A Waist Is A Terrible Thing To Mind Poem by Kim Barney
A Waist Is A Terrible Thing To Mind
Just once a week, my group makes stops
at doughnut shops,
where we partake
of things that make
us fatter still, but we don't care;
it's our affair.
One little taste
can't hurt my waist.
Then comes the scene that hurts for sure:
the clothing store,
where each one tries
a larger size.
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This poem was entered in the NFSPS (National Federation of State Poetry Societies)
2018 contest and took third place in Category 33: Minute Award.
A "Minute" poem has exactly 60 syllables and has to follow a specific pattern.
There are twelve lines. Lines One, Five, and Nine must each contain eight syllables and all other lines must contain four syllables each. The rhyme pattern is aabbccddeeff.
I had never seen nor heard of a Minute Poem before this contest and this is still the only one I have ever written.
Posted on Poem Hunter 12 December 2018.
Note: in 2019, I again took third place in the Minute Poem category of the NFSPS contests with my poem 'Wishful Fishing'. In 2020, the poem that I submitted did not place.
One little taste can't hurt my waist.... //.... True, until you need a larger size of apparel to put on. Lovely poem with a lovelier picture on obesity and obese. Thanks.
oh! the scene hurts the fairness of body and mind! /// nice and funny
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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I really like this! Five stars and to my favorites! Short and sweet!
Thank you, Arcilla. Your comment is appreciated.