Punnett — A Less Common Poetic Form — Sleep Evades me Eyes Won’t sleep Alexa, play some music Nature sounds Looping Until I Sleep © Huma Masood, 2021 The poetic form, Punnett, is based on the ratios in a Punnett Square. The poem must be about a biological topic, with the first line being a part of or offspring of the last line. The form has nine lines, with a word count of 1/2/1/2/4/2/1/2/1. There is no rhyming structure.

Thank you so much

Tanka about marriage — sweet and sour moments of a very long marriage tons of memories kept neatly on her table divorce papers still unsigned © Huma Masood, 2021

Thank you for your kind words, means a lot to me. However, miles to go before I sleep.

Silverish Sky… [Haiku] — when sun goes away silverish sky welcomes the moon nightly rendevous © Huma Masood, 2021

Wasted food, a sin — shiny red apple lying inside the waste bin only twice bitten is it someone’s lunch extra rice dumped in a bin wasted food, a sin © Huma Masood, 2021