Schematic: x xx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxx If there are multiple stanzas, the even stanzas mirror the odds in line syllable counts. x xx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xx x where "x" is the syllable count

Examples 1 & 2 by Ray Stebbing

Fat Man Walking

Bulk
teeters
gracefully
on tiny feet -

as any ballerina, light and neat

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In a summer garden

Leaves
lift green
over grass,
granting cool shade
in which to read when, rarely, the sun shines.

Cacophony shatters calm; birdsong is drowned,
thoughts are scattered
murderous
notions
burn.