Stepladder Form
This is a style I created that employs syllable count .
The syllable count in the first line of the poem doubles up in the second and continues to double up to a point in the poem where the doubling up stops and dividing in half begins to the end of the poem . The last word in each line should rhyme with the previous line .
Where Rivers Run
By Paul McCann
Sheet rain
Fell down again ..,
On the other side of the road
Gardens were watered and on houses blocked gutters had overflowed .
The rain never stopped for days and somewhere a river rose and flooded a town that was completely cut off and still the river ran ..
Cars were washed away like toys in the flow that had widened its span .
Meanwhile cars drove fast through our town .
They don't slow down .
.You know .
No .
The Soul Cut
By Paul McCann
When I go out
I carry my scissors about
So everything I see I don't like I can cut them away .
I sharpen my scissors on the edge of reality and keep them stainless in the pockets of my soul where truth will guide my way .
I snip back the time between you and I for I cannot wait any longer to see the smile on your face and the love in your eye and every day each step of the way all I do is cut back the tears that want to fall because I miss you here every day .
What a wonderful gift are these scissors that you bought for me my love and I will keep them in my pockets until the end of time .
I'll never cut back forever as being with you there is fine .
There is no end to its measure .
The hearts treasure .
Its you .
True .
By Paul McCann
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