PLAGUED WITH MONOTONY

MINUTE POETRY

Minute Poetry is actually a poem of three 4-line stanzas with a rhyme pattern of aabb.
The syllable counts for each line are: 8, 4, 4, 4 – and that is repeated for EACH stanza.
The meter here is iambic, meaning that your poem should have a pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables.

8a
4a
4b
4b

8a
4a
4b
4b

8a
4a
4b
4b

PLAGUED WITH MONOTONY

I wake and think about the day ahead,
But stay in bed.
My mind it roars
Of tasks and chores.

So up I rise to get mundane things done,
But they’re not fun.
I wash, I fold,
I clean, I load.

But why the same thing every single day?
I’d rather play,
Or sit and read,
But chores impede.