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A Crab Canon

Is it poetry?

By Denise E LindquistPublished about a year ago β€’ 1 min read
A Crab Canon
Photo by Jim Strasma on Unsplash

When writing a canon

it is the law!

But is it really?

I say nah!

πŸ¦€

I say nah

But is it really?

It is the law

when writing a canon!

πŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€

Being hard to do!

I can vouch for that!

It need not be

if you do it right.

πŸ¦€

If you do it right

it need not be!

I can vouch for that!

Being hard to do?

πŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€

Some are more difficult?

What can I say

I hate that!

Okay.

πŸ¦€

Okay!

I hate that!

What can I say?

Some are more difficult!

πŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€

I feel like I have it?

Do you know?

Maybe so!

It is no!

πŸ¦€

It is no?

Maybe so?

Do you know?

I feel like I have it!

πŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€πŸ¦€

Authors Note: I don’t feel like I have it. I will continue to come back to this format. And maybe get some practice in February on the Crab Canon.

First published by Write Under the Moon on medium.com

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About the Creator

Denise E Lindquist

I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.

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  • Mark Grahamabout a year ago

    You did a great job on this canon. It could also be a song a preschool teacher could use to get the children to keep trying at things.

  • Oh wow, I've never heard of Crab Canon before. So fascinating and I loved yours!

  • ReadShakurrabout a year ago

    Excellent piece πŸ‘

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