Sleepless
Punnett — A Less Common Poetic Form
Published in
Sep 24, 2021
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.