Well, jump rope rhymes are a good example of rhythm, meter, and beat. What’s more, small sections of poetry are measured in feet, and just watch those feet jump!

Double Dutch: A Celebration of Jump Rope, Rhyme, and Sisterhood Veronica Chambers. Hyperion Books, $18.99 (72pp) ISBN 978-0-7868-0512-9 ...

She's written about sidewalk songs, jump-rope rhymes, hand-clap games, and the Black oral tradition of toasting. Mona Lisa's poetry grew from her youth in New Orleans' Seventh Ward, ...