Many poets like
short lines.  They do not write to
the end of the line.

They break the line by
going to the next line.  And
put in blank lines for

a reason- such as
putting more emphasis on
some     words       Usually

Many poets like short lines.  They do not write to the end of the line.  They break the line by going to the next line.  They also put in blank lines, usually for a reason, like putting more emphasis on one word.

Try playing with short lines and see what you think.

For example:
Roses are red violets are blue. Sugar is sweet and so are you.

or

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is Sweet
And so are you.

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out! She’d scour the pots and scrape the pans, candy the yams and spice the hams, and though her daddy would scream and shout, she simply would not take the garbage out.

by Shel Silverstein

Or


Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out!
She’d scour the pots and scrape the pans,
Candy the yams and spice the hams,
And though her daddy would scream and shout,
She simply would not take the garbage out.



Dog
Under a maple tree the dog lies down, lolls his limp tongue, yawns, rests his long chin carefully between front paws; looks up alert; chops, with heavy jaws, at a slow fly, blinks, rolls on his side, sighs, closes his eyes: sleeps all afternoon in his loose skin.

or

Dog
by Valerie Worth

                  Under a maple tree
                  The dog lies down,
                  Lolls his limp
                  Tongue, yawns,
                  Rests his long chin
                  Carefully between
                  Front paws;
                  Looks up alert;
                  Chops, with heavy
                  Jaws, at a slow fly,
                  Blinks, rolls
                  On his side,
                  Sighs, closes
                  His eyes: sleeps
                  All afternoon
                  In his loose skin.