What is a minute poem?

Minute PoemA Minute Poem is a rhyming verse of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict

iambic meter. It is divided into three stanzas of 8,4,4,4 syllables each and the rhyme scheme is aabb, ccdd, eeff.

An example is:

I Need Someone

By Linda Newman

I need someone to hold me tight

Through dark of night,

Who won't go 'way

At break of day.

Someone whose love will mend the seams

Of broken dreams,

And give me back

The trust I lack.

For love, it holds the magic key

To set me free,

To heal my soul

And make me whole.