Our nations birthday once again,
a time to celebrate.
Ignite;
let us dance and enjoy our reign,
drink some carbonate
this night.
Independence Day July 4th,
we play across the land.
Whoopee;
two centuries it’s been emforth,
flying our flag so grand.
Yippee!
Author's Notes/Comments:
Memento
Memento, created by Emily Romano is a poem about a holiday or an anniversary,
consisting of two stanzas as follows: the syllable count should be 8 beats for line one;
6 beats for line two; and two beats for line three. This is repeated twice for each stanza.
The rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/a/b/c for each of the two stanzas.