Explore the Craft of Writing Light Verse
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.
The elements of the Minute Poem are:
narrative poetry.
a 12 line poem made up of 3 quatrains.
syllabic, 8-4-4-4-8-4-4-4-8-4-4-4
rhymed, rhyme scheme of aabb ccdd eeff.
description of a fini