The Cat Stole My Socks
The cat stole my socks!
Cat I hardly can stand—
Stole my leggings, then fanned
My pajamas on the rocks.
Socks is enough! This is far out of hand.
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Welcome to my series, Incremental Poetry, where each week the featured poem will be one line longer than the one I share the week before. I have no idea how long I’ll keep this up, so we’ll just have to wait and see. Thank you for stopping by.
About the Poem:
Other people’s cats bring them mice or birds. Ours brings us socks—and whatever else he can carry!
Scansion:
Emmett
5-line poem
The first line also appears as the first word of every line.
No set rhythm or meter
Rhyme scheme: abbab
Dark Side of the Moon 