Dance Iambic Pentameter Poems

I swore I’d never let myself get old
           That time and I would always be...

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In shadows cast on lands afar or near,
A dance of spheres in silence, stark and clear.
Though veiled from some, the cosmic play proceeds,
Unfolding vast, beyond...

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** An exercise: write a sonnet in iambic pentameter.

With heavy heart, I offer my remorse,
for I'm too tired to dance this weary eve.
The echoes of...

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I'm eager to convey 
your own complexity 
However I, in a way 
Doubt my ability 

There's too much of something 
Hidden deep into you 
That...

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I've known you now for forty years, and yet
you seem to lack familiarity.
I used to smile, dance a foxtrot with you -
and trip with joy...

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"Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. 
They take their time and wander on this 
their only chance to soar.”
      ...

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ado the realms that I have plunged with phrase
          they have no shape - no bound'ries...

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Throughout the nineteen-fifties, times were neat;
full, long flared skirts and bobby socks gals wore,
while rock and roll and doo-wop moved our feet
to music slow and...

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Traversing veiled and hazy twilight sleep
My thoughts meander and begin to creep 
Through channels only visible at night
Unleashing fears kept harnessed by the light 


When...

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Really? Iambic Pentameter.

    Oh well, this is where you really put your foot in it.  No! Not your mouth!
Not the hokey...

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An early outing for my friend and I
We walked the winding path down to the springs
The uncut winter hay is now waist high 
And in...

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Love is simple, but you must let it be.
Enjoy its form, let it dance wildly. 
Love rests not on a page so idly
as described by...

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FOREST GIRL
I'd walk down through the forest in the rain
to see the girl in green and feel her pain
uncertain of her life so many ways
yet...

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I’ve often wondered how you came to me
     Love of my life, I waited for so long
What unknown power came to...

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My God knows where I am, my body, soul.
   He sees me now inside this deep, dark hole
imprisoned in these rooms and in...

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