100 Forms of Poetry: The Blitz

50-liner invented by Robert Keim. Rules are at the end!

Holidays are true

Bake a cake
Bake for the holidays

Holidays are for family
Holidays bring people together

Together forever
Together as one

One time chance
One thing at a time

Time machine
Time for a change

Change your clothes
Change in the weather

Weather forecast
Weather is unpredictable

Unpredictable situations
Unpredictable behaviors

Behaviors abound
Behaviors need to be controlled

Controlled substances
Controlled by the government

Government runs the country
Government is not always on your side

Side step around things
Side of the building

Building blocks
Building the future for kids

Kids should be kids
Kids are the future

Future plans
Future predictions

Predictions are just hunches
Predictions of what might happen

Happening now
Happening soon

Soon to be married
Soon to come

Come back home
Come tell me a story

Story, not truth
Story one is ground level

Level headed adult
Level playing field

Field hockey player
Field of dreams

Dreams of the future
Dreams can come true

True life story
True to life

Life changing
Story time has come

Here are the rules:

Line 1 should be one short phrase or image (like “build a boat”)
Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the first word in Line 1 (something like “build a house”)
Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2 as their first words (so Line 3 might be “house for sale” and Line 4 might be “house for rent”)
Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4 as their first words, and so on until you’ve made it through 48 lines
Line 49 should be the last word of Line 48
Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47
The title of the poem should be three words long and follow this format: (first word of Line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47)
There should be no punctuation