A Skinny is a short poem form that consists of eleven lines. The first and eleventh lines can be any length (although shorter lines are favoured). The eleventh and last line must be repeated using the same words from the first and opening line (however, they can be rearranged.) The second, sixth, and tenth lines must be identical. All the lines in this form, except for the first and last lines, must be comprised of ONLY one word. The Skinny was created by Truth Thomas in the Tony Medina Poetry Workshop at Howard University in 2005. They are poems about social issues.
With the recent elections of right wing political parties here in Canada, here's mine.
Politics
What do we lose when they win?
more
powerful
corporations
wanting
more
poverty
prisons
partisanship
more
What do we lose when they win?
What do we lose when they win?
less
hospitals
libraries
schools
less
diversity
planet
protection
less
What do we lose when they win?
Here is a link to blogs of other participants in this challenge.
Links to my previous poems can be found here
I'm glad you chose a 'skinny' to share the losses, Cheriee. They're plenty packed anyway.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately they are becoming overwhelming.
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