100 Forms of Poetry: The Bop

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I didn’t know there were so many! https://medium.com/@lateisha/100-poetry-forms-to-prepare-you-for-napowrimo-or-poem-a-day-challenges-642de9a95e80

There’s no time like the present

I have no patience
For people who complain
About not having things happen
In their life
When they are always
Procrastinating

There’s no time like the present

If there is something
That needs to get done
Just get it done
And out of the way
So it doesn’t
Hang over your head

There’s no time like the present

Wake up and make a list
Tell yourself you will
Complete every task
On your list
Check each one off
As it is completed

There’s no time like the present

©2023 CBialczak

Here are the basic rules for The Bop:

  • 3 stanzas
  • Each stanza is followed by a refrain
  • First stanza is 6 lines long and presents a problem
  • Second stanza is 8 lines long and explores or expands the problem
  • Third stanza is 6 lines long and either presents a solution or documents the failed attempt to resolve the problem

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