Dallta ar meisce

deibide baise fri toin

I'm Irish.
Pointed ears, may grant my-wish.
Your wish depends on my mood.
Screwed.

I'm ticklish.
I fight back: I be mickish.
Still want a wish? Pay with brewed
food.

Draft Guinnesh
(after tree o four) My wish:
to be tucked in me bed-hood.
Stewed.







The deibide baise fri toin is a fun Irish poetic form that utilizes simple rhymes with wild swings in line length.

Here are the basic guidelines:

1. The poem and/or stanzas within the poem are quatrains (or 4-line stanzas).

2. Rhyme scheme for each stanza is a simple aabb pattern.

3. Lines one and two rhyme on a two-syllable word; lines three and four rhyme on a monosyllabic word.

4. Line one has three syllables, line two has seven, line three has seven, and line four has one.