I’d love to write a sonnet
While wearing an Easter bonnet
Or perhaps a villanelle
That would do as well
The problem I have with meter
Which is meant to make a poem neater
Is that I struggle to understand iambs
Those metrical feet, not of lambs
The tercet, quintain, and quatrain
Give structure to my creative brain
A terza rima might morph from tercets
But that’s not as crazy as it gets
If I am really courageous
I might try a sestina, it’s not contageous
But poetry is if you write it too much
And find that the hearts of others you touch
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Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt is to find a specialized dictionary, select at least 10 words from it, and write a poem using them. I pulled my copy of the poetry dictionary by John Drury off the shelf and wrote this ode to poetry. Selected words are italicized.