Best Octameter Poems

Today I feel iambic! I would say
of all the meters, I like it the best.
An iamb starts with some soft sound to say
then ev'ry second...

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I say to you lets take a walk...to laugh...to chill...and simply talk.
Let’s start heading across the rocks...and go beneath the streets of Rome.
Let us take...

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Still sacrificing needs for us on altars that surround your heart.
Unwavering your love and patience raising the two gifts from him.
Suspended hope in burden when...

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Peridot


Of all the fine gems that I know, my favorite is Peridot.
My August birthstone pleases me, since color green and I agree.
Now, Peridot is lesser-known...

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I want to tell you a story that will not end with the glory,
Of a good friendship gone gory, come on drink the drink from...

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A Bittersweet Celebration

His wife had died and how he wept
The world he knew had tumbled down 
He recalled what she used to say
Enjoy this day...

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A bright today, love came my way, and now we play in life’s array.
We dance away in hope’s ballet, as love’s bouquet is here to...

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Mister Everett Wheeler Cartwright came from Burlington Vermont
All the way to Massachusetts---quite a healthy jaunt

Didn't really understand the cause the Union fought so hard for
Freedom...

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post a poem
get scolded
there just waiting
pondering
on his next monometer
thoughts racing for a mimic
on his eight foot octameter
once again pondering
if he'll jolt it for yet another...

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My morning coffee wakes me up for day

my morning coffee
wakes me up for day
as a drink my brew
thinking of my life 
and my dreams came...

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