Well, we have
put the 3 cinquain poetry forms to bed for now – great job; wonderful poems.
Let’s get crazy and have some fun today!!! It’s been three years since we wrote
a “Terse Verse.”
This is such a
fun little poetry form. Writing “terse verses” is so fun and quick, but it’s a
tad tricky!!
It will put a
smile on your face!! It takes a bit of figuring things out at first, but once
you hang of it – it’s hard to stop creating them!!
A “Terse
Verse” is usually funny. It’s
actually a RIDDLE with a TWO-WORD rhyming answer; basically a synonym . . . The tricky part is that the two words in the answer must also have the same number of syllables.
So, if you use a one-syllable word for the first word, then the second word
also needs to be a one-syllable word, or both need to be 2 syllables, etc.
Here
are a few of my examples:
RIDDLE QUESTION: What do you call a joke-telling
rabbit?
TERSE VERSE
(answer): “Funny Bunny”
[2 syllable word (fun-ny) & 2 syllable word
(bun-ny)]
What do you call a miserable cat?
“Crabby Tabby”
What do you call a cucumber that
can’t make up its mind?
“Fickle
Pickle”
What do you call polite frozen
water?
“Nice Ice”
All of the above terse verses ©
Stephanie Abney
I think the Rhyme Zone tool would
come in handy for this – it might be easier to approach this poetry form backward
by finding a double rhyming two-word phrase with equal syllables and then
creating a question or riddle for it.
Here’s the Rhyme Zone tool link: http://www.rhymezone.com/
And here are a
few from some of the past participants of “Poetry Month” – (used with permission)
Check out their cleverness:
What
do you call a dog that writes?
Blog
Dog
~
© 2018 Connie Cockrell
What
do you call an antique tire?
Rare
Spare.
~ © 2018 Sue Fullmer
What
do you call a donut on social media?
Twitter
Fritter
~ © 2018 Victoria Firth
What
do you call laughing pennies?
Funny
Money
~ © 2017 Peggy Barker
Can’t
wait to see what you come up with! Cheers!!
PLEASE
REMEMBER ~ any poetry found on
this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without
my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to read it to
someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments of this
blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They are the creative
property of the person who writes them. These poems are their original work and
no one may use them without their permission. It is understood that they own
the copyright to them as soon as they create them and especially once they post
them. Thanks so much!
*** Also, if you choose to
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But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.
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