My Poetic Latticework

Number of Lines: 6

Rules:
A six-line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables.

The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words.
The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables.

Example:

Death

Blackest
Darkest
Coldest
Oldest
Burning in the Blackest, Darkest night
There in lives the Coldest, Oldest fright

Copyright © 2001 Mike McCann

Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic.