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\usepackage{mymacros,verse}

\begin{document}
    \poemtitle{yep}
    \settowidth{\versewidth}{stanza 1}
    \begin{verse}[\versewidth]
        stanza 1, \\
        a few words, \\
        some new \\
        lines

        stanza 2 \\
        a few more, \\
        assonance almost \\
        rhymes
    \end{verse}
    \attrib{Andrew Lounsbury \\ \today}
\end{document}