When I was a Junior in college, I had a wonderful roommate named April Jenkins. One of her nicknames (that I called her) was “Jenks” – thus the unusual twist on this prompt.  

 H i j i n k s

 Hi Jenks,

Let's make dinner,

And drinks.

~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Roomie,

Let's play a joke,

On Bea.

~~~~~~~~~~~ 

We “thinks”

 Dorm life's fun with

Hijinks!

© cjj – 2014

The type of poem that I wrote is the “Musette.” I got the following description here.

The Musette, created by Emily Romano is a poem that consists of three verses of three lines each. The first lines have two syllables; the second lines have four syllables, and the third lines have two syllables. The rhyme scheme is a/b/a for the first verse; c/d/c for the second verse, and e/f/e for the third verse. The title should reflect the poem’s content.

 The second poem which is for Monday, also has a different take on it.

 Cabin Fever

Mom, is it time to leave yet?

I'm ready to go . . . you bet! 

 ~~~~~~~~~~~  

 You said ten days ago 'twas time,

But no bells, or whistles, or chime!

  ~~~~~~~~~~~ 

 I'm having cabin fever, Mommy!

Wait . . . just heard the doc say, “It's a SHE!”

 © cjj – 2014

 61 years ago on April 14, I made my appearance in this world. When I saw “cabin fever” for the prompt, I thought - “Thanks, Val! This will work out just fine!”

 For this poem, I used a style called The Con-Verse, created by Connie Marcum Wong, consists of three or more 2-line rhyming stanzas (couplets). The meter of this form is in syllabic verse.

Rhyme scheme: aa,bb,cc,dd,ee AND Meter: 7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,11,11
(Syllabic verse only counts the number of syllables in a line.)
This form consists of three or more couplets which ascend by one syllable up to and until you reach a syllabic count of eleven which would contain ten lines.This process may be repeated for a longer verse. If repeated, you must begin your first couplet with the syllabic count of seven again and continue from there.