egg timer memory

 

long distance phone calls
when parents set
three minute
timer
talk


talk
timer
three minute
when parents set
long distance phone calls

 

 

Ramblings of a Writer with “egg timer” poetry form: unrhymed decastitch with syllabic pattern 5-4-3-2-1-1-2-3-4-5, last 5 lines mirror first 5 lines.

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  1. rothpoetry's avatar rothpoetry
    Sep 21, 2018 @ 22:09:00

    Love it! What cute kids. Looks like you mastered the app!

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  2. carolinestreetblog's avatar carolinestreetblog
    Sep 20, 2018 @ 03:00:54

    Ha, ha, yes I remember and the 3 min was not worth it.

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  4. hvail's avatar Hélène Vaillant
    Sep 19, 2018 @ 14:24:29

    This is a great poem, love this form of poetry you used. I remember those days too.

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