Best Anapest Poems
Below are the all-time best Anapest poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of anapest poems written by PoetrySoup members
Anapest TrimeterShoe, shoe, boot
Shoe, shoe, boot
This surveyed
In solitude
Acquainted
Just for fun.....
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Categories:
anapest, fun,
Form:
I do not know?
My First BallAs I walk through the doors of the hall,
I am swept off my feet by such flare.
When I think that tonight’s my first ball,
How I...
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Categories:
anapest, dance, emotions, first love,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem For My History TeacherI wanted to write
The best slavery poem ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner.
I had every intention of conforming
To the...
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Categories:
anapest, assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust,
Form:
Rhyme
Finding MeAs I start on a quest finding self,
I must look very deep in my soul.
Here I will not find books on a shelf,
That will help...
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Categories:
anapest, anger, god, jesus, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Would You Like To MeterToday 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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Categories:
anapest, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Queen Sea and Her Three ParamoursSo enchanted was Sun by Queen Sea
as he sat near some clouds high above
he began sliding down stealthily
till he touched the dark face of his...
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Categories:
anapest, night, sea, sky, sun,
Form:
Personification
They Wouldn'T Let Me Be WhiteThey wouldn’t let me be White
Oh I wanted to be
Dreams of that Pulitzer haunted me
They said, Sir, you have ten minutes to...
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Categories:
anapest, allegory, anxiety, black african
Form:
Quatrain
What Kind of Poet Are You
I write poetry not to change the world,
but to change the way I feel.
Sometimes it’s just made-up fantasy,
sometimes, something a little more real.
I’m not a...
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Categories:
anapest, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Puppet FeverSee the sparkle in children’s bright eyes,
how they glow with a smile on their face.
When a puppet begins to dance free,
with a master who moves...
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Categories:
anapest, children, fantasy, fun, happy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Stinky Old GoatAn Old Goat in a boat rowed off shore.
He caught perch in his search and much more.
So full was his boat,
there's trout in his coat
Eau...
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Categories:
anapest, adventure, fantasy, children, funny
Form:
Limerick
To Gregory Pardlo, Pulitzer Prize WinnerAs soon as I heard
You were the First African American Male
To win the Pulitzer prize for Poetry
I wanted to run out and celebrate
I wanted...
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Categories:
anapest, assonance, black african american,
Form:
Rhyme
When I DreamI'm in awe of the visions you show me
'neath a pale, crystal slice of the moon.
What your free-flowing nightscapes array forth
that have caused all...
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Categories:
anapest, dream, moon, night, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Writing Poetry Without RulesWRITING POETRY WITHOUT RULES*
I thought I'd write some poetry
Just for the fun that it would be.
So I went to the web to see
what it...
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Categories:
anapest, on writing and words,
Form:
Light Verse
Trying Something NewLimerick Gimmerick
Jason of Pendleton
Tried double-dactyls while
Fearing the worst.
Uh-oh-spaghetti-o!
They're all bass-ackwards cuz
He's used to anapest
(Dactyls reversed)....
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Categories:
anapest, on writing and words,
Form:
Double Dactyl
Metric RhythmA good poetry emanates from the heart of the poet, vibrates in its rhythm that resonates in the mind of the reader. The form of...
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Categories:
anapest, poems, poetry, river, simile,
Form:
Free verse