Day 16 ~ “Brevette Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth

How to write a Brevette Poem:

So this LOOKS simple – THREE WORDS? Yeah, but it can be tricky ~ The Brevette ~ check it out!! It will be tricky for me because I struggle with brevity! Titles optional.

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.

Whether or not you include a title is up to you, but otherwise, there is NO punctuation, and 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: (no title)

rainbow

r a d i a t e s

spectrum

111

      © 2007 Emily Romano

Example #2:

“Knotted Strings”

patience

u n t a n g l e s

knots

© 2018 Stephanie Abney

Example #3:

“On the run”

dog

s m e l l s

escapes

      © 2017 Stephanie Abney

Example #4:

“Never Give Up”

dreams

c o m e

true

© 2018 Stephanie Abney

Example #5:

“Crying”

eyes

l e a k

tears

      © 2017 Stephanie Abney

Example #6:

“Keep believing”

dreams

f o l l o w

passion

      © 2017 Stephanie Abney

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