Friday 28 April 2017

Skeltonic verse

Our challenge today is to write a poem using Skeltonic verse. Until today, I'd not heard of this poetic form. Well, here goes...


It was at sea
She lost her key,
She could not see
Where it could be;
Many helped look,
As did the cook,
She even looked
Inside her book;
She found it in
A biscuit tin!

Andrea Vermaak

P.S. It's rather more challenging than it looks! I sat for a long time, trying to find inspiration! Then the muse grabbed me by the hand and tugged me away...

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