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1.
My English Teacher’s Axiom Of Poetry
"It must rhyme!
Every blessed
Time!!"
I was --- misled.
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2.
War Of Words
The murderous poet
Takes hold:
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeezes
Every last meaning.
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3.
Turning Japanese
A PEN is
An American
Haiku
Lost in Autumn.
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4.
Autumn
Formation of birds:
Winter wakes
Dreaming
Of Summer slumbers.
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5.
Total Immersion
Bury my heart,
My soul,
Deeply
Within love's sea.
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6.
Immigrant’s Credo
When dissenting voices
Are heard,
Smile:
You're in America!
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7.
Midnight Paranoia
It is late:
Each second
Ticking
Brings Heaven closer.
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8.
A Yoda PEN
"Can I try?"
I asked.
"No!
Do you must."
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9.
Writing PENs
If you count
To three,
Then
Words will waltz.
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10.
Why NASA is important
We should move.
We toss
Trash:
World is round.
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Author Notes
A PEN is based on word count, not syllable count. A PEN can have one or more stanzas. Each stanza has four lines and a total of nine words:
line one has 3 words,
line two has 2 words,
line three has 1 word,
line four has 3 words.
PENs can be rhymed or not, with a meter or unmetered, and syllable count is strictly ignored. The word count per stanza is what matters. Contractions count as one word: shouldn't, they're, etc. The title does not count toward the word count. (That can be helpful if you're writing a one-stanza PEN, like those above.)
Some time ago, I posted an example of a PEN with multiple verses, found here:
https://www.fanstory.com/displaystory.jsp?hd=1&id=1013360
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