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A cameo role is a small character part in a play or film, played by a distinguished actor or a celebrity.
“Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The Oxford English Dictionary connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the literal meaning of "cameo", a miniature carving on a gemstone. More recently, in the late 20th century, a "cameo" has come to refer to any short appearance as a character”, says Wikipedia.
Cameo is a verse form too. It’s a seven line syllable count, unrhymed poem invented by English poet Alice Spokes. It has 2-5-8-3-8-7-2 syllables per line, for a total of 35 syllables.
Brevity is the soul of a Cameo poem. Keeping this in mind write a poem either character based or anything that has a brief but impactful appearance; even a cameo brooch or its design revealed in relief can as well be your theme.
You need not follow the cameo-verse-form rule and make your poem a little longer or shorter as per demand of your subject.
Here
is a poem about a cameo brooch :
Diorama (woman on a cameo brooch)
by Catie Rosemurgy
Please link one poem that is your response to the material of this prompt. When you link your poem please visit other links in the spirit of the community
