Subject: Television.
First alternating iambic tetrameter and trimeter:
The TV’s on, the brain is off
The chatter fills the air
The pictures flash across the screen
But stop to think, beware
Just where will all this watching lead?
What good can come of this?
We live our lives through stories but
Reality we miss!
Now straight tetrameter:
At times I like to watch TV
It stops me thinking, makes me numb
It’s easy just to sit and stare
Why think when you can just play dumb?
Inside that box there’s only fun
Play games, sing songs, make love, you choose.
If you can dream it, it’s been done
But just don’t ever watch the news
And finally a trochic tetrameter (second quatrains with docked endings):
Everyone loves chat and gossip
Who’s been good and who’s been naughty
Don’t despair if all seems quiet
Oprah’s back on channel forty
Mr Kyle is on each morning
Solving problems, fighting crime
“Did we find your long lost brother?
Oops we’ve just run out of time!”
