10543 – Zip Ode

By Ann Chiappetta

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(10) The bridge over the creek lies Tomkins Ave.

(5) Salty Harbor   air

(4) Mamaroneck

(3) Is my heart.

 

 

About this form

Invented in 2015, the Zip Ode is a five-line poem about where you live, written in the form of your zip code.   It can reflect either lines of words or syllables. Typically a zero is a wild card. This poem uses syllables to represent the numbers and ten syllables to represent a zero.