It probably started with some weirdo writing down their thoughts, not using punctuation, but instead organizing thoughts line by line, slightly out of order, indenting some lines, but not others. Oh, and not indenting new paragraphs, because that would make those other indents look rather confusing, but instead showing new groups of new thoughts by leaving a double space between lines.

Then maybe to up the ante, every line has to rhyme at the end. Okay maybe not every line, but perhaps just every other. Or each two lines rhyme with one another. I don’t know, I don’t make the rules. Though maybe don’t keep the same rhymes for the whole list, since that may get old, but just each section has its set of rhymes.

Yeah, and maybe each line can have the same amount of syllables. Or every other line does, once again. For instance, one can have 8 syllables, the next has 6, and back and forth. Again, whatever, we can tease that out more later. And maybe 14 syllables per line is enough already, ya glut.

Oh, and what if those syllables were all arranged such that they’d alternate between strong and weak syllables? Like, “Scooby-Dooby-Doo?” Or you could have it start on a weak syllable too, for all I care. Just something rhythmically consistent that you could chant while playing games out on the asphalt.

Once you burn out on trying to do all that, you may want to write free verse.