I thought I’d write a sonnet but the lines were much too long
It had too many syllables: it all went very wrong
The syllables in sonnets must, they said, add up to ten
And this one has fourteen so I would have to start again
The rhyming pattern also, was too difficult for me
It should go a-b-a-b but this goes a-a-b-b
AH! Sonnets should have fourteen lines so this is four lines short
Now, maths is not my strong point but I’ve had an awesome thought:
I know it’s not a sonnet but the av’er’age is mean
‘Cos fourteen lines of ten adds up to ten lines of fourteen!
This poem is featured in GEMINI.