Semetric Form
This is a style I created myself and has a focus on repeating the words used in each line .
The poem is broken up into two parts with the each section being a mirrored replica of itself and continues to the finish of the poem .
My Examples
Poem 1
Change And Renew
By Paul McCann ©
Look and see Dear God .
Dear God look and see .
I agree with you ,
With you I agree .
So long I have suffered .
I have suffered son long .
No wrong I have done
I have done no wrong ..
I pray in my heart .
In my heart I pray .
Night and day for change .
For change night and day .
To renew my life ..
My life to renew.
With you there I am .
I am there with you .
Poem 2
Bus Trip To Good Luck
By Paul McCann
A bus came down from the top of the hill .
From the top of the hill a bus came down .
Have a look , shop around , time gets away .
Time gets away , have a look , shop around .
Into town I expect they were going .
They were going into town I expect .
The bus was packed with many passengers .
With many passengers the bus was packed .
As the bus passed something didn’t seem right .
Something didn’t seem right as the bus passed .
It moved too fast , It looked out of control .
It looked out of control , it moved too fast .
A warning sound the bus driver screamed out .
The bus driver screamed out a warning sound .
I can’t slow down God help the brakes are gone .
The brakes are gone I God help I can’t slow down.
It was a miracle what happened next .
What happened next , it was a miracle .
There was a spill ,an accident occurred .
An accident occurred , there was a spill .
Losing its load a cement truck had rolled .
A cement truck had rolled , losing its load .
Across the road this wet cement spewed out .
This wet cement spewed out , across the road
The bus got stuck in all the wet concrete .
In all the wet concrete the bus got stuck .
Some would say that’s good luck .
Thanks be to God .
Thanks be to God ,
some would say that’s good luck .
Poem 3
Dream Stealers
By Paul McCann
They took away my hopes and dreams ,
My hopes and dreams they took away .
They’ll try to say its all my fault .
Its all my fault they’ll try to say.
It seem to me so cruel and mean .
So cruel and mean its seem to me .
One day they’ll see the dreams I had .
The dreams I had one day they’ll see.
Poem 4
Time Never Ends
By Paul McCann
Hour by hour we measure our time .
We measure our time hour by hour .
Inside a jar the sand falls through .
The sand falls through inside a jar .
The time we spend we cannot catch .
We cannot catch the time we spend .
There is no end some people say .
Some people say there is no end .
To where it’s at its just a start .
Its just a start to where it’s at .
I’ll treasure that eternally .
Eternally I’ll treasure that .
By Paul McCann
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