Double Dactyls

I recently promised to mention this poem format, so here it is.

First an intro: This poem is a style called a double dactyl.

Here are the rules:

• two four-line verses.
• First three lines in each verse have two dactylic feet. (Dactyl: strong weak weak)
• Fourth line has one dactyl plus one beat (called a choriamb).
• Only the fourth lines rhyme.
• One line in the second verse is supposed to be a single word.
• A person must be mentioned by name someplace in the poem.

I discovered a while back that a co-worker’s name is a double dactyl, so I threw together a poem about him:

Timothy Fennema
Works for the government,
Helping protect us from
Cyber-attack.

Give him some work to do,
He’ll do it flawlessly
So we can stand secure—
He’s got your back!

Now you try it!