Day 20 ~ How to Write a “Brevette Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth

So this LOOKS simple – TREE WORDS? Yeah, but it can be tricky ~ The Brevette ~ check it out!! It will be tricky for me because I struggle with brevity! Give it a title or not.

ONLY THREE WORDS? Yikes!!

There are a FEW particulars to this poetry form created by Emily Romano. Here’s a little grammar for you – I know you love it – this poem consists of TWO NOUNS & a VERB:

LINE 1: a subject (noun)

LINE 2: a verb (the verb has a space between each letter: v e r b)

LINE 3: an object (noun)

They need to STAY in that exact order and yeah, there is ONE MORE THING!! In order for the verb to show an ongoing action, it is spaced out, letter by letter.

There can be a title (usually, up to you) but otherwise, no punctuation, generally, all words are lower case 

THREE WORDS – don’t be adding “helping verbs” or “articles” – that’s cheating. Coming up with a subject and an object for the nouns is surprisingly difficult. Seriously, this is trickier than it seems. So, here are a couple of examples, some better than others:

Example #1:

“On the Run”

dog

s m e l l s

escapees

      © 2017 Stephanie Abney

Example #2:

rainbow

r a d i a t e s

spectrum

      © 2007 Emily Romano

   

Example #3

“Keep Believing”

dreams

f o l l o w

passion

      © 2017 Stephanie Abney

Example #4:

“Crying”

eyes

l e a k

tears

      © 2017 Stephanie Abney

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