Poetry Exercise Number 2

So I'm working my way through a book by Stephen Fry called 'The Ode Less Travelled' which has some great information on writing poetry and techniques - none of which anybody bothered to teach me in school. Here is one of the exercises I wrote to get a feel for iambic pentameter, one of the basics of writing English poetry (again, don't exactly remember ever being taught this fundamental, but then, I only completed Grade 12, a Bachelor of Arts degree and Grad. Dip in Library Science).

POETRY EXERCISE NUMBER 2 (10 November, 2008)

The laundry basket needs putting away
But I cannot face that horror today
The constant soiling and cleaning all day
When all I want is to go out and play

(c) Lillian Martin