Whimsical Anapestic Tetrameter 

Here I sit
in the rain;
thoughts run wild
through my brain.

I can’t sing,
I can’t dance,
so I write
in a trance.

Words are words,
balderdash,
say it loud,
say it fast.

Speak it soft,
speak it slow,
not the same,
don’t you know.

Now I’m done,
now I’m through,
here’s the end,
just for you.

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Linked to dVerse Poets Pub: MTB — Hopscotch with Anapestic Tetrameter where Björn has challenged us to write a poem in anapestic tetrameter.

Anapestic tetrameter: A poetic meter consisting of 12 syllables per line, in a form of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. It is sometimes referred to as a “reverse dactyl”, and shares the rapid, driving pace of the dactyl.