Theme: Brotherly/sisterly love

Form/style: Mini-monoverse

(The Mini-monoverse) is a poetry form originated by (Emily Romano.)

Each Mini-monoverse is made up of (two stanzas) of (5) three-syllable lines. Their rhyme

scheme is a/a/a/a/a for the first stanza and b/b/b/b/b for the second stanza.

He Ain't Heavy 'Cause I Had No Brother

He Ain't Heavy 'Cause I Had No Brother

Kind of wild

Only child

Hours whiled

Parents riled

At last smiled

Effort plied

Far and wide

Gratified

Traits aside

Felt their pride