"But eBobb: how do I know how many lines/chunks to order?"

eBobb sees your point. It's something like ordering a 42 long suit: you'd really like to have an idea of what it might look like. So - herewith an expanding example of different poetry sizes. Plus a prose chunk at the end for those of you who may be interested. Just pick out whatever suits. (Get it? Whatever suits?) Anyway - bear in mind that what follows is a purely generic eBobb Original, whereas yours will be a Totally Customized, Made-To-Order eBobb Original -

So - here's what four lines looks like -

If love were a place, then I think it might be
A flower-strewn meadow . . . or maybe the sea.
If love were a month, it would likely be May,
And love would be Sunday if it were a day.

Moving up to eight -

If love were a place, then I think it might be
A flower-strewn meadow . . . or maybe the sea.
If love were a month, it would likely be May,
And love would be Sunday if it were a day.

If love were a sound, it would be a sweet song
Wrapped up in laughter that rang the day long;
If love were a color, 'twould be the blue sky
Stretching forever, so wide and so high.

Now - can eBobb make it to twelve?!!?

If love were a place, then I think it might be
A flower-strewn meadow . . . or maybe the sea.
If love were a month, it would likely be May,
And love would be Sunday if it were a day.

If love were a sound, it would be a sweet song
Wrapped up in laughter that rang the day long;
If love were a color, 'twould be the blue sky
Stretching forever, so wide and so high.

If love were a package, then inside you'd find
All that is gentle and noble and kind,
Sunrise and starglow, the moon's silver beams -
All that's forever and all of your dreams.

And, yes, citizens: eBobb is going ALL - THE - WAY ! ! : fourteen lines - which is (more or less) a sonnet -

If love were a place, then I think it might be
A flower-strewn meadow . . . or maybe the sea.
If love were a month, it would likely be May,
And love would be Sunday if it were a day.
If love were a sound, it would be a sweet song
Wrapped up in laughter that rang the day long;
If love were a color, 'twould be the blue sky
Stretching forever, so wide and so high.
If love were a package, then inside you'd find
All that is gentle and noble and kind,
Sunrise and starglow, the moon's silver beams -
All that's forever and all of your dreams.
And if love were a person, then surely it's true
The person that love is would have to be you.

Of course, if you want more lines - sixteen, twenty-eight, thirty-two, an Epic - eBobb is up for anything. He aims to please. Speaking of which, for those of you who are not too fond of even numbers, herewith an even number of odd-numbered ditties.

First, some haiku. As you can see, that's three lines - and yes, eBobb knows it doesn't rhyme. It's not supposed to.

Soft as angel wings,
Summer rain upon my face:
Tender is your kiss.

And finally, five lines (in this case, a limerick):

Though a man prayed his love was enjoying
All the charms he was richly employing,
Still his love found another -
'Twas the poor man's twin brother -
Which the man found distinctly annoying.

For examples of more esoteric types of verse - like the douzet, the rondel and the villanelle - stay tuned to eBobb's Free Generic Samples Page.

But what about prose chunks, eBobb?An official 50-words-by-computer-count chunk looks like this: Need a love letter? Advertising copy? A script? Query letter? Some ghostwriting, perhaps? A newsletter? Resume? Eulogy? Wedding toast? Some choice words for ye olde bill collector? Just tell eBobb what you want, in the space provided below, and he'll send it wafting through cyberspace in an attached e-mail file.

Wanna go for it? Click on the custom prose and poetry link below.

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