ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

I wish I had a dolllar for very thought I've had.
Cause if I had a dollar, you know I would be glad
And if I had those dollars we could both have even shares
a happy little couple cause we'd both be millionaires.


Bob

Bob, The organising principle of verse is the metre, not the sentences or the sense. So your written verse needs to show the organising principle, ( unless like Matt you have a very sophisticated and justifiable reason for varying that )

I wish I had a dollar
for every thought I've had.
'Cause if I had a dollar,
you know I would be glad.
And if I had those dollars we
could both have even shares;
a happy little couple, cause
we'd both be millionaires.


That's how ( I think ) you set out the metric organisation in writing. As you can see the sound of sense cuts across the metre in lines 5-6 and 7-8. You wouldn't pause at the end of every line when you are saying the poem out loud.
That's called enjambment, very handy to learn how to do that effectively.

I think practicing small neat verses like this is a good choice to get the hang of the metric structure. I think you are doing well.