_____.About Poetry: The 'kue is Cool

The 'kue (pl. 'kue, both pronounced /ku/) is a poetic form.

A true'kue has seventeen syllables arranged
in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.

Variations of this basic form are called loose'kue
or pops, which was Jack Kerouac's term for them.

Poems that are neither true'kue nor loose'ku are un'kue.

Several 'kue linked to make longer forms are glue'kue.

Glue'kue assembled collaboratively are crew'kue.

Happy 'kue are joie'kue, sad 'kue are blue'kue.

Dark 'kue are noir'kue, twisted 'kue wry'kue.

A 'kue that expresses regret is a rue'kue.

An anthology of 'kue is a beau'kue.

And 'kue are usually unrhymed.

That's quite enough about 'kue,
click the bento to sample a few.
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