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Politicians Do Nothing Amphion

Politicians Do Nothing Amphion

Politicians offer prayer
They do nothing
Good for nothing
The public must be made aware
Just too much fear
Too many tears
Too many people are dying
NRA lie
The gun ghosts die
Due to NRA lying



https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/amphion/

Amphion, another 20th century American verse form invented as a teaching tool. It alternates tetrameter lines with dimeter lines, created by Viola Berg. The Amphion is:
○ a poem of 10 lines.

○ metered, tetrameter lines alternate with sets of rhymed dimeter couplets.
○ Rhymed, rhyme scheme ababccDDc