Poetry Form: Limerick – A Poet Named Fred

There once was a poet named Fred,

Who wrote English sonnets in bed,

One nap at a time,

He dreamed up each rhyme,

Then wrote down two lines on his head.

A limerick is a 5-line poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA.

Poetry form of the week: Cameo a 7-line unrhymed poem

Coffee

On a cold morning

Warming the cockles of my soul

Wakes me up

My Grandfather’s favorite brand

A rich Columbian blend

Tasty

A Cameo is an unrhymed 7-line poem, with a syllable structure of 2, 5, 8, 3, 8, 7, 2.

For another example of this form, see Cameo Turtles by Nancy Lee Shrader.