Continuing my, for fun, experimentations with newer verse forms, here is my second attempt at DRIBBLE VERSE.
The dribble is a brief poem consisting of exactly 100 letters (not 100 characters—spaces and punctuation are not counted). Dribbles most often take the form of a quatrain that turns on a single rhyme and usually provide a humorous observation on a mundane or unconventional subject, but like the haiku or sonnet, some modern poets adhere only to the counting aspect of the form . . . The name of the dribble is derived from the micro-fiction form known as the drabble, a story consisting of exactly 100 words. Rhyme scheme: abab
From: https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/dribble/
Dribble # 2: Methuselah
Methusaleh died at a ripe old age, (27)
Nine hundred and sixty nine. (23)
I read he died in a filthy rage, (24)
Incensed he’d got a parking fine. (26)
[ The numbers in brackets represent the number of letters in each line -totalling 100 ]
Roland's Ragbag 