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A limerick is a popular form of short, humorous verse often nonsensical and ribald. It consists of five lines, rhyming aabba. The lonely, old doctor called Mr. Potter Proudly got home a little pet Otter, He scrubbed it to a shine

The breccbairdne is an Irish quatrain form. Here are the basic guidelines: Quatrain (or four-line stanza) form Five syllables in the first line; six syllables in the other three lines Each line ends with a two-syllable word Lines two and

A short poem intended for (or imagined as) an inscription on a tombstone and often serves as a brief elegy. He captured many a heart, Till he unwillingly depart, Books, his unageing friend To heaven, I shall try to send,

A pensee poem is a 5-line, non-rhyming patterned poem. Line 1: Subject (2 syllables) Line 2: Description (4 syllables) Line 3: Action (7 syllables) Line 4: Setting (8 syllables) Line 5: Final thought (6 syllables) Title: Darkness Darkness Growing inside, Watered by your pessimism,

Girl Power Leaving all inhibitions Creating a new world Setting forth boldly Watching a bright future unfold!   New roads are built or taken Few with doubt and concern Grew in strength with time, True to self at every turn!

Breeze I smiled as I felt The gentle breeze touch my brow, Love burst forth in ceaseless flow. I felt myself melt—- Wish I could seize the free breeze That sprinkled life into me.

The School Boy Protesting vehemently, which is heard by none, He drags his unlucky self, through the corridor, And seats himself cautiously, before a blackboard, Gazing at it silently, as it changed his fate!