Wrinkled
Twinkled
Sprinkled
Crinkled
Elders raised him sprinkled, twinkled eyes
saw every move wrinkled, crinkled guys
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This is a new form, tyburn, featured at Mindful Poetry's Form-of-the-Month.
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Susan Budig - Mindful Poet
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September 05, 2012 02:33 PM UTC
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Wrinkled Elders raised him sprinkled, twinkled eyes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a new form, tyburn, featured at Mindful Poetry's Form-of-the-Month.
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A tyburn is a six line poem with a set syllable count.The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines as the 5th to 8th syllables. The structure is:
line 1 - 2 syllables
line 2 - 2 syllables
line 3 - 2 syllables
line 4 - 2 syllables
line 5 - 9 syllables
line 6 - 9 syllables
Look for it later tonight. :-/
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