Day 15 2025 ~ Let’s write a “Quinzaine Poem” for #NationalPoetryMonth ~ "30 poems in 30 days"

Well, this is it!! We are halfway through poetry month! Wow!! Y’all are doing great work. It’s been fun, right? Well, here ya’ go for today. We are writing a poem that is basically 3 lines of unrhymed verse with 15 syllables and very specific guidelines. Short and sweet. So get out your handy-dandy syllable counter and read about the particulars:   

And YES!! You REALLY should use a syllable counter and here’s a shocker for you that says why ~ the “really” has THREE syllables! Surprised? See for yourself. So don’t just trust yourself to count the syllables. Okay!!

https://www.howmanysyllables.com/questions/is_really_two_or_three_syllables

Quinzaine: The syllable pattern is 7, 5, 3 ~ Here is the format: the FIRST line makes s STATEMENT while the next two lines ASK a QUESTION about that statement in the following manner:

The pattern is:

The first line has 7 syllables [make a statement]

The second line has 5 syllables [start your question about your statement]

The third line has 3 syllables [finish your question about your statement]

 

There's so much disagreement.
Is your way truly
the best way?

      © 2025 Stephanie Abney

 

Now this is the first way I learned to write a Quinzaine poem, but I will tell you that some think lines 2 and 3 are each their own question and a 3 syllable question is dang hard, but you can try it out as well, if you wish. I’ll stick to this format. Cheers!!

 

Here are a couple more I came up with quite a few years ago:

 

We're on earth to serve others.
Why is finding time
hard to do?

     © 2011 Stephanie Abney

 

 

God sees us as we can be.
Can’t we see others
that way too?

      © 2011 Stephanie Abney

 

YOUR TURN!!

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