Best Iambs Poems
Below are the all-time best Iambs poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of iambs poems written by PoetrySoup members
Our Love Is CursedSuch wondrous beauty held in eyes divine,
I wish this lovely night would stay, be kind,
So blissful are her eyes...I need no wine,
Nothing...
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Categories:
iambs, beauty, death, desire, love,
Form:
Sonnet
Iambic PentameterToday I’d like to talk to you about how meter plays a part in
how we write a poem and sometimes in how we speak
The above...
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Categories:
iambs, language, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
RefugeI hid in plain sight
Mocked the censors
Defied the preachers
Chuckled
At their ineptitude
Took refuge
In the blank page
Hiding myself
In swirling lines
Dancing
Along the borders
Of truth
Cursed them
In muted metaphor
Defied them
In...
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Categories:
iambs, life, writing, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Why Do Poets Do ItMix the meters
Color the cadence
Intermingle the breaks of line
Torture the iambs
Scent the flowers
Tint the edges of sunrise
Mellow the moonbeams
Offer an invitation
A subtle “come hither”
Of mystery
Slowly...
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Categories:
iambs, poets, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Free Verse On Lovepure elation
as I embrace you with
sonnets that kindle the fire
between us
a constant balm that will
hold you tightly in the night
and caress your fears
with a...
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Categories:
iambs, love, marriage, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
CurrentsCurrents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm that wells within?
How can the ocean not be blue,
not buck with the...
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Categories:
iambs, assonance, extended metaphor, language,
Form:
Verse
In One's CompanyI prefer my own company
or accompany of a dog.
We do not speak the same language
but we understand each other.
I haven’t an urge, if I could,
to...
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Categories:
iambs, friendship,
Form:
Verse
I See Limericks That Are NotA lim'rick needs to be anapest
or maybe not; for I'll now suggest;
it may talk amphibrach
and thereby walk the walk,
but don't use those iambs or the...
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Categories:
iambs, poetry,
Form:
Limerick
VacuumVacuum
by Michael R. Burch
Over hushed quadrants
forever landlocked in snow,
time’s senseless winds blow...
leaving odd relics of lives half-revealed,
if still mostly concealed...
such are the things we are...
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Categories:
iambs, education, extended metaphor, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
The Quatern~The Quatern~
(Quatern)
Quatern is fine French form to write
Do it in 4 lines,total of 16
Similar to the Kyrielle
And the...
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Categories:
iambs, poetry, words, writing,
Form:
Quatern
Abc of PoetryABC of Poetry
A is for Abcedarian which is what is this poem’s aim
B is for Blank Verse which is metered rhyme with...
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Categories:
iambs, dedication, education, language, muse,
Form:
ABC
A Worthy DreamLike most forms coined these days
The “monchielle” relies
On what has passed before:
With but a passing nod
To master’s skill of yore.
Like most forms coined these days
Their...
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Categories:
iambs, assonance, creation, dedication, introspection,
Form:
Rhyme
Thank You, Ms GuzziThank you dear / Debbie for / pointing out / my mistakes!
Now I can / see where I’ve / been getting / out of step.
“Statuesque”...
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Categories:
iambs, dedication, on writing and
Form:
Couplet
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old...
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Categories:
iambs, art, muse, poems, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
The Demonic PrinceThe Demonic Prince
Demons
The legion of demons
They dwell
In the cold place of hell
Tempt thee
The depth of hell's empty
They're here
For it's time to spread fear
Black crows
Come out...
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Categories:
iambs, death, horror,
Form:
Couplet