Blu Debble

About the Format:

Blu Debble (English: Bluedevils) are poems that follow the 12-bar blues pattern. They have 12 lines. Lines 1-4, 7-8, and 11, must have the same rhyme. Lines 5-6 must have their own rhyme. Line 10 has no rhyme, and the last line can either rhyme with line 9 or 11.

examples:

absen:

duh keep me tuh ya haat tonite

memebuh ub me face bdout de spite

de staat settin ap rale uh might

ya lub lie, dunno mek u chry

.

shru de fros muh mouth tase sarr

hit nuh cud shake sinct uh saw er

many de wod uh admirr revise

knot ah roun buh we hyar nuh tie

.

uh watch ya waak on roun de ben

n leh muh grin fade sukkuh dot

lef pome, duh git uh duh high

buh uh cyan feeh pas ya absen