From our Writer's WORDshop. Called a Minute Poem although it took much longer than that to compose cause it has to rhyme and have a certain pattern: aa bb, cc, dd, etc. couplets with 3 stanzas with four lines of 8,4,4,4 syllables. Try it, it's fun though not easy especially finding words that rhyme. (I'm just kidding about having too many family visitors-only had two so far and we had a fun time showing them around. My mid April we will have had 6 out of 8 of our children visit, but only 4 of our total 21 grandchildren! Guess we'll have to go visit them...)
VISITORS
Family––no one comes at all.
Then a phone call,
everyone wants
to swarm like ants.
They all descend, week after week.
Until I am weak
from cooking meals
and making deals.
I smile and nod in agreement.
Raising a tent
is an option
or leaving town.
Raising a tent
is an option
or leaving town.
