Definition: a tyburn is a six-line poem with a syllabic pattern of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9. The first four lines are descriptive, rhyming words. The last two lines rhyme and include the first through fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables.
autobiography-ing
grainy
greasy
gaudy
guilty
i spit words like grainy, greasy pits;
i reduce to gaudy, guilty bits
autobiography-ing
grainy
greasy
gaudy
guilty
i spit words like grainy, greasy pits;
i reduce to gaudy, guilty bits
i kept reading "glided". oye they don't rhyme you slacker! hahaha love "guilty", probably our most over-used word?
ReplyDeletep.s. where are you finding such forms?!? i love the nonet, definitely inspired to try one of those, soonly.
ReplyDeleteoh shit, i am an idiot and i can't rhyme! i blame it on the lateness of the night- you know how i am an early to bed grandma.
ReplyDeletealso, finding forms here: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html