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Read wonderful blank verse poetry on the following sub-topics: contemporary, iambic pentameter, life, love, nature, sonnet and more. Read a definition and example (where appropriate).

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List of New Blank Verse Poems

Poem Title	Poet	Categories
RUMOR	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	abuse,
To Be	Vanesa hughes	life, spiritual,
Fear	Vanesa hughes	fear,
I Loved You	Vanesa hughes	hurt, lost love, love,
WORDS NOT TEAR LOT	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	blessing, character, culture, destiny,
MARRIAGE	Helen Oke	future, marriage, memorial day,
Dance of Minions	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Always Is	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Mr Holmes	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Changes	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
The Eyes of I	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
How Green Is Your Heart	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Bound	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Ode to the No-Thing	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Dreamt of the Dreamer	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Dreaming	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Easter Monday	Charles Coon	anxiety, beautiful, dream, inspirational,
On Self Hate	Matthew Anish	how i feel, mental
Backstories	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Crop Circles	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Dandelion Pods	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Voices In My Head	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
On My Shoulder	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Again, Again and Again	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
CHURCHES WHY	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	conflict, death, memory, racism,
Greenish Love	Stanley Coffie	10th grade, 11th grade,
Young Hearts	Kristie Raburn	age, america, anger, angst,
PRISONERS	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	dark, environment,
Flittering Furts	Cynthia Cross	fun,
Chance	Cynthia Cross	inspiration,
Silence of The Light	Cynthia Cross	angst,
Journey	Cynthia Cross	inspirational,
Glass	Cynthia Cross	inspirational,
Cow Jumping Over The Moon	Cynthia Cross	inspirational,
Lost In The Mind	Cynthia Cross	allusion,
Perspective	Cynthia Cross	spiritual,
Obligatory Phrases	Cynthia Cross	creation,
Thanks Giving	Cynthia Cross	thanksgiving,
Be his Peace, Not his Pain	Ian Milligan	angel, anger, pain, peace,
Voting Time	Andrew Collinson	community, society,
BANKS AND BANKS	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	america, conflict,
VALUELESS	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	conflict, imagination,
EUNOIA	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	language,
Red String of Fate	Mandy Dale	beautiful, blessing, boy, childhood,
PARADISE	Kathryn Tsosie	love, paradise,
Natural Things Happen Before Dawn	Caren Krutsinger	10th grade, 11th grade,
ASSASSINATION	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	fun, imagination,
SHAMPOO	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	fun, imagination,
Modern Churches	David Welch	christian, culture, faith, how
Hereditary	Jaz Yeats	absence, age, conflict, family,

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Blank verse Poems. Examples of Blank verses and a list of poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read Blank verse poetry while accessing rules, topics, ideas, and a comprehensive literary definition of a Blank verse.

Brief Definition

A blank verse poem is one which does not rhyme. However, it does have iambic pentameter, which refers to a rhythm where you have an unstressed syllable immediately followed by a stressed syllable. So, when you consider blank verse, think of it more as a 'beat', like a heart beat. For example, a heart beat rhythm goes something like this: Ba BOOM ba BOOM ba BOOM ba BOOM ba BOOM. Here, you can see that there exists an unstressed syllable, 'ba' followed by a stressed syllable, 'BOOM'. In the study of literature, this pattern of 'ba BOOM' is referred to as an iambic foot. Pentameter tells us that there are five, 'pentameter' feet to a line or as in our example five 'ba BOOM's per line. It is estimated that up to three-quarters of the world's poetry is written in blank verse.

While iambic pentameter is the most common form of blank verse, there are other types as well. These types include Trochee Blank Verse, Anapest Blank Verse, and Dactyl Blank Verse. In Trochee Blank Verse, you have a stressed/unstressed syllable rhythm. Anapest Blank Verse's rhythm is composed of unstressed/unstressed/stressed syllables, and Dactyl Blank Verse has stressed/unstressed/unstressed syllables.

If you've ever read John Milton's Paradise Lost, that is an example of a poem done in blank verse. This literary device is also used for monologues. This is where one character speaks his or her thoughts to an audience. One of the most famous monologues in history is from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, which begins: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. So while blank verse usually uses iambic pentameter, it can be written in any meter, and have no exact number of lines. However, it is important to not confuse blank verse poetry with free verse poetry, as free verse follows no specific literary rules, having no meter or no set rhythm. Free verse is meant to represent freedom from literary rules, closely mirroring our natural speech patterns.

Blank Verse Poem Example

View It From Afar

To appreciate our planet
start with its snow capped mountains
where sunbeams morph crystals of ice
into gems of glistening light.

Witness white clouds traverse the skies
floating on a vista of blue
or a setting sun smear scarlet
onto puffs of marshmallow white.

See jungles at its equator  
create a sash of vibrant green
and burnt sands ripple its deserts 
with shifting dunes of tans and creams.

See its leafy forests change from
deciduous to evergreen
and tundra pitted with blue lakes
fade to stretches of virgin snow.

Watch volcanoes erupt in flame
spewing plumes of ebony smoke
and lava bleed from gaping wounds
while giving birth to molten earth.

See azure and aquamarine
waves crested with white foamy froth  
or tilted poles capped in ice
sparkling like crystalline jewels.

View it from afar as it twirls
in the vacuum of space like
a phantasmagorical
cerulean marble, called Earth.


Written 02/02/2016


I was pleased to see that this poem won poem of the day, resonating with so many people. Our planet is such a beautiful blue gem set against the velvet blackness of space. Nature is awesome and our phantasmagorical planet is a prime example of God's ability to touch our souls through our senses, drawing us closer to Him.