Poetry in Motion Poems

Meriaku

Writing Poetry

Pen perfect phrases
Patiently picking pronouns
Paramour poet

One overbearing
Obsession overriding
Other obstacles

Edit each error
Exquisitely expressing
Expressions essence

Time to type today
Tomorrow take time to talk
Titillating truth

Line count: 12
Form: A Meriaku, created by Ralph Zpheitor combines two different poetry forms (1) an acrostic and (2) a haiku into a single form. An acrostic is a poem that spells a word or phrase using the beginning letter of each line. A haiku is a three-line poem composed of 5-7-5 syllables. In a Meriaku, all the words in a stanza begin with the same letter. Together the stanzas spell out a word or phrase. A Meriaku does not require a nature theme. The word spell out can be, but this is not a requirement, the title or subject/theme of the poem.