 - 6 syllables

       ~  line 8 - 4 syllables

       ~  line 9 - 2 syllables - same as line 1  

On Missing My Son

Happy

Joy in each day

What great times we all had

Getting through the good and the bad

And then, my happiness was gone, like you

Your body too weak for this world

Until we meet again

Never to part

Happy

© 2011 Stephanie Abney

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