Acrostics are usually used in longer verses. Here, they’re put to probably unsuitable use. ACROSTIC COUPLETS I mention that it might be fun To eat a picnic in the sun. It would at that, you answer back, So we select some food to pack: A jug of wine, some garlic knots, Some nectarines and apricots. […]

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This song appears on my album That Regrettable Weekend, available on Bandcamp. I also performed it once with the Dixon Place Ukulele Ensemble, way back when. Here’s the first page, plus the first page of the arrangement for voice, melodica, Tremoloa, and baritone uke.

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I add yet another formal constraint to the roster. Rhymed haiku observe the strict 5-7-5 syllable count of traditional haiku, but add rhymes. Here are seven examples: Look at all the salt Sprinkled on my frosted malt It’s the waiter’s fault You thought it great sport To commit a grievous tort I’ll see you in […]

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All of Robert Herrick’s rhymes are replaced. This is what he’d be like if he were different. HERRICK RERHYMED Gather ye Rose-buds while ye might, Old Time is still a tilting: And this same flower that smiles so bright, To morrow will be wilting. The glorious Lamp of Heaven, his place The higher he’s a […]

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