CREEK WALK

CREEK WALK

Take a walk along the cool creek,

hear the water

race over rocks

rushing, burbling.

See boulders smoothed by the ages,

ripples in the

flowing water,

eroding stones.

Dead trees fallen spanning the creek

so we may walk

over water

across the banks.

This form poem is called a minute poem.  Do you see how it has 60 syllables?  There are 20 syllables in each stanza.  One line has 8 syllables, followed by three lines with 4 syllables.

Can you try writing your own minute poem?