The Minute Poem is a 60 syllable verse form, one syllable for each second in a minute. The theme should be an event that is over and done completely, as in a minute. Since the dominant line is short the effect is likely humorous, whimsical or semi-serious. It was created by Verna Lee Hinegardner, once poet laureate of Arkansas.
It is written as three stanza with syllables of 8/4/4/4
The rhyme pattern is aabb ccdd eeff
It is written in strict iambic meter.
Example Poem
Wrong Room
My thought, my dear, was that tonight
I'd do it right.
No more wham bam,
Then kiss and scram.
I slid real close, and loved the fit,
hand on your tit.
It was a dream
until the scream.
Your mom fled from the rented room.
Impending doom.
I'd be in it
In a minute.
(c) Lawrencealot - February 9, 2012
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